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Greg Biffle

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Gregory Jack Biffle
Born 12/23/1969
Hometown Vancouver, Washington
Awards 1998 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year

2000 Craftsman Truck Series Champion

2001 Busch Series Rookie of the Year

2002 Busch Series Champion
Car #, team 16 - Roush Fenway Racing
2006 Sprint Cup position 13th
Best cup position 2nd (Tied with Carl Edwards)- 2005 (NEXTEL Cup)
NASCAR Nationwide Series statistics
Car #, team #16 - Roush Fenway Racing
2006 NNS position 9th
Best NNS position 1st - 2002 (Busch Series)
First race 1996 AC-Delco 200 (Rockingham
First win 2001 Pepsi 300 (Nashville)
Last win 2006 Stater Brothers 300 (Fontana)
Wins Top tens Poles
18 124 14
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series statistics
81 races run over 5 years
Best NCWTS position 1st - 2000 (Craftsman Truck Series)
First race 1998 Chevy Trucks Challenge (Orlando)
Last race 2001 Chevy Silverado 150 (Phoenix)
First win 1999 Memphis 200 (Memphis)
Last win 2001 Chevy Silverado 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
16 54 12
Statistics current as of February 18, 2008.

Gregory Jack Biffle (born December 23, 1969) is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver of the #16 3M Ford and part-time Nationwide Series driver of the #16 CitiFinacial Ford both for Roush Racing.

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[edit] NASCAR career

Biffle gained national attention when he raced in the NASCAR Winter Heat series on ESPN2 in the winter of 1995/1996. Former ESPN announcer and NASCAR champion Benny Parsons told Jack Roush that there was no way he could pass up the chance to hire Biffle, and that if he did he would regret it while watching Biffle win races for another team owner [1].

[edit] Craftsman Truck Series

Starting in the Craftsman Truck Series, Biffle first won Rookie of the Year in 1998 for Roush Fenway Racing. In 2000, he won the series title in the #50 Grainger Ford F-150, which was his first championship in one of NASCAR's three major series. In 2001, he ran four more races for Jack Roush in the #99 Eldon Ford F-150. His last truck start was in 2004 for Tom Mitchell in the #44 Ford Racing Ford F-150 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

[edit] Busch Series

Biffle first drove two races in 1996 for Dick Bown in the #51 Barbasol Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Biffle joined the NASCAR Busch Series full-time in 2001. He won the series rookie of the year award. He had five wins and finished fourth in points. In 2002 Biffle brought Roush another championship, this time in the NASCAR Busch Series. His four wins, twenty top fives and twenty-five top tens earned him the championship victory over fellow Busch Series regulars Jason Keller and Scott Wimmer. Biffle has continued to drive in the Busch Series every season since then. Biffle ran only part-time in 2003, but contended for the NASCAR Busch Series championship again in 2004, finishing third behind Sprint Cup driver Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch. Running part-time again in 2005, Biffle again placed in the top ten in NASCAR Busch Series points standings, despite running only twenty-seven races, eight races fewer than the full season.

[edit] Winston/NEXTEL/Sprint Cup Series

In 2002, Biffle drove his first NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) race at California Speedway in the #16 Volvo Trucks Ford Taurus for Roush Fenway Racing. He also drove for Andy Petree Racing in the #55 Schneider Electric Chevrolet Monte Carlo and for Petty Enterprises in the #44 Georgia Pacific Dodge Intrepid. In total, Biffle ran 7 races with 3 top-5 starts and a best finish of 13th.

Biffle started competing full time in NASCAR's top circuit in 2003, and he finished in 20th place in the final Sprint Cup series points. He earned his first win at the Daytona International Speedway in the Pepsi 400. He finished second to Jamie McMurray for Raybestos Rookie of the Year. His car was sponsored by Grainger Industrial Supply, Co., who had previously sponsored him in his Busch and truck series efforts.

Greg Biffle showed steady improvement over the 2004 season as he earned two more race wins en route to a 17th place finish in the points.

2005 was Biffle's breakout season. He finished the season tied with teammate Carl Edwards for second in the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, thirty-five points behind champion Tony Stewart. Biffle won the tie-breaker for second because of his six race victories, the most of any driver in the Sprint Cup Series that season.

In 2006, Biffle won twice, at Darlington Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway. Biffle struggled considerably during the year, finishing 24th at Pocono Raceway, 33rd at the Brickyard and 38th at Watkins Glen International.

The Army National Guard served as the primary sponsor from 2004-2006. Ameriquest served as a primary sponsor for most of 2007 before selling off a lot of its sponsorship to other companies due to financial difficulty and is no longer a sponsor of the #16 Ford. Other sponsors included Post-it/3M, Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, Subway, Charter Communications and Prism Guard Shield.

For 2007, Biffle will drive the #16 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing. Biffle is currently signed with Roush Fenway Racing until 2008.

2008 Cup racecar

[edit] Personal life

Greg is a fan of fishing and enjoys deep sea fishing in Mexico, were he keeps his factory sponsored Luhrs fishing boat. Greg formerly owned a pub venture in his hometown of Vancouver, WA called "Biffles Pub and Grill" located at 11500 NE 76th St Vancouver, WA. Greg was married on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 in South Carolina to his longtime girlfriend Nicole Lunders. [1].

Greg guest starred in CBS's situational comedy Yes, Dear. The episode, On Your Marks, Get Set, Mow, featured a tractor racing subplot which interloped with the greater "Father fights for respect of his son" theme. Biffle portrays himself as a NASCAR racer moonlighting in the small time tractor series.

On December 22,2007 Greg appeared on Food Network show Paula's Party with cook Paula Deen to cook steak,[2] and take Paula for a ride in a Mustang.[3]

[edit] Greg Biffle Foundation

Greg also has a foundation in his name that he and Nicole manage. Their primary goal is to create awareness and serve as an advocate to improve the well-being of animals by engaging the power and passion of the motorsports industry. The foundation donates to local Humane Societies, no-kill animal shelters, spay and neuter clinics, and the Animal Adoption League.

[edit] Races Won

[edit] Winston/NEXTEL/Sprint Cup (12 career wins)

[edit] Nationwide Series (18 career wins)

[edit] Career NASCAR Statistics

Year Races Wins Poles Top 5 Top 10 DNF Finish Start Winnings Season Rank
2002 7 0 0 0 0 1 27.4 17.4 $394,773
2003 35 1 0 3 6 6 19.8 20.1 $2,410,053
2004 36 2 1 4 8 5 19.2 14.2 $3,583,342
2005 36 6 0 15 21 1 11.9 13.2 $5,729,928
2006 36 2 2 8 15 6 18.8 14.4 $4,602,716
2007 36 1 1 5 11 5 18.5 19.3 $4,397,955
2008 3 0 0 1 2 0 9.3 12.7 $656,813 6
Totals 189 12 4 36 62 24 17.8 15.9 $21,775,580
Data as of Mar 2, 2008 [4]

[edit] Teams

Cup Series

Year(s) Car # Sponsor Make Team/Owner
2002-present 16 3M
CitiFinacial (2007)
National Guard (2004-2006)
Grainger (2003) 		Ford Roush Racing

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Greg Biffle
  2. ↑ Greg Biffle cooks steak with Paula Deen.
  3. ↑ Greg Biffle doing donuts with Paula Deen
  4. ↑ Career Stats

[edit] External links

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