Many drivers in the garage would kill for a top-5 finish, yet for Roush Fenway Racing's Greg Biffle, Sunday's third-place finish is nothing but another week without a win. For the fourth week in a row, mechanical issues hampered the No. 16 team's efforts, leaving them searching for their first victory of 2008.

Starting the event from the pole, the driver of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion set a blistering pace in the early stages of the event. Leading three times for a total of 164 laps, Biffle methodically picked his way through lapped traffic, keeping teammate Carl Edwards and Joe Gibbs Racing's Kyle Busch at bay.

Following a restart on Lap 159, Biffle began to have a miss in the engine and was forced to diagnose the problem from the driver's seat. On Lap 170, Biffle moved over and let Edwards take the lead while he continued to search for answers. Shortly after giving up the top spot, Biffle realized the issue was a battery failure, switched to the number two battery and turned off all of his fans.

With no fans on in the car and struggling to get through lapped traffic, frustration began to set. Adjustments to the car and encouraging words from crew chief Greg Erwin, did little to calm Biffle.

Seeing his chances disappear after the last round of green-flag stops, Biffle came over the radio very upset with his team owner Jack Roush. "Jack, I hope your radio's on," Biffle said from the cockpit. "We're going to have a long talk about this. I'm not doing this anymore. I'm tired of you giving my stuff away to [these guys]."

When asked about his comments, Biffle offered little insight onto who he was talking about or what he wanted to discuss with his team owner. In an interesting twist, as Biffle began to answer, Edwards - who was sitting beside his teammate in the media center - got up and left the room.

"Carl and I both kind of had the same issue. We had some difficulty with lap traffic and I was frustrated," Biffle said in response. "The thing is it's a delicate situation. It's a really delicate situation to talk about because you can't say, 'Just get out of my way, you can't race.'"

Biffle alluded to having issues with a teammate following the last round of green flag stops, but failed to indicate just who that driver was. "Carl and I both spent about, you know, 10 laps, 8 laps behind one of our teammate"s cars and lost a tremendous amount of track position. That's where [Carl] lost all of his track position to the 18 car. I saw it happen. Then the same thing happened to me. I was on Carl's bumper. When I got by [the teammate], Carl was almost a straightaway ahead of me - almost a straightaway. There was no way I was going to catch Carl."

Obviously upset and looking for an out, Biffle pointed to the fact NASCAR has made this new car so equal it is making things nearly impossible to pass. "This car is so difficult. You know, when you get 10-15 car lengths away from a guy, it just stops, and you can't get any closer. It's not like you can get up and push air on his bumper and try to get him out of the way."

Despite the disappointment, Biffle's third-place finish marked his fifth top-5 finish of 2008 and moved him up six spots in the series standings to 5th.

"Our team has been building really, really fast race cars - good cars - just about everywhere," Biffle explained following the race. The No. 16 dominated the event at Darlington, was the runner-up to Kasey Kahne two weekends in a row in Charlotte and this weekend sat on pole and had a great car all race.

Biffle admitted, "We just need to get the gremlins out of there that keep us from finishing good each week."

With his contract status still up in the air, Biffle's late race comments over the team's radio and his continued poor luck during races must be wearing thin. In a position to win almost every week only to have it slip away for one reason or another, Biffle has been forced to suck it up and put on a good show for the media.

When asked about the status of his negotiations Friday afternoon, Biffle jokingly said, "I just signed a multi-year deal to go F1 racing."

Making light of the situation, Biffle explained, "The ball is sort of in their court, I guess, right now and we'll just wait and see. They've got to position themselves with sponsors and all kinds of things. This thing is kind of complex, but we're moving forward on it and trying to get it done, but really, no groundbreaking news to report at this point."

After Sunday's event it should be interesting to see how these negotiations develop. Be sure to check back to HardcoreRaceFans.com for further updates.