Biffle Reaches 218mph at Texas

Here's a track we haven't heard much about in a long time: Texas World Speedway. The high-banked two-mile oval hasn't hosted a Cup race in well over two decades, but with NASCAR's ban on testing at tour tracks this season, the place is sure to be busy.

Greg Biffle claims to have topped out at 218mph at the track in a recent test, with a lap average of 195mph.

"[It was] very fast," Biffle said. "A little bit bumpy, which is to be expected of a race track that the pavement is that old, but just a very fast place. It's kind of a fun race track, but our cars today are probably pretty dang fast for a race track like that."

Biffle said his Thursday afternoon speeds in College Station on Jan. 15 were the "fastest I've been in a race car before -- 218 miles an hour. That's getting her done, if you want to say -- 195 mile an hour average, so it was a pretty fast place."

Who knew the new car could even go that fast? Full story at NASCAR.com.