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Biffle Brilliant at Dover

Greg Biffle scored an easy win in the Nextel Cup race at Dover Downs on Sunday

Biffle took the lead not long after half distance and never looked back, finishing over four seconds ahead on the way to his fourth win of the year, closing the gap to the top to 46 points.

Second was rookie Kyle Busch, who led early in the race and ran up front all day. It was Busch's third event of the weekend at Dover, taking the win in the truck race on Saturday.

Biffle's teammate Mark Martin took third when he passed fourth placed Jimmie Johnson with two laps remaining, with another veteran in Rusty Wallace completing the top five placings. Elliott Sadler looked a strong contender for the win but faded towards the end to finish tenth.

It was not a good day for everyone however, as Dale Earnhardt Jr continues to struggle, handling problems seeing him finish three laps down in 22nd. Two drivers not to finish were Dave Blaney and Ken Schrader, Blaney spinning off turn two before he was collected hard by Schrader, both drivers taken to and released from the care centre.

Another driver who failed to finish was Jeff Gordon, whose day ended early, spinning and hitting the wall after contact with Tony Stewart, Gordon's day over before lap 50. Gordon's third successive DNF also dropped him out of the top ten in points.

MBNA RacePoints 400 - Dover International Speedway

Pos  Driver              Make       Laps
 1.  Greg Biffle         Ford        400
 2.  Kyle Busch          Chevrolet   400
 3.  Mark Martin         Ford        400
 4.  Jimmie Johnson      Chevrolet   400
 5.  Rusty Wallace       Dodge       400
 6.  Brian Vickers       Chevrolet   400
 7.  Matt Kenseth        Ford        400
 8.  Ryan Newman         Dodge       400
 9.  Kurt Busch          Ford        400
10.  Elliott Sadler      Ford        400
11.  Scott Riggs         Chevrolet   400
12.  Jeff Burton         Chevrolet   399
13.  Michael Waltrip     Chevrolet   399
14.  Jeremy Mayfield     Dodge       399
15.  Tony Stewart        Chevrolet   399
16.  Carl Edwards        Ford        398
17.  Travis Kvapil       Dodge       398
18.  Mike Bliss          Chevrolet   398
19.  Kyle Petty          Dodge       398
20.  Jason Leffler       Chevrolet   398
21.  Bobby Hamilton Jr   Chevrolet   398
22.  Dale Earnhardt Jr   Chevrolet   397
23.  Dale Jarrett        Ford UPS    397
24.  Casey Mears         Dodge       397
25.  Kevin Harvick       Chevrolet   396
26.  Jamie McMurray      Dodge       395
27.  Joe Nemechek        Chevrolet   395
28.  Mike Wallace        Chevrolet   394
29.  Robby Gordon        Chevrolet   394
30.  Jeff Green          Dodge       390
31.  Scott Wimmer        Dodge       390
32.  Sterling Marlin     Dodge       388
33.  Kevin Lepage        Dodge       382
34.  Stanton Barrett     Chevrolet   377
35.  Kasey Kahne         Dodge       283
36.  Dave Blaney         Chevrolet   135
37.  Ken Schrader        Dodge       135
38.  Bobby Labonte       Chevrolet    51
39.  Jeff Gordon         Chevrolet    41
40.  Ricky Rudd          Ford         41
41.  Hermie Sadler       Ford Peak    37
42.  Carl Long           Chevrolet    26
43.  Jeff Fuller         Chevrolet    15

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