Biffle wins pole for Dover Cup race
Greg Biffle |
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Greg Biffle turned a lap of 155.219 mph to grab the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Best Buy 400 at Dover International Speedway. It was Biffle's sixth career Sprint Cup Series pole and second this season. Kurt Busch will start outside the front row in the Penske Racing Miller Lite Dodge.
"They built me a great car," said Biffle. "It's exciting how the No.16 team has come around this year."
"Yeah, it does take a lot of nerve, but when these guys give me cars like this it makes it easy on me," Biffle said of the run. "I just drove it off into one. The car stuck real good in practice. We were actually third-quick our second time out in practice, so we drove it down in the corner and the car really, really stuck good. I went to the gas super-early and didn’t know if I would be able to keep it down and I was actually able to keep it down, so that’s the soonest I’ve ever gotten back to the gas at Dover driving it off in the corner."
"I let them down last week. We had a good enough car to be on the front row at the Coca-Cola 600 and I made a little mistake."
Kurt Busch will start outside the front row in the Penske Racing Miller Lite Dodge.
Results
POS |
CAR | DRIVER | MAKE | SPONSOR | SPEED | TIME | BEHIND |
1 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 3M | 155.219 | 23.193 | Leader |
2 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Dodge | Miller Lite | 153.971 | 23.381 | -0.188 |
3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | Combos | 153.767 | 23.412 | -0.219 |
4 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 153.754 | 23.414 | -0.221 |
5 | 26 | Jamie McMurray | Ford | Crown Royal | 153.597 | 23.438 | -0.245 |
6 | 83 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | Red Bull | 153.413 | 23.466 | -0.273 |
7 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 153.368 | 23.473 | -0.280 |
8 | 84 | A.J. Allmendinger | Toyota | Red Bull | 152.912 | 23.543 | -0.350 |
9 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Dodge | Best Buy / Garmin / Autism Speaks | 152.873 | 23.549 | -0.356 |
10 | 40 | Jeremy Mayfield | Dodge | Target | 152.847 | 23.553 | -0.360 |
11 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | Alltel | 152.782 | 23.563 | -0.370 |
12 | 28 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | Yates Racing | 152.685 | 23.578 | -0.385 |
13 | 15 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Pittsburgh Paints / Menards | 152.678 | 23.579 | -0.386 |
14 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Office Depot | 152.646 | 23.584 | -0.391 |
15 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Budweiser | 152.523 | 23.603 | -0.410 |
16 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr.* | Dodge | Penske Truck Rental | 152.458 | 23.613 | -0.420 |
17 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | FreeCreditReport.com | 152.362 | 23.628 | -0.435 |
18 | 22 | Dave Blaney | Toyota | Caterpillar | 152.258 | 23.644 | -0.451 |
19 | 43 | Bobby Labonte | Dodge | Cheerios / Betty Crocker | 152.194 | 23.654 | -0.461 |
20 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker | 152.104 | 23.668 | -0.475 |
21 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | DEWALT NANO Technology | 152.104 | 23.668 | -0.475 |
22 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Toyota | The Home Depot | 152.078 | 23.672 | -0.479 |
23 | 6 | David Ragan | Ford | AAA Insurance | 151.771 | 23.720 | -0.527 |
24 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Ford | U.S. Air Force | 151.732 | 23.726 | -0.533 |
25 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | AMP Energy / National Guard | 151.630 | 23.742 | -0.549 |
26 | 07 | Clint Bowyer | Chevrolet | DIRECTV | 151.624 | 23.743 | -0.550 |
27 | 96 | J.J. Yeley | Toyota | DLP HDTV | 151.541 | 23.756 | -0.563 |
28 | 66 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | State Water Heaters | 151.528 | 23.758 | -0.565 |
29 | 01 | Regan Smith* | Chevrolet | DEI / Principal Financial Group | 151.350 | 23.786 | -0.593 |
30 | 8 | Mark Martin | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 151.318 | 23.791 | -0.598 |
31 | 78 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / DenverMattress.com | 151.267 | 23.799 | -0.606 |
32 | 00 | Michael McDowell* | Toyota | Microsoft Small Business | 151.260 | 23.800 | -0.607 |
33 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | FedEx Kinko's | 151.133 | 23.820 | -0.627 |
34 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | Shell / Pennzoil | 150.981 | 23.844 | -0.651 |
35 | 42 | Juan Montoya | Dodge | Texaco / Havoline | 150.823 | 23.869 | -0.676 |
36 | 10 | Patrick Carpentier* | Dodge | Auto Value / Bumper to Bumper | 150.710 | 23.887 | -0.694 |
37 | 44 | David Reutimann | Toyota | UPS | 150.514 | 23.918 | -0.725 |
38 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | AT&T Mobility | 150.458 | 23.927 | -0.734 |
39 | 5 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | Kellogg's / CARQUEST | 149.850 | 24.024 | -0.831 |
40 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Toyota | NAPA AUTO PARTS | 149.645 | 24.057 | -0.864 |
41 | 7 | Matt Crafton | Dodge | Jim Beam | 149.099 | 24.145 | -0.952 |
42 | 41 | Reed SorensonÃ- | Dodge | Target | 148.705 | 24.209 | -1.016 |
43 | 34 | Tony Raines | Chevrolet | doorstopnation.com / Continental Fire & Safety | 150.232 | 23.963 | -0.770 |
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44 | 70 | Jason Leffler | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | 150.075 | 23.988 | -0.795 |
45 | 45 | Chad McCumbee | Dodge | Richard Petty Driving Experience | 148.926 | 24.173 | -0.980 |