Information sharing has Biffle hopeful for better '10

Greg Biffle has had plenty of time during the offseason to think about the handful of races he could've won last season.

Fontana, Michigan and Kansas, among others, all were places the Roush Fenway driver could've found Victory Lane but setbacks -- be it on pit road, or an engine failure, or a fuel miscalculation -- resulted in Biffle going winless for the first time in any full season racing in the Cup Series.

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The offseason offers some time to relax but Biffle and the others at Roush Fenway have been hard at work, as well.

"We've worked very hard this winter, getting weight out of our cars, getting our cars more center of gravity down, working hard on our data acquisition, trying to understand our modeling better, working on aero," Biffle said.

In addition, Biffle is optimistic about the additional Ford drivers added to the mix resulting from the merger between Yates Racing and Richard Petty Motorsports and how that change can help his team.

"They've really said it's going to be an open book across the street," he said. "So I think it's going to help both of us. We're going to put our bump-stop technology together, our steering and all the things that we can do. I think it's going to help us all."

The exchange of information already has started.

"We did a tire test in Phoenix for Goodyear. Kasey Kahne did one in California for Goodyear. I'm doing a test next week in Texas. So I think we're going to have a good mixed bag of data coming back into the organization from those three race tracks before the season starts, and hopefully more throughout the season. Hopefully, Carl [Edwards] gets a chance and David [Ragan] and Matt [Kenseth] too, you know, do some more tire testing."

More testing allowed by NASCAR, Biffle said, also will help.

"You know, if they're going to do a mass tire test like before Indy, those kinds of things help us. We just look forward to those opportunities. If they ever come up, we're right there to take advantage of it," he said. "I think we're doing everything we can to be better."