{"id":21028,"date":"2013-06-16T17:10:24","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T22:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=21028"},"modified":"2013-06-16T17:10:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-16T22:10:24","slug":"biffle-holds-on-to-win-at-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=21028","title":{"rendered":"Biffle Holds On To Win At Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"nascarlogo445\"<\/a>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.<\/p>\n

It was the 1,000th victory for Ford across NASCAR’s three national series – Cup, Nationwide and Truck.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Harvick was second, 3 seconds behind Biffle. Martin Truex Jr. was next, followed by Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Kahne’s car caught fire, but he was able to climb out quickly.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

There were eight cautions for 38 laps.<\/p>\n

Pole winner Carl Edwards finished eighth. Kurt Busch qualified second but went into an early spin and finished 35th.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Unofficicial Results…<\/p>\n

1 Greg Biffle (16) Ford 48\/5 200 48 $235,260 Chart<\/p>\n

2 Kevin Harvick (29) Chevrolet 42\/0 200 0 $173,781 Chart<\/p>\n

3 Martin Truex Jr. (56) Toyota 41\/0 200 0 $145,670 Chart<\/p>\n

4 Kyle Busch (18) Toyota 40\/0 200 0 $148,803 Chart<\/p>\n

5 Tony Stewart (14) Chevrolet 39\/0 200 0 $142,085 Chart<\/p>\n

6 Matt Kenseth (20) Toyota 38\/0 200 0 $136,026 Chart<\/p>\n

7 Clint Bowyer (15) Toyota 37\/0 200 0 $131,943 Chart<\/p>\n

8 Carl Edwards (99) Ford 37\/1 200 16 $138,910 Chart<\/p>\n

9 Joey Logano (22) Ford 36\/1 200 21 $119,593 Chart<\/p>\n

10 Jeff Burton (31) Chevrolet 34\/0 200 0 $100,685 Chart<\/p>\n

11 Austin Dillon (33) Chevrolet 33\/0 200 0 $108,893 Chart<\/p>\n

12 Brad Keselowski (2) Ford 32\/0 200 0 $139,251 Chart<\/p>\n

13 Danica Patrick (10) Chevrolet 31\/0 200 0 $90,910 Chart<\/p>\n

14 Paul Menard (27) Chevrolet 30\/0 200 0 $124,126 Chart<\/p>\n

15 Trevor Bayne (21) Ford 29\/0 200 0 $89,435 Chart<\/p>\n

16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (17) Ford 28\/0 200 0 $132,571 Chart<\/p>\n

17 Aric Almirola (43) Ford 27\/0 200 0 $124,221 Chart<\/p>\n

18 Ryan Newman (39) Chevrolet 26\/0 200 0 $121,043 Chart<\/p>\n

19 A J Allmendinger (47) Toyota 25\/0 200 0 $110,643 Chart<\/p>\n

20 Juan Pablo Montoya (42) Chevrolet 24\/0 200 0 $114,474 Chart<\/p>\n

21 Casey Mears (13) Ford 24\/1 200 2 $107,818 Chart<\/p>\n

22 David Gilliland (38) Ford 22\/0 200 0 $96,993 Chart<\/p>\n

23 Marcos Ambrose (9) Ford 21\/0 200 0 $112,199 Chart<\/p>\n

24 J.J. Yeley (36) Chevrolet 21\/1 200 1 $84,685 Chart<\/p>\n

25 David Ragan (34) Ford 20\/1 200 1 $102,557 Chart<\/p>\n

26 Mark Martin (55) Toyota 18\/0 200 0 $91,710 Chart<\/p>\n

27 Travis Kvapil (93) Toyota 18\/1 200 2 $89,010 Chart<\/p>\n

28 Jimmie Johnson (48) Chevrolet 17\/1 199 18 $129,796 Chart<\/p>\n

29 David Stremme (30) Toyota 15\/0 199 0 $80,660 Chart<\/p>\n

30 Denny Hamlin (11) Toyota 14\/0 199 0 $101,885 Chart<\/p>\n

31 Dave Blaney (7) Chevrolet 13\/0 199 0 $80,435 Chart<\/p>\n

32 David Reutimann (83) Toyota 12\/0 198 0 $80,335 Chart<\/p>\n

33 Jamie McMurray (1) Chevrolet 12\/1 196 21 $106,605 Chart<\/p>\n

34 Ken Schrader (32) Ford 10\/0 195 0 $80,160 Chart<\/p>\n

35 Kurt Busch (78) Chevrolet 10\/1 193 21 $107,340 Chart<\/p>\n

36 Joe Nemechek (87) Toyota 8\/0 193 0 $79,940 Chart<\/p>\n

37 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88) Chevrolet 8\/1 131 34 $97,884 Chart<\/p>\n

