Biffle and Edwards in final year of contracts:

With the contracts of #99-Carl Edwards and #16-Greg Biffle up for renewal at the end of 2014, signing the two Roush Fenway Racing drivers for another term – before their statuses become a distraction – could be more taxing than worrying whether either veteran qualifies for one of the 16 places in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. ‘It’s our intent and goal to re-sign both of them,’ Roush Fenway Racing President Steve Newmark said Wednesday. ‘They’ve spent their careers at Roush, and we hope they retire (here). We’ve had those discussions and they’ve been actively involved in a lot of the changes and stuff that have been going on, so they’re pretty optimistic about the future. I think they’re pretty optimistic about the future, but I don’t have any concrete news to report on it.’(FoxSports)(1-30-2014)