"I [tried] to talk to him, [but] he wouldn't even let me get out of the car. He comes over and throws a few little baby punches. And then, when I get out, he runs away and hides behind some big guys. But he won't hide for long. I won't settle it on the track. He'll show up at a race with a black eye one of these days."
Other than that, Said had little to say. Any second, I expected him to launch into Richard Pryor's "I'm bad, yes, I'm bad . . . " routine.
Late in Monday's Glen race, Said, a road-racing specialist, tapped the Ford of Biffle's teammate David Ragan. Ragan crashed hard on the driver's side into a metal barrier, then swerved across the track and collided with David Reutimann's Toyota, which went airborne and violently crashed. Neither Ragan nor Reutimann was injured.
On the Speed channel's "NASCAR Race Hub" Tuesday, Biffle explained that Said wrecked him last year at the Glen and then Monday "ran me off [the track] in the carousel corner." Biffle added, "[Said] has a lot of skill and talent, but he's not showing it."
Evidently Said won't be visiting Biffle's home, because, according to Biffle, they spoke Tuesday and Said apologized for running "The Biff" off the track.
Referring to Said's vow to give him a black eye, Biffle said, "It felt like fifth grade: I'll meet you after recess and we'll fight."
Unless Said shows up for a Cup race, he and Biffle probably won't be on the same track again this year. Said will race in Saturday's Nationwide Series race in Montreal. Said is a cult favorite in NASCAR. His fans call themselves "Said Heads" and chant "Who Said? Boris Said!" Surely after his outburst toward Biffle, Said's fans were shouting "Boris Said, all right!"
ERWIN SETTLING IN
When people change jobs they often have to learn new routes to work. Not Greg Erwin. He just moved across the street.
