BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP Jun 16, 2013) — Greg Biffle raced to his second straight Sprint Cup victory at Michigan International Speedway, easily holding off Kevin Harvick after points leader Jimmie Johnson smacked the wall in the final laps Sunday.
It was the 1,000th victory for Ford across NASCAR’s three national series – Cup, Nationwide and Truck.
It was Biffle’s first win since he overtook Johnson to win at MIS in August. Johnson’s engine faltered with six laps left in that race. This time, he was about a second behind Biffle with three laps to go – but a tire give way, and he dropped all the way to 28th.
Harvick was second, 3 seconds behind Biffle. Martin Truex Jr. was next, followed by Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart.
Johnson wasn’t the only big name who ran into trouble. Jeff Gordon was out of contention almost immediately when he hit a spinning Bobby Labonte less than 10 laps into the 200-lap, 400-mile race. Gordon finished 39th, one spot behind Kasey Kahne, who led at the halfway point but appeared to blow a tire and went sliding into the wall.
Kahne’s car caught fire, but he was able to climb out quickly.
Dale Earnhardt Jr., who won at MIS last June, finished 37th Sunday. He led for 34 laps, but his engine acted up about two-thirds of the way through the race.
There were eight cautions for 38 laps.
Pole winner Carl Edwards finished eighth. Kurt Busch qualified second but went into an early spin and finished 35th.
Unofficicial Results…
1 Greg Biffle (16) Ford 48/5 200 48 $235,260 Chart
2 Kevin Harvick (29) Chevrolet 42/0 200 0 $173,781 Chart
3 Martin Truex Jr. (56) Toyota 41/0 200 0 $145,670 Chart
4 Kyle Busch (18) Toyota 40/0 200 0 $148,803 Chart
5 Tony Stewart (14) Chevrolet 39/0 200 0 $142,085 Chart
6 Matt Kenseth (20) Toyota 38/0 200 0 $136,026 Chart
7 Clint Bowyer (15) Toyota 37/0 200 0 $131,943 Chart
8 Carl Edwards (99) Ford 37/1 200 16 $138,910 Chart
9 Joey Logano (22) Ford 36/1 200 21 $119,593 Chart
10 Jeff Burton (31) Chevrolet 34/0 200 0 $100,685 Chart
11 Austin Dillon (33) Chevrolet 33/0 200 0 $108,893 Chart
12 Brad Keselowski (2) Ford 32/0 200 0 $139,251 Chart
13 Danica Patrick (10) Chevrolet 31/0 200 0 $90,910 Chart
14 Paul Menard (27) Chevrolet 30/0 200 0 $124,126 Chart
15 Trevor Bayne (21) Ford 29/0 200 0 $89,435 Chart
16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (17) Ford 28/0 200 0 $132,571 Chart
17 Aric Almirola (43) Ford 27/0 200 0 $124,221 Chart
18 Ryan Newman (39) Chevrolet 26/0 200 0 $121,043 Chart
19 A J Allmendinger (47) Toyota 25/0 200 0 $110,643 Chart
20 Juan Pablo Montoya (42) Chevrolet 24/0 200 0 $114,474 Chart
21 Casey Mears (13) Ford 24/1 200 2 $107,818 Chart
22 David Gilliland (38) Ford 22/0 200 0 $96,993 Chart
23 Marcos Ambrose (9) Ford 21/0 200 0 $112,199 Chart
24 J.J. Yeley (36) Chevrolet 21/1 200 1 $84,685 Chart
25 David Ragan (34) Ford 20/1 200 1 $102,557 Chart
26 Mark Martin (55) Toyota 18/0 200 0 $91,710 Chart
27 Travis Kvapil (93) Toyota 18/1 200 2 $89,010 Chart
28 Jimmie Johnson (48) Chevrolet 17/1 199 18 $129,796 Chart
29 David Stremme (30) Toyota 15/0 199 0 $80,660 Chart
30 Denny Hamlin (11) Toyota 14/0 199 0 $101,885 Chart
