Personal Profile: Greg Biffle

Greg Biffle, winner of last Saturday's Pepsi 400, sat down recently with NASCAR.com to discuss his life off the track.

Q: What's the last movie you saw or game you played?

Greg Biffle: The last movie I saw was 'Gone in 60 seconds', and the last game I played was Grand Theft Auto III

Q: Do you have an all-time favorite movie?

	Credit: Autostock

Biffle: I think Gone in 60 Seconds ranked right up there! I really liked that one a lot!

Q: Do you like a lot of car movies?

Well, I like a lot of action, so car chasing is pretty cool.

Q: What's your favorite TV show?

I like 'Friends'.

Q: Do you have a favorite Friend?

I like Joey a lot. He's just cool.

Q: Where did you go on your last vacation?

Mexico, I really like going to the desert.

Q: What's in your CD player right now?

Well, Kid Rock is in it right now. Yeah, but I listen to a variety of stuff. I listen to like Kid Rock and Limp Biskit. I listen to a little bit of country music, and a lot of the new stuff. I listen to everything. I'm kind of a diverse music listener, actually.

Q: Do you have any pets? What kind and what are their names?

I've got a Boxer, named Foster, and he's just about 2 years old. He's my best friend

Q: What was your first car?

	Biffle is also the 2002 Busch Series champion. Credit: Autostock

'76 Firebird Trans Am, and I still have it now. Yup, it's still in my shop... I have a house and a small shop out in Washington, where I'm originally from.

Q: What's in your garage now?

Roush Stage III Mustang, Ford Lightning

Q: What was an embarrassing moment in school?

Well, I got caught doing some things... let's see, what was I doing? Well, I got in trouble for doing this big burnout in high school. It was sort of in front of the gymnasium doors, when a basketball game was just getting' over, and all the doors were open, and they were pretty close to the street.

And there was this big cloud of smoke, and the air conditioning ducks sucked all of the smoke into the building, and set the fire alarm off. I got in pretty good trouble for that one. Yeah, I got suspended for 3 days for that. And my parents were not thrilled!

Q: What is your proudest or most memorable moment outside of racing?

I won a 1987 Washington State Wrestling Title in 124 lb. weight class

I wrestled when I was in high school.

Q: Did you play any other sports?

Not in high school, I didn't. But prior to that, I played baseball and basketball. I was pretty athletic. My brother wrestled, so when I got into high school, I said, 'Hey, I oughta try that.' I enjoyed like one-on-one sports.

Q: What is something most people don't know about you?

Probably that I'm a real down to Earth-type person. I like to do normal, every day stuff. I enjoy doing stuff outside, like outdoor recreation stuff.

I just bought some mountain property, while back. And I've got some boats, I like to ride motorcycles. I enjoy doing hands on type of work, ya know? Yard work, and I've got a couple tractors.

Q: So those things you just mentioned, would they classify as your favorite leisure activity?

Yeah, pretty much. I like workin' on stuff, goin' out on boats, that kind of stuff.

Q: Are you involved in any charities or causes? Which ones?

	Biffle won four races and finished in the top 10 a staggering 25 times in 34 Busch Series starts in 2002. Credit: Autostock

I am a pretty big supporter of the Victory Junction Gang Camp, that Kyle and Patty Petty have done. And I do some stuff for Jeff Green's charity that does that same kind of thing. So those are probably the biggest ones that I support.

You said you like to ride motorcycles, so do you go on Kyle Petty's Charity Ride?

I have not, yet. But I want to. I mostly ride dirt bikes, so I don't have a motorcycle to ride on the street, as of yet, because I've been talking myself out of it which is probably good for me! It'll keep me safe!

Q: Which track is your favorite?

I would have to say......um, I like difficult places, so probably my favorite track is Watkins Glen. I like to road race. Some of my least favorite tracks, where I still run OK, but like Darlington and Rockingham where there's hardly any grip, really hard on the tires, it takes a lot of concentration. I'm not as good at those places as I am at others, I love to road race so I really like Watkins Glen.

Q: So were you not upset when it was announced that Rockingham wouldn't be getting their second date next year?

Not really, not upset at all!

Q: Do you have a favorite restaurant on the circuit?

The Tobacco Company in downtown Richmond. It's like a steak house kind of place.

Q: Is that the only place they have those, is in Richmond?

I think they are a chain, I think there are a few more, but I'm not sure where they're at.

Q: Who did you admire growing up?

Growing up, I really admired what my dad did. I really looked up to my father for his advice, but when I got to racing, I pretty much watched three guys -- Ernie Irvan, Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt. Yeah, those are pretty much the three that I always watched.

I admire Mark Martin, the guy has been through a lot, and he's a great race car driver.

Q: Has he taught you a lot, because now you two are teammates now?

Oh yeah, he's taught me a lot, and I've learned a lot from him.

Q: What's your favorite city?

Ummm, probably my favorite city in general is Las Vegas. I'm not a compulsive gambler. Well, I call myself a compulsive gambler but I do love to gamble, I have a lotta fun at it. I enjoy doing it, and there are so many places where you pick to go gamble.

I play the craps table, and what I enjoy about it, is that I can go downtown to the cheaper places to do it, and I can gamble down there. Or I can go to MGM or Bellagio and spend a little bit more.

Did you gamble at Dover when you were there recently?

Dover does have a casino, but a lot of the little places like that don't have the craps tables or any of the cards games, so they just have like slot machines and video poker.

If you weren't driving, what would you be doing for your profession?

Probably something to do with real estate. I've always been interested in it. I haven't really done a lot with it, like bought and sold anything, or land development, but that's probably what I would do.

What's the coolest experience that you've ever had?

Probably that I got to fly out on a C90 Grey Hound, a military plane, to the USS Eisenhower, and we landed on the flight deck. In 2000, and we went out there, spent the night, and flew out the next day. That was with three other driver and it was kinda fun, and neat to see.

I don't think I'd want to be on it for five or six months, but I really enjoyed that.

Who's one celebrity that you haven't met, that you'd like to?

There's so many of them... but I wouldn't mind hangin' out with the guys from Friends, and shootin' the bull with them. But I'm kind of a boxing nut. I like to watch boxing. And I've got a lot of respect for Evander Holyfield, who I have met. He was at one the races in Atlanta. But I'd like to meet Oscar De La Hoya.

Do you have any superstitions?

Not really. I'm not that superstitious.