Saturday, July 4, 2009
Promoting the Coke Zero 400 with Greg Biffle & his Encounters at the Florida Aquarium, Tampa, FL
By Debbi Willis, Another Viewpoint and StockCar Review.com
with Marisa Jimenez, Photographer
(June 9, 2009-Tampa, FL) The Florida Aquarium welcomed Greg Biffle on Tuesday in Tampa, Florida to promote the 51st annual Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola on Saturday, July 4 at Daytona International Speedway. As part of the 2009 Coke Zero 400 Media Day, the Roush Fenway driver was laid back but straightforward in an easy-going question and answer session with the media. Greg fielded queries about the sport, its biggest stars and his team’s performance this season. The first questions immediately addressed the recent trophy event fresh on everyone’s minds, and Greg admitted he’d broken a trophy, once – unintentionally, when shelving at home failed and a crystal trophy crashed. Of course, he had it replaced. Putting everyone at ease with a great sense of humor, Biffle continued to field questions.
When asked about Tony Stewart’s success this season, Greg answered directly, “Here’s the thing: not to take anything away from Tony, Tony does a fantastic job, but…you know what I’m saying, ‘owner-driver’ it’s a different context today. And I don’t think we’re ever gonna see a true, just driver, you know, just go out and start his completely own team from scratch and go. And I’m not saying, certainly don’t want to take anything there again away from Tony because basically they’ve started from scratch but you know that building equipment some personnel, some cars, to hell, having an alliance already, you know.” Biffle continued to say, “But people were like, aw, he’s crazy, is he gonna be able to do this or that or everything else, oh absolutely! I knew he was going to have success. If the alliance is a true alliance like a lot of these teams are and you’re gonna get the same equipment the 48, the 24, the 5 and the 88 have, why wouldn’t you be successful?”
Cars have been crashing and wrecking in NASCAR for all of the years of its existence. In fact, if most of the fan base was honest, they would admit, that’s why they watch racing: for the wrecks. So, what makes the wreck with Carl Edwards so different this past spring at Talladega? The injury to Blake Bobbitt, the 18 year old young lady featured prior to the race this week in a very poignant story about her recovery from the injury. 