31 Dave Blaney (7) Chevrolet 13/0 199 0 $80,435 Chart
32 David Reutimann (83) Toyota 12/0 198 0 $80,335 Chart
33 Jamie McMurray (1) Chevrolet 12/1 196 21 $106,605 Chart
34 Ken Schrader (32) Ford 10/0 195 0 $80,160 Chart
35 Kurt Busch (78) Chevrolet 10/1 193 21 $107,340 Chart
36 Joe Nemechek (87) Toyota 8/0 193 0 $79,940 Chart
37 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) Chevrolet 8/1 131 34 $97,884 Chart
38 Kasey Kahne (5) Chevrolet 7/1 103 14 $93,590 Chart
39 Jeff Gordon (24) Chevrolet 5/0 52 0 $118,026 Chart
40 Josh Wise (35) Ford 4/0 51 0 $67,090 Chart
41 Mike Bliss (19) Toyota 3/0 50 0 $63,090 Chart
42 Michael McDowell (98) Ford 3/1 36 1 $59,090 Chart
43 Bobby Labonte (51) Chevrolet 1/0 5 0 $63,590 Chart
Standings…
1 – Jimmie Johnson 521 Leader 15 1 3 7 9 0 $4,903,423
2 – Carl Edwards 470 51 15 0 1 5 7 0 $2,669,034
3 – Clint Bowyer 452 69 15 0 0 4 7 1 $2,406,015
4 +2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 439 82 15 0 0 4 9 1 $2,854,424
5 -1 Kevin Harvick 434 87 15 0 2 3 6 2 $2,870,491
6 -2 Matt Kenseth 418 103 15 2 3 3 7 3 $3,044,224
7 +1 Kyle Busch 412 109 15 2 2 6 8 3 $3,122,079
8 -1 Kasey Kahne 400 121 15 0 1 5 6 1 $2,402,228
9 +1 Brad Keselowski 398 123 15 0 0 5 8 1 $2,885,988
10 +3 Greg Biffle 395 126 15 0 0 2 5 0 $2,243,564
wc 11 – Jeff Gordon 393 128 15 0 0 3 4 3 $2,401,777
12 -3 Paul Menard 385 136 15 0 0 0 4 0 $2,027,502
wc 13 +3 Tony Stewart 378 143 15 0 1 2 4 0 $2,493,914
14 -2 Aric Almirola 377 144 15 0 0 0 4 2 $2,182,085
15 +2 Kurt Busch 374 147 15 1 0 3 5 2 $2,153,858
16 +2 Joey Logano 369 152 15 0 0 4 6 2 $2,456,246
17 -3 Martin Truex Jr. 364 157 15 0 0 2 5 1 $2,309,854
18 +1 Jamie McMurray 363 158 15 0 0 0 3 0 $2,066,583
18 +2 Ryan Newman 363 158 15 0 0 2 7 4 $2,385,185
20 -6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 361 160 15 0 0 0 0 0 $2,302,512
21 -1 Jeff Burton 356 165 15 0 0 1 2 1 $1,704,933
22 – Juan Pablo Montoya 337 184 15 0 0 2 3 0 $2,097,895
23 – Marcos Ambrose 321 200 15 0 0 0 2 1 $2,013,794
24 – Mark Martin 296 225 13 1 0 1 4 1 $2,063,769
25 +1 Denny Hamlin 285 236 11 3 0 3 4 2 $1,758,859
26 -1 Casey Mears 281 240 15 0 0 0 0 2 $1,736,857
27 – Bobby Labonte 255 266 15 0 0 0 0 2 $1,709,454
28 +1 Danica Patrick 246 275 15 1 0 0 1 2 $1,587,084
29 -2 David Ragan 245 276 15 0 1 1 1 3 $1,975,984
30 – David Gilliland 239 282 15 0 0 1 1 3 $1,683,341
31 -1 Dave Blaney 232 289 15 0 0 0 0 3 $1,562,943
32 – David Reutimann 202 319 15 0 0 0 0 4 $1,529,010
33 +1 David Stremme 194 327 14 0 0 0 0 2 $1,197,535
34 -1 J.J. Yeley 192 329 15 0 0 0 1 4 $1,457,878
35 – Travis Kvapil 160 361 15 0 0 0 0 5 $1,583,479
36 – A J Allmendinger 133 388 6 0 0 0 0 0 $547,667
37 +2 Timmy Hill 80 441 8 0 0 0 0 1 $686,326
37 – Michael McDowell 80 441 14 0 0 0 1 11 $1,173,006
39 -1 Scott Speed 75 446 8 0 0 0 1 6 $807,494
40 – Michael Waltrip 63 458 2 0 0 1 1 0 $465,184
41 – Terry Labonte 52 469 3 0 0 0 0 1 $523,777
42 – Ken Schrader 29 492 4 0 0 0 0 1 $241,277
43 – Scott Riggs 10 511 5 0 0 0 0 5 $314,980
44 – Brian Keselowski 4 517 1 0 0 0 0 1 $114,904
45 – Jason Leffler 1 520 1 0 0 0 0 1 $47,550
wc-Qualifies for Chase as a wild card; awarded to the two drivers ranked 11-20 with the most wins.
