Biffle, Busch blame each other

Biffle had dominated the early running of the event, having led 49 of the first 82 laps. However, a collision with 2004 Nextel Cup champion Busch sent Biffle into the wall and out of the race. The incident also caused severe damage to Busch's front nose.

Busch was a lap down at the time when he appeared to nudge Biffle from behind. Biffle blamed the Penske driver for the smash, saying that the move was unforgivable.

"I got up in front of the #2 [Busch] and he had a little bit of a run down the straightaway but he just didn't lift," Biffle said.

"He just ran into the back of me and turned me into the fence.  I watched the video and it's exactly what I thought happened.  I left about a half-a-car width of room out there and was going straight ahead when he hit me and turned me in there.

"It's a little bit of a give-and-take game out there.  If you get a run on somebody down the straightaway, you can't just run into the back of them because you're faster than them.

"I've had to lift on the gas all day in and around traffic, so it's kind of tough to take us out of the race like that.

"I knew he was a lap down.  They're all racing for position too, but the thing about it is you've got to have a little bit of respect for the other drivers you're racing with and Kurt hasn't shown respect, or that surely wasn't showing respect

"When you're the guy that all you have to do is lift on the gas pedal a little bit and elect not to and run into the car in front of you on the straightaway, that's pretty unforgivable, I would have to say.

"If he slid up in the corner and caught me or something on accident, or couldn't react quick enough, that would be something.  But he had plenty of time to react.  He consciously thought about it before he turned us into the fence, so I don't know what he was upset about."

Busch however, believed that Biffle was in fact to blame for the accident. Busch finished 49 laps down in 34th after repairs to the front of his Dodge.

"I don't know what he was doing," Busch said. "I was a lapped car trying to get out of the way. He had trouble passing the 21, and he checked up down the straightaway.

"I tried not to get into him. I had nowhere to go. He had a fast race-car. He caught me from like 20 car-lengths back in like a lap, so I don't know why he couldn't pass the 21.

"I was just trying to get out of the way."