lots of skirmishes at New Hampshire on Sunday for the New England 300. The first one started right off the bat, 9 laps into the race: #0-John Andretti [yep. .I put a #43 first] and #7-Jimmy Spencer – Andretti was incensed with Spencer, who hit Andretti on Lap 9 of 300 and severely damaged Andretti’s #0 Pontiac. “When we went down in Turn 1, he hit me once and then a second time and got me all the way around,” Andretti said. “The last time he hit me, it was like it was to get me out of the way” While Andretti’s team worked on the car in the garage, members of the team took large pieces of the car, including the rear deck lid, a damaged tire and hub, and dumped them on the lift gate of Spencer’s team’s hauler.( ThatsRacin.com ) Biffle and Gordon: #16-Greg Biffle ripped into #24-Jeff Gordon following Sunday’s New England 300 for reneging on an agreement to allow Biffle to return to the lead lap during the race while Gordon was the race leader. While the race was under caution and preparing to go green on Lap 108 of 300, Biffle said Gordon’s spotter suggested an agreement in which Biffle would not race Gordon hard on the restart and Gordon would allow Biffle back on the lead lap if another caution came out. Biffle agreed and let Gordon go on the restart. When a caution came out on Lap 110, however, Gordon refused to allow Biffle pass him to get his lap back. Irritated, Biffle ran Gordon high on the track, which NASCAR officials didn’t like. He was called into the hauler [the Big Red Truck] after the race to discuss the incident. Gordon and his crew chief, Robbie Loomis, had left the track by the time Biffle’s meeting with NASCAR was over and were unavailable for comment. Biffle said he had more respect for Gordon than “just about any other driver in the garage,” but called Gordon’s actions “two-faced.” Biffle managed to return to the lead lap on his own later in the race and finished 10th [while Gordon faded and finished 24th].( ThatsRacin.com ) Plus #01-Mike Wallce was torqued at #22-Ward Burton; #2-Rusty Wallace was mad at #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr.; #20-Tony Stewart being annoyed by #2-Rusty Wallace.(7-21-2003)
