Convo: Nicole Lunders (cont'd)

Q: That's right. You've made your own mark in NASCAR with the Greg Biffle Foundation. Talk about that.

Lunders: It was founded in 2005 and we are actually looking for a director right now. The pet calendar, where the drivers are photographed with their pets, was my first big idea. Then when Hurricane Katrina hit, I lay in bed bawling my head off thinking about all the animals left behind. So at the next race in California I went around and collected a bunch of items from drivers in the garage for an online auction; helmets, uniforms, gloves ...

We raised $50,000 in about two weeks from the auction to donate to the rescue efforts and shelters. Then Greg and I went to some of the shelters in New Orleans. It felt great to see how much our effort was appreciated. They needed so much help.

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Now I'm working on the 2008 Pet Calendar to be out in July and we also have a pet board game in the works. Little Foster will be a game piece, ha! The calendars have done really well. They are the No. 1 seller on NASCAR.COM. (Superstore)

Q: You became quite the newsmaker last season when a tiff ensued with you and Eva Busch after Greg and Kurt Busch wrecked in April. Is that water under the pit box?

Lunders: She and I are good friends now. She understands that I was scared and it was a heat of the moment thing. I just let her know that [Kurt Busch] could have really hurt Greg. I didn't say anything bad to her.

That's they guy I love. We are all human out here, we're not robots.

Q: So before you met Greg, you had planned to be a school teacher. Now you travel the NASCAR circuit 36 weekends a year and live in a motor home. What's that like?

Lunders: I'm lucky enough to be able to go to work with Greg. Other women in professional sports like the NFL and baseball can't necessarily do that. If I didn't travel with him, I'd never see him. During the week he's busy at the shop, he has testing and sponsor events.

I have a lot of support out here and see the same people every weekend. I've made a lot of great friends and we are all like family. Katie Kenseth, Matt's wife, is a great friend. She really took care of me when I got here. She and I spend a lot of time together going back and forth between our motor homes. She's a bridesmaid in our wedding. And during the races, all of the wives and girlfriends always text each other throughout the race, it helps the time go a little faster.

I also do my Pilates in the motor home. I put my mat down, turn on the video and lock the door, ha! Pilates has some pretty strange positions.

Q: What does the future hold for the future Mrs. Greg Biffle?

Lunders: Well I'm going to continue to create awareness for animals in need, we are building a house and maybe in a couple of years we will have some two-legged kids, not the four-legged kind!