Hooters comes back to NASCAR with Alan Kulwicki throwback scheme

For Biffle, Hooters represents more than a throwback paint scheme. He’s thrilled to call the popular restaurant chain a sponsor.

“How cool would it be to win at Darlington with Hooters on the car,” said Biffle, who has two wins and two poles at the Track too Tough to Tame. “Then doing an Alan Kulwicki victory lap and getting in the Chase. It would be a storybook ending.

“I’m a big fan of the restaurant. They’ve been a huge part of racing and were a huge part of NASCAR. And now coming back, I’m super excited about Hooters and potentially doing more in the future.”

In 1992, Kulwicki became the last privateer to win the Cup championship. The Greenfield, WI native amassed five wins, 24 poles, 38 top fives and 75 top 10s before dying the following year in a plane crash. He was 38.

Biffle, 46, regrets never having met the fellow Ford driver.

“That was before my time,” Biffle said. “I was just starting to race local— Friday, Saturday night racing stuff and starting to dabble with late models at that point. ’93, I ran a couple of late model races. Before that it was hobby stocks. In ’95, I won the title in two series at two tracks.

“No, I didn’t know him but what an intriguing person he was. That’s what the sport was built on, guys like that. He ran his own deal. He wanted to do stuff his own way. He earned five wins and a NASCAR championship. It’s unfortunate that I never had the opportunity to meet him.”