(born
December 23 ,
1969 in
Vancouver, Washington ) is a
NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. He now lives in
North Carolina .
Biffle gained national attention when he raced in the
NASCAR Winter Heat series on
ESPN2 in the winter of 1995/1996. ESPN announcer and former NASCAR champion
Benny Parsons told
Jack Roush that there was no way he could pass up the chance to hire Biffle, and that if he did he would regret it while watching Biffle win races for another team owner
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Starting in the
Craftsman Truck Series , Biffle first won Rookie of the Year in 1998 for
Roush Racing . In 2000, he won the series title, which was Jack Roush's his first championship in one of NASCAR's three major series.
Biffle joined the
Busch Series in 2001. He won the series rookie of the year award. He had five wins and finished fourth in points.
In 2002 Biffle brought Roush another Busch Series championship. He won 4 races If Biffle wins the
NEXTEL Cup championship, he will be the first driver ever to win a championship in all three major series.
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Biffle started competing in NASCAR's top circuit in
2003 , and he finished in 20th place in the final
NEXTEL Cup series points. He earned his first win at the
Daytona International Speedway . He finished second to
Jamie McMurray for Raybestos Rookie of the Year. His car was sponsored by
Grainger , who had previously sponsored him in his Busch and truck series efforts.
Greg Biffle showed steady improvement over the
2004 season as he earned two more race wins en route to a 17th place finish in the points.
2005 was Biffle's breakout season. He finished the season tied with teammate
Carl Edwards for second in the Nascar Nextel Cup championship, thirty-five points behind champion
Tony Stewart . Biffle won the tie-breaker for second because of his six race victories, the most of any driver in the Nextel Cup in the 2005 season.
Biffle currently drives the number sixteen
Post-It /
National Guard Ford for the
Roush Racing team. Other one-race primary sponsors have included
Jackson Hewitt Tax Services ,
Subway ,
Charter Communications and
Prism Guard Shield .
Greg also has a foundation in his name that he and his long time girlfriend Nicole Lunders manage. Their primary goal is to create awareness and serve as an advocate to improve the well-being of animals by engaging the power and passion of the motorsports industry. The foundation donates to local
Humane Societies , no-kill
Animal Shelter s,
Spay And Neuter clinics and the
Animal Adoption League .
- Nov 20, 2005: Ford 400 , Homestead-Miami Speedway
- June 19, 2005: Batman Begins 400 , Michigan International Speedway
- June 5, 2005: MBNA RacePoints 400 , Dover International Speedway
- May 7, 2005: Dodge Charger 500 , Darlington Raceway
- Apr 17, 2005: Samsung/Radio Shack 500 , Texas Motor Speedway
- Feb 27, 2005: Auto Club 500 , California Speedway
- Nov 21, 2004: Ford 400 , Homestead-Miami Speedway
- Aug 22, 2004: GFS Marketplace 400 , Michigan International Speedway
- July 5, 2003: Pepsi 400 , Daytona International Speedway
