Greg Biffle has scored an historic 1000th victory for Ford across NASCAR’s premier racing divisions (Sprint Cup, Nationwide & Camping World Truck) taking the chequered flag at the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan.
Biffle’s first win of the season and second career victory at Michigan, was aided by a late tyre issue for Jimmie Johnson who hit the wall with two laps to run.
Biffle finished more than four seconds ahead of Kevin Harvick.
“I love it when the 48 crashes trying to catch me. Love it,” said Biffle on the team radio after crossing the finish line.
Biffle clarified his comments in Victory Lane,
“I don’t want to see anybody wreck; I should have said make a mistake,” said Biffle.
“And that’s truly what he did is he made a mistake. He pushed the envelope, and we all do that. I almost did that; he almost busted me, and basically that’s what I was referring to was breaking him.”
After finishing second to Johnson last week at Pocono, Biffle more than had revenge as Johnson came home 28th; the highest finishing Hendrick Motorsports car after Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne also all had problems.
Johnson’s points lead is now 31 over Carl Edwards and Biffle is eighth in the standings.
After a challenging race Marcos Ambrose finished 23rd and will be looking forward to the first of two road course races next week at Sonoma outside San Francisco.
RESULTS: Quicken Loans 400 – Michigan International Speedway
|
POS |
Driver |
Car # |
MFG |
Start |
Laps |
Laps Led |
Final Status |
Points/Bonus |
|
1 |
Greg Biffle | 16 | Ford | 19 | 200 | 48 | Running | 48/5 |
|
2 |
Kevin Harvick | 29 | Chevrolet | 21 | 200 | 0 | Running | 42/0 |
|
3 |
Martin Truex Jr | 56 | Toyota | 13 | 200 | 0 | Running | 41/0 |
|
4 |
Kyle Busch | 18 | Toyota | 9 | 200 | 0 | Running | 40/0 |
|
5 |
Tony Stewart | 14 | Chevrolet | 14 | 200 | 0 | Running | 39/0 |
|
6 |
Matt Kenseth | 20 | Toyota | 8 | 200 | 0 | Running | 38/0 |
|
7 |
Clint Bowyer | 15 | Toyota | 27 | 200 | 0 | Running | 37/0 |
|
8 |
Carl Edwards | 99 | Ford | 1 | 200 | 16 | Running | 37/1 |
|
9 |
Joey Logano | 22 | Ford | 6 | 200 | 21 | Running | 36/1 |
|
10 |
Jeff Burton | 31 | Chevrolet | 18 | 200 | 0 | Running | 34/0 |
|
11 |
Austin Dillon | 33 | Chevrolet | 7 | 200 | 0 | Running | 0/0 |
|
12 |
Brad Keselowski | 2 | Ford | 16 | 200 | 0 | Running | 32/0 |
|
13 |
Danica Patrick | 10 | Chevrolet | 37 | 200 | 0 | Running | 31/0 |
|
14 |
Paul Menard | 27 | Chevrolet | 4 | 200 | 0 | Running | 30/0 |
|
15 |
Trevor Bayne | 21 | Ford | 25 | 200 | 0 | Running | 0/0 |
|
16 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 17 | Ford | 15 | 200 | 0 | Running | 28/0 |
|
17 |
Aric Almirola | 43 | Ford | 5 | 200 | 0 | Running | 27/0 |
|
18 |
Ryan Newman | 39 | Chevrolet | 35 | 200 | 0 | Running | 26/0 |
|
19 |
AJ Allmendinger | 47 | Toyota | 32 | 200 | 0 | Running | 25/0 |
|
20 |
Juan Pablo Montoya | 42 | Chevrolet | 10 | 200 | 0 | Running | 24/0 |
|
21 |
Casey Mears | 13 | Ford | 24 | 200 | 2 | Running | 24/1 |
|
22 |
David Gilliland | 38 | Ford | 26 | 200 | 0 | Running | 22/0 |
|
23 |
Marcos Ambrose | 9 | Ford | 23 | 200 | 0 | Running | 21/0 |
|
24 |
J.J. Yeley | 36 | Chevrolet | 40 | 200 | 1 | Running | 21/1 |
|
25 |
David Ragan | 34 | Ford | 31 | 200 | 1 | Running | 20/1 |
|
26 |
Mark Martin | 55 | Toyota | 22 | 200 | 0 | Running | 18/0 |
|
27 |
Travis Kvapil | 93 | Toyota | 41 | 200 | 2 | Running | 18/1 |
|
28 |
Jimmie Johnson | 48 | Chevrolet | 17 | 199 | 18 | Running | 17/1 |
|
29 |
David Stremme | 30 | Toyota | 34 | 199 | 0 | Running | 15/0 |
|
30 |
Denny Hamlin | 11 | Toyota | 11 | 199 | 0 | Running | 14/0 |
|
31 |
Dave Blaney | 7 | Chevrolet | 36 | 199 | 0 | Running | 13/0 |
|
32 |
David Reutimann | 83 | Toyota | 33 | 198 | 0 | Running | 12/0 |
|
33 |
Jamie McMurray | 1 | Chevrolet | 28 | 196 | 21 | Running | 12/1 |
|
34 |
Ken Schrader | 32 | Ford | 39 | 195 | 0 | Running | 10/0 |
|
35 |
Kurt Busch | 78 | Chevrolet | 2 | 193 | 21 | Running | 10/1 |
|
36 |
Joe Nemechek | 87 | Toyota | 42 | 193 | 0 | Running | 0/0 |
|
37 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr | 88 | Chevrolet | 12 | 131 | 34 | Engine | 8/1 |
|
38 |
Kasey Kahne | 5 | Chevrolet | 3 | 103 | 14 | Accident | 7/1 |
|
39 |
Jeff Gordon | 24 | Chevrolet | 29 | 52 | 0 | Accident | 5/0 |
|
40 |
Josh Wise | 35 | Ford | 38 | 51 | 0 | Vibration | 0/0 |
|
41 |
Mike Bliss | 19 | Toyota | 43 | 50 | 0 | Vibration | 0/0 |
|
42 |
Michael McDowell | 98 | Ford | 30 | 36 | 1 | Vibration | 3/1 |
|
43 |
Bobby Labonte | 51 | Chevrolet | 20 | 5 | 0 | Accident | 1/0 |
STANDINGS
|
Rank |
Driver |
Points |
