Roush Racing's Greg Biffle won his third race of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series today at Milwaukee. The Vancouver, Washington driver took the victory from the pole. Greg fell out of the lead when miscommunication between his crew and NASCAR put him back out on the track out of the top-five with 60 laps remaining in the race. He regained the lead with less than 20 laps to go. Four of the top-five finishers were driving F-150s. They were Rick Crawford, who had stayed up front all day leading over a quarter of the laps, third; Mike Wallace, who came from almost a lap down to finish fourth; and Mike Bliss, who had run out of fuel just prior to his first pit stop, fifth.

Greg Biffle, #50 W.W. Grainger Racing Ford F-150: (finished first) "Every time we show up we've got awesome trucks. The Grainger F-150, I'll tell you it was Ford's day. Rick Crawford had a great run. We had a great run. I'll tell you, these Fords are going. I just want to thank Grainger and say hi to everyone back home that couldn't make this race. It was an awesome win."
THIS IS YOUR THIRD WIN THIS YEAR. WHAT HAS MADE THE DIFFERENCE? "I think it is the trucks they are giving me, and the experience I'm gaining week-to-week. I came right out of late model stock car racing right into these trucks. Everybody wishes they could do that. It's a fairy tail story. These guys give me great equipment, and we are communicating good."
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN THE TRUCK FELL OFF THE JACK? "I thought, oh well a little something happened there. It was just a mis-communication. Those things are going to happen. We're getting better every week. Randy Goss thought I over shot the pits because the inspector counting the guys. He (Goss) thought they were saying, move back, move back, so they let the jack down, pushed me back, jacked me up again, and then got the hose under the tire. It was just a tough stop for the guys, but I was able to make it up on the racetrack. They give me great trucks. I'll tell you these Ford trucks are just dominant."
DID YOU HAVE TO COMPOSE YOURSELF AND TELL YOURSELF THERE WAS STILL TIME TO GET TO THE FRONT WITH 63 LAPS TO GO? "I didn't think there was time to catch them. It's been so tough to pass out here today, and I'd get just a little aero tight behind the guys. We were so tight in the center of the corner, but my Ford was able to cut under them in the middle, and I'd get me a run off. That made all the difference in the world. I can't say enough. I think we've got a championship team. All we've got to do is finish in front of that 24 truck, and lead laps, get bonus points. The driver screwed up at the Glen last week. We should have been in front of him, should have led a lap. I went off in the sandpit. We had a little mishap on the pit stop today, but we were able to make it up and bring the Grainger Ford to victory lane."

Rick Crawford, #14 Circle Bar Motel & RV Park Ford F-150: (finished third) "This truck was awesome all day. Sprague got around us, and then we got back on him, but then he fish tailed a little bit, and we lost our momentum. After the difficult season we've had, it's a credit to the Circle Bar Motel & RV Park race team. I was doing all I could. The truck did it's, and what's under the hood - the Robert Yates did a heck of a job with the engine. And Bill Pink and John Goodwin does a heck of a job helping me, and I appreciate that."
THIS TEAM SEEMS TO BE MOVING AHEAD. WHAT HAS MADE THE DIFFERENCE? "We've organized our crew. We've got our shop crew now that really gets things done, and our immediate crew really knows what things are all about at the racetrack. Robert Yates has picked up his engine program with John Goodwin on board with us and Bill Pink. I've just got to hand it to all the Circle Bar guys. With Tom Mitchell being the owner, God is looking out for us, we'll be up front more often."

Mike Wallace, #2 Team ASE Ford F-150: (finished fourth) "The guys did a really good job. The driver raced his butt off when he was about ready to get a lap down there. And we were able to race hard enough to stay on the lead lap, and then the caution came out. We weren't really right all day, but we were just good enough to get a top-four finish out of it. And along with that the Team ASE, Ford, Wagner, Snap-On, UltraWheels, all the guys did a great job. I can't be any happier right now.

Mike Bliss, #99 Exide Batteries Ford F-150: (finished fifth) "The first session we ran out of fuel on the back straight away. The truck was too tight, too loose. We never did get the right handle on it. We never could get track position. But it's good. It's a top-five for this 99 Exide team. I'll take it. We had started way back, and we didn't know what we had for them today. We just played around with tire pressure all day."

Ron Barfield, #55 Icehouse Beer Ford F-150: (finished 11th) "We were right there in contention, but it got real tight there at the last. We started out a little bit tight, but it seemed like the racetrack got a little bit tighter. But the Icehouse Beer guys did a heck of a job in the pits, and got us some spots. I'm just tickled to death with them. When we came to Milwaukee, I wanted a top ten finish, but we'll take 11th, and we'll go on to Nashville next week, and maybe we can get a win there."
IT APPEARS THE TEAM IS STARTING TO GET BACK TOGETHER. WHAT HAS HAPPENED? "It seems to be right now getting back on track. We kind of got in a lull there for a while. We got sidelined. And I don't know why we got sidelined there. We've done a lot of changing. It just seems like it's starting to gel. If we can just get it a little bit better we can start to win some races."

Tim Steele, #21 HS Die & Engineering Ford F-150: (finished 14th in his first race back after suffering injuries in an accident at I-70) "It wasn't the finish we wanted, but you're never satisfied unless you win if you're a racer. But it felt good to be back in the truck, and I'm looking forward to being back for the rest of the year. We ran all day and made adjustments. I wish the truck was, we started with it to where it was when we finished, and we would have had a lot better finish. We adjusted on it all day, and with the no cautions, it didn't help our situation as far as getting the thing adjusted. It was after the caution we finally were able to do some of the adjusting that we wanted. We ran consistently about four tenths to a half second faster after we made the adjustments. We're back, and we'll get back into the swing of things. And if we can keep getting better finishes, that's all we can ask for."

Kevin Harvick, #98 Porter-Cable Power Tools Ford F-150: (finished 17th) "We've struggled this weekend, and made a few road hazards we probably didn't need to have. We didn't get a good run in practice and really get a good long race set-up so we threw something at it this morning. It worked good in the first part of the race. But for some reason on un-matched tires it just went loose. The Porter-Cable Ford finished the race. That's the only plus of the weekend. We'll have to regroup and take a different approach in Nashville." ....

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