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Greg Biffle
Greg Biffle, of Vancouver, Wash., won the 1998 Truck series Rookie of the Year Award despite tearing up an inordinate amount of equipment. Previously, Biffle had won the 1997 Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series Most Popular Driver Award.
He dominated Tucson Raceway Park's Winter Heat series for Late Model stock cars in 1996, 1997 and 1998, where he grabbed the attention of TV commentator Benny Parsons, who tipped Roush to hire Biffle.
Biffle came to the Busch Series after his second dominant year in the Craftsman Truck Series, in which he won the 2000 Truck championship driving for Jack Roush. Biffle proved he had lost no momentum, winning the 2001 Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award in Busch.
He had arguably the best rookie season in Busch Series history. After an inauspicious two-race debut in 1996, Biffle started all 33 races. He won five times and scored two Bud Poles, 16 top-five and 21 top-10 finishes. He was a phenomenal qualifier, with 25 top-10 starting spots and an average starting position of 8.6.
Despite winning "just" four times in 2002 Busch Series campaign, Biffle averaged a top-10 finish and garnered 20 top-five finishes in 34 starts. As a result, Biffle became the first driver to win both the Truck and Busch titles. He's also the first Roush Racing driver to win a major NASCAR title of any kind.
Biffle's inaugural NEXTEL Cup season in 2003 produced mixed results, highlighted by his first career Cup win in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Overall he and the No. 16 Grainger Team recorded one win, three top-five and six top-10 finishes en route to a 20th-place finish in the final point standings.
In 2004, Biffle and the No. 16 car had new sponsorship from the National Guard and Subway. That season he also scored victories at Michigan International Speedway and at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the season finale.
The 2005 campaign was by far Biffle’s best in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, as he went on to score six victories, 15 top fives and 21 top-10s. It was enough to elevate the Vancouver, Washington native to runner-up position in the championship, just 35 markers behind champion Tony Stewart. It also was the best amongst his four teammates at Roush Racing, all of whom qualified for the championship deciding “Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup.”
Not everything went to plan in 2006 however, as Biffle stumbled out of the gate and failed to make the “Chase.” Nonetheless, he finished the season with two wins, eight top fives and 15 top-10s en route to finishing 13th in the championship standings.
In 2007, he will be partnered up with a new crew chief, Pat Tryson, in the No. 16 Ameriquest Ford.
