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Gregg Biffle
Biffle attempted his Cup Series debut by trying to qualify a Roush
Ford for the 2002 Daytona 500 but failed to make the race. He would
make his first Cup start for Roush nine races later at California.
His 13th place finish in that race was his best finish in seven
2002 races as he also drove four races in a Chevrolet for Andy
Petree Racing and two in a Dodge for Petty Enterprises.
Biffle began competing full-time in NASCAR's top division in
2003, with sponsorship from Grainger, who had previously sponsored
him in his Busch and Truck Series rides. He earned his first win in
the Pepsi 400 at Daytona that season and finished second to Jamie
McMurray (who would later join him as a teammate at Roush) for
Raybestos Rookie of the Year. Biffle placed 20th in the final
points standings.
Biffle made an immediate impact in his sophomore season in 2004,
earning the pole in the Daytona 500. Despite missing NASCAR's
first-ever Chase for the NEXTEL Cup, Biffle won twice that season,
at Michigan and Homestead en route to a 17th place finish in the
final points standings.
2005 was Biffle's breakout season. He won six races, the most of
any driver that year, and qualified for the Chase for the first
time in his career. He won the season finale at Homestead to finish
second in the standings, 35 points behind champion Tony Stewart
(Biffle tied with teammate Carl Edwards in points but won the
tie-breaker based on race wins).
Biffle regressed in 2006, missing the Chase for the Cup despite
winning twice, at Darlington Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway
(both of which were tracks he had also won at the previous season).
He finished 13th in the standings, third-best of the drivers not to
qualify for the Chase. He also missed the Chase the following year,
in a season marred by the #16 team's new primary sponsor Ameriquest
Mortgage suffering financial difficulty and having to sell off a
number of its race sponsorships. Biffle won just once in 2007, at
Kansas Speedway, and finished 14th in the standings, second-best of
the non-Chase drivers as the Chase expanded to a 12-driver format
that year.
In June 2008, Biffle signed a 3-year contract extension with
Roush Fenway Racing.[5] Despite going winless during the 26-race
regular season, Biffle made for the Chase for the Sprint Cup that
year and won the first two Chase races, at New Hampshire and Dover.
In doing so, he became the first (and to date only) driver to win
the first two Chase races in a season.
Biffle qualified for the Chase for the second year in a row in
2009 but, for the first time since 2002 (when he ran a limited
schedule), failed to record a win. During a January 2009 test, Greg
Biffle managed to reach 218 miles per hour (351 km/h) in a test for
Roush Fenway Racing as part of evading NASCAR's testing ban. This
became the fastest time ever achieved on this track by any
competitor (amateur or professional).