38 Kasey Kahne (5) Chevrolet 7\/1 103 14 $93,590 Chart<\/p>\n

39 Jeff Gordon (24) Chevrolet 5\/0 52 0 $118,026 Chart<\/p>\n

40 Josh Wise (35) Ford 4\/0 51 0 $67,090 Chart<\/p>\n

41 Mike Bliss (19) Toyota 3\/0 50 0 $63,090 Chart<\/p>\n

42 Michael McDowell (98) Ford 3\/1 36 1 $59,090 Chart<\/p>\n

43 Bobby Labonte (51) Chevrolet 1\/0 5 0 $63,590 Chart<\/p>\n

Standings…<\/p>\n

1 – Jimmie Johnson 521 Leader 15 1 3 7 9 0 $4,903,423<\/p>\n

2 – Carl Edwards 470 51 15 0 1 5 7 0 $2,669,034<\/p>\n

3 – Clint Bowyer 452 69 15 0 0 4 7 1 $2,406,015<\/p>\n

4 +2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 439 82 15 0 0 4 9 1 $2,854,424<\/p>\n

5 -1 Kevin Harvick 434 87 15 0 2 3 6 2 $2,870,491<\/p>\n

6 -2 Matt Kenseth 418 103 15 2 3 3 7 3 $3,044,224<\/p>\n

7 +1 Kyle Busch 412 109 15 2 2 6 8 3 $3,122,079<\/p>\n

8 -1 Kasey Kahne 400 121 15 0 1 5 6 1 $2,402,228<\/p>\n

9 +1 Brad Keselowski 398 123 15 0 0 5 8 1 $2,885,988<\/p>\n

10 +3 Greg Biffle 395 126 15 0 0 2 5 0 $2,243,564<\/p>\n

wc 11 – Jeff Gordon 393 128 15 0 0 3 4 3 $2,401,777<\/p>\n

12 -3 Paul Menard 385 136 15 0 0 0 4 0 $2,027,502<\/p>\n

wc 13 +3 Tony Stewart 378 143 15 0 1 2 4 0 $2,493,914<\/p>\n

14 -2 Aric Almirola 377 144 15 0 0 0 4 2 $2,182,085<\/p>\n

15 +2 Kurt Busch 374 147 15 1 0 3 5 2 $2,153,858<\/p>\n

16 +2 Joey Logano 369 152 15 0 0 4 6 2 $2,456,246<\/p>\n

17 -3 Martin Truex Jr. 364 157 15 0 0 2 5 1 $2,309,854<\/p>\n

18 +1 Jamie McMurray 363 158 15 0 0 0 3 0 $2,066,583<\/p>\n

18 +2 Ryan Newman 363 158 15 0 0 2 7 4 $2,385,185<\/p>\n

20 -6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 361 160 15 0 0 0 0 0 $2,302,512<\/p>\n

21 -1 Jeff Burton 356 165 15 0 0 1 2 1 $1,704,933<\/p>\n

22 – Juan Pablo Montoya 337 184 15 0 0 2 3 0 $2,097,895<\/p>\n

23 – Marcos Ambrose 321 200 15 0 0 0 2 1 $2,013,794<\/p>\n

24 – Mark Martin 296 225 13 1 0 1 4 1 $2,063,769<\/p>\n

25 +1 Denny Hamlin 285 236 11 3 0 3 4 2 $1,758,859<\/p>\n

26 -1 Casey Mears 281 240 15 0 0 0 0 2 $1,736,857<\/p>\n

27 – Bobby Labonte 255 266 15 0 0 0 0 2 $1,709,454<\/p>\n

28 +1 Danica Patrick 246 275 15 1 0 0 1 2 $1,587,084<\/p>\n

29 -2 David Ragan 245 276 15 0 1 1 1 3 $1,975,984<\/p>\n

30 – David Gilliland 239 282 15 0 0 1 1 3 $1,683,341<\/p>\n

31 -1 Dave Blaney 232 289 15 0 0 0 0 3 $1,562,943<\/p>\n

32 – David Reutimann 202 319 15 0 0 0 0 4 $1,529,010<\/p>\n

33 +1 David Stremme 194 327 14 0 0 0 0 2 $1,197,535<\/p>\n

34 -1 J.J. Yeley 192 329 15 0 0 0 1 4 $1,457,878<\/p>\n

35 – Travis Kvapil 160 361 15 0 0 0 0 5 $1,583,479<\/p>\n

36 – A J Allmendinger 133 388 6 0 0 0 0 0 $547,667<\/p>\n

37 +2 Timmy Hill 80 441 8 0 0 0 0 1 $686,326<\/p>\n

37 – Michael McDowell 80 441 14 0 0 0 1 11 $1,173,006<\/p>\n

39 -1 Scott Speed 75 446 8 0 0 0 1 6 $807,494<\/p>\n

40 – Michael Waltrip 63 458 2 0 0 1 1 0 $465,184<\/p>\n

41 – Terry Labonte 52 469 3 0 0 0 0 1 $523,777<\/p>\n

42 – Ken Schrader 29 492 4 0 0 0 0 1 $241,277<\/p>\n

43 – Scott Riggs 10 511 5 0 0 0 0 5 $314,980<\/p>\n

44 – Brian Keselowski 4 517 1 0 0 0 0 1 $114,904<\/p>\n

45 – Jason Leffler 1 520 1 0 0 0 0 1 $47,550<\/p>\n

wc-Qualifies for Chase as a wild card; awarded to the two drivers ranked 11-20 with the most wins.<\/p>\n

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