J. Gordon: 'No deal' with Biffle at Loudon

LONG POND, Pa. -- Jeff Gordon said Greg Biffle was mistaken last Sunday if he though there was a deal for Gordon to let Biffle have a lap back in the New England 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.

After the race, Biffle called Gordon's team "two-faced" for allegedly backing out on a deal where Biffle would let Gordon go on a restart if Gordon allowed Biffle to get back on the lead lap.

"It should be the opposite. It should be that I wasn't real happy with him," Gordon said Friday at Pocono Raceway. "I didn't really say much, but he was very sadly mistaken that there was any deal.

	Greg Biffle

"I don't know where the line of communication came to him that somebody had talked and told him that there was a deal."

Gordon said that as a rookie, Biffle has "a lot to learn."

"No matter whether you think you've got a deal or not, you don't try to take the leader out going into Turn 1," said Gordon, referring to what got Biffle in trouble with NASCAR at NHIS. Biffle pushed Gordon up the track after a yellow flag came out.

"That was probably the biggest mistake that he made. Hopefully, he learned from that. There was no deal."

	Jeff Gordon

If there is a deal made, Gordon said he was the one to initiate it.

"No deal is made without me asking for it," Gordon said. "If somebody comes to me and says they want to make a deal, I'll make the decision then whether we need to do that."

Gordon said a deal to give a driver a lap back is usually made late in the race when the leader wants lapped traffic out of the race. The supposed deal with Biffle happened one-third of the way through the 300-lap race.

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"You make a deal, maybe at the end of the race when you really need to get that clear track," Gordon said. "I was so much better than (Biffle) anyway that I didn't need to make a deal with him.

"I think what had happened was Jimmie was leading the race and didn't let him get his lap back, and he was mad about that. Then, we went green again, and I didn't let him get his lap back.

"And then he was upset again. He allowed his emotions and frustrations to get the best of him."

Gordon said he never gives laps back, and if he does, it would be to a Hendrick Motorsports teammate.

"Nobody ever gives me my lap back," Gordon said. "Why should I do anything any different? I can't remember the last time someone gave me my lap back, besides my teammates."

Gordon said he hasn't spoken with Biffle but doesn't feel the need to.

"I move on, I go to the next race and start focusing on that race," Gordon said. "If something occurs out there, then I'll deal with it then. I've certainly moved past that."