Winless for almost a year and seeded a distant ninth in the 12-driver Chase field, few considered the driver from Vancouver, Wash., a serious contender. But “The Biff” never counted himself out, believing a strong run Sunday in the Chase opener at New Hampshire Motor Speedway would put him in position to race for the Sprint Cup title.
Biffle passed Jimmie Johnson on Lap 289 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and held on for the victory, the 13th of his career and his first since winning at Kansas Speedway in the third race of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup last year.
“We’re going to give it all we have,” Biffle said. “We’re going to go out and make a big impact. We’ll make a good run at it, I can promise you that. I knew that we would.
“I didn’t have any wins but I wasn’t going to allow that to affect my mindset. I had the mindset that I had to put down the best 10 races of my life. That’s what I have to do to win the championship. That’s what I did when I walked out to the car this morning — to do the best I can do for 10 weeks.”
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE
1 16 Greg Biffle Ford
2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet
3 99 Carl Edwards Ford
4 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet
5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet
6 2 Kurt Busch Dodge
7 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet
8 20 Tony Stewart Toyota
9 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota
10 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet
11 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge
12 7 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet
13 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge
14 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet
15 44 David Reutimann Toyota
16 28 Travis Kvapil Ford
17 42 Juan Montoya Dodge
18 8 Aric Almirola Chevrolet
19 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet
20 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet
21 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet
22 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge
23 1 Regan Smith * Chevrolet
24 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge
25 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota
26 7 Robby Gordon Dodge
27 0 Michael McDowell * Toyota
28 6 David Ragan Ford
29 21 Bill Elliott Ford
30 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge
31 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge
32 96 Joey Logano Toyota
33 22 Dave Blaney Toyota
34 18 Kyle Busch Toyota
35 83 Brian Vickers Toyota
36 12 Ryan Newman Dodge
37 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet
38 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota
39 26 Jamie McMurray Ford
40 17 Matt Kenseth Ford
41 38 David Gilliland Ford
42 45 Chad McCumbee Dodge
43 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet
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