Biffle Wins Darlington Dramatically
Greg Biffle took a dramatic Nextel Cup win at Darlington yesterday with a late race pass for the lead
Earlier in the event, Biffle looked set for the win but towards the end of the race Biffle's car faded down the top five as Ryan Newman took over at the front.
In the closing laps Biffle moved his way back up to second place but it looked like he would run out of laps to catch Newman. But with a handful of laps remaining Mark Martin spun trying to pass Kasey Kahne to bring out the caution.
The question was would anyone pit for tyres? The answer was Newman stayed out while the rest of the field pitted.
With two laps to run, Newman led from Edwards, Biffle and Jeff Gordon. At the restart, Newman got a huge gap but Biffle shot past Edwards through turns one and two. Gordon followed past Edwards on the exit of two but clipped Edwards, sending him into a slide which cost Edwards a few places.
Up at the front Biffle dived inside Newman into turn three and took the lead, Gordon taking second before they got the white flag to begin the final lap. Biffle held on to take the win ahead of Gordon, while Kahne and Martin also managed to pass Newman before the chequered flag.
Seventh place for Jimmie Johnson saw him hold onto his points lead, though it shrunk a little, with teammate Jeff Gordon moving into second and Greg Biffle into third as Kurt Busch fell two places following an early race crash.
Dodge Charger 500, Darlington Raceway Pos Driver Make Laps
1. Greg Biffle Ford 370
2. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 370
3. Kasey Kahne Dodge 370
4. Mark Martin Ford 370
5. Ryan Newman Dodge 370
6. Jamie McMurray Dodge 370
7. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 370
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet 370
9. Carl Edwards Ford 370
10. Tony Stewart Chevrolet 370
11. Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 370
12. Rusty Wallace Dodge 370
13. Ricky Rudd Ford 370
14. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 370
15. Dale Jarrett Ford 370
16. Brian Vickers Chevrolet 370
17. Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 370
18. Ken Schrader Dodge 370
19. Mike Bliss Chevrolet 370
20. Elliott Sadler Ford 369
21. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 369
22. Jeff Green Dodge 369
23. Kyle Busch Chevrolet 369
24. Mike Wallace Chevrolet 369
25. Scott Wimmer Dodge 368
26. Matt Kenseth Ford 367
27. Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 367
28. Kyle Petty Dodge 366
29. Dave Blaney Chevrolet 366
30. Bobby Hamilton Jr Chevrolet 365
31. Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 365
32. Kevin Lepage Dodge 363
33. Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 333
34. Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 330
35. Travis Kvapil Dodge 323
36. Scott Riggs Chevrolet 311
37. Kurt Busch Ford 306
38. Jason Leffler Chevrolet 285
39. Casey Mears Dodge 285
40. Hermie Sadler Ford 234
41. Sterling Marlin Dodge 221
42. Carl Long Chevrolet 69
43. Jeff Fuller Chevrolet 24
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