Since The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title started Greg Biffle can’t seem to do anything wrong and Kyle Busch can’t do anything right.
Biffle passed a pair of Roush Fenway Racing teammates to win Sunday’s Camping World RV 400 at Dover International Speedway, while Busch finished dead-last.
“It’s pretty disappointing,” Busch said. “Something broke inside the engine. I’m not sure what it is.”
Biffle traded a lengthy winless streak for a winning one when it mattered most. He made it a sparkling 2-for-2 in the Chase for the championship Sunday, using another late pass — this time with nine laps to go — to hold off Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards and bolster his bid for the Sprint Cup title.
“I feel like this has been coming for a while,” Biffle said. “There’s a lot of concentration right now. It doesn’t get more important than this.”
From that point, Biffle made repeated runs at Kenseth, who tried to protect the outside line but finally fell victim to Biffle’s No. 16 Ford. Mark Martin finished fourth, followed by Jimmie Johnson, as Roush Fenway cars finished 1-2-3 for the first time since sweeping the top four spots at Homestead-Miami in November 2005.
Edwards remained in the lead in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Johnson and Biffle are second, 10 points back.
Biffle became the first driver to win the first two races of the Chase, but it wasn’t secure until he won a protracted side-by-side battle against Kenseth in the closing laps.
Kyle Busch, the regular-season points winner, had another miserable race and a blown engine knocked him out early. He finished 43rd in the 400-mile race to drop to 12th and last in the Chase field.
“We’re out of the title hunt, that’s for sure,” Busch said.
Michael Waltrip finished 10th.
Other Chase driver results saw Tony Stewart in 11th, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was 24th, and Denny Hamlin was 38th. Hamlin’s car also was pushed to the garage, making it a bleak day for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Burton moved up a spot and is fourth in the standings. Harvick made the biggest jump, going from 10th to fifth. The rest of the standings are: Bowyer, Stewart, Gordon, Earnhardt, Kenseth, Hamlin, then Busch.
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