Wins |
Starts |
Top 5 |
Top 10 |
DNF |
|
1 |
Jimmie Johnson | 5380 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
|
2 |
Carl Edwards | +31 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
|
3 |
Clint Bowyer | +49 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
|
4 |
Kevin Harvick | +62 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
|
5 |
Matt Kenseth | +82 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
|
6 |
Kyle Busch | +86 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 |
|
7 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr | +91 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
|
8 |
Greg Biffle | +95 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
|
9 |
Brad Keselowski | +108 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
|
10 |
Tony Stewart | +121 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
|
11 |
Paul Menard | +123 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
|
12 |
Kasey Kahne | +131 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
|
13 |
Martin Truex Jr | +133 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
|
14 |
Joey Logano | +133 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
|
15 |
Aric Almirola | +134 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
|
16 |
HendJeff Gordon | +140 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
|
17 |
Jeff Burton | +148 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
|
18 |
Ryan Newman | +149 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
|
19 |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr | +149 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
20 |
Kurt Busch | +154 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
|
21 |
Jamie McMurray | +163 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
|
22 |
Juan Pablo Montoya | +177 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
|
23 |
Marcos Ambrose | +196 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
|
24 |
Mark Martin | +224 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
|
25 |
Casey Mears | +233 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
26 |
Denny Hamlin | +239 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
|
27 |
Danica Patrick | +261 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
|
28 |
David Ragan | +273 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
|
29 |
David Gilliland | +277 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
|
30 |
Bobby Labonte | +282 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
|
31 |
Dave Blaney | +293 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
|
32 |
David Reutimann | +324 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
33 |
J.J. Yeley | +325 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
|
34 |
David Stremme | ++329 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
|
35 |
Travis Kvapil | +360 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
36 |
AJ Allmendinger | +380 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
37 |
Michael McDowell | +455 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
|
38 |
Timmy Hill | +458 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
39 |
Scott Speed | +463 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
|
40 |
Michael Waltrip | +475 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
|
41 |
Terry Labonte | +486 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
42 |
Ken Schrader | +499 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
43 |
Scott Riggs | +528 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
44 |
Brian Keselowski | +534 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
45 |
Jason Leffler | +537 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
46 |
Regan Smith | +538 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
|
47 |
Brian Vickers | +538 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
|
48 |
Austin Dillon | +538 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
49 |
Trevor Bayne | +538 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
50 |
Josh Wise | +538 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
|
51 |
Landon Cassill | +538 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
|
52 |
Joe Nemechek | +538 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
|
53 |
Sam Hornish Jr | +538 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
54 |
Elliott Sadler | +538 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
55 |
Mike Bliss | +538 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
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