Greg Biffle broke a 64-race losing streak with an emotional victory in Sunday’s Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway.
Biffle used a series of two-tire pit stops to gain track position, leading the final 20 laps of the race to win for the first time since Dover International Speedway in 2008. More importantly, perhaps, the victory came five days after team co-owner Jack Roush was seriously injured in an airplane crash in Wisconsin.
“This one’s for Jack,” Biffle said in victory lane. “We know he’s watching.”
Biffle drove to victory in the same No. 16 Ford Fusion he drove to a third-place finish last week at Indianapolis. FOXNews
Pulling away from the rest of the field after a rain delay of more than 17 minutes, Biffle beat pole-sitter Tony Stewart to the finish line by 3.598 seconds to win Sunday’s Race.
Carl Edwards, who came home third, spoke with Roush on Sunday morning and said his boss sounded in good spirits.
“He was Jack,” Edwards said. “Don’t mess anything up. Don’t wreck. He’s been through a lot this last week. He really needed that victory. That’s pretty cool. I’m sure he’s really hard to handle for all those nurses in the hospital.” NASCAR.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 16 Greg Biffle Ford 2 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 3 99 Carl Edwards Ford 4 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 5 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 7 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 8 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 9 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 11 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 12 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 13 98 Paul Menard Ford 14 6 David Ragan Ford 15 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 16 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 17 0 David Reutimann Toyota 18 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 19 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 20 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 21 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 22 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 23 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 24 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 25 20 Joey Logano Toyota 26 82 Scott Speed Toyota 27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 28 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 29 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 30 37 David Gilliland Ford 31 34 Kevin Conway * Ford 32 83 Reed Sorenson Toyota 33 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 34 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 35 7 P.J. Jones Toyota 36 36 Casey Mears Chevrolet 37 164 Todd Bodine Toyota 38 46 J.J. Yeley Dodge 39 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 40 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 41 9 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 42 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 43 55 Michael McDowell Toyota
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