(born
December 23 ,
1969 in
Vancouver, Washington ) is a
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver. He now lives in
Mooresville, North Carolina . He has also left a lasting impression as the "Most electrifying
Craftsman Truck Series driver of the late 90s".
Biffle gained national attention when he raced in the
NASCAR Winter Heat series on
ESPN2 in the winter of 1995/1996. Former ESPN announcer and 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 http://www.roushracing.com/Greg_Biffle/default.asp?page=/greg_biffle/gbbio.htm&menu=greg.
Starting in the
Craftsman Truck Series , Biffle first won Rookie of the Year in 1998 for
Roush Fenway Racing . In 2000, he won the series title in the #50 Grainger
Ford F-150 , which was his first championship in one of NASCAR's three major series. In 2001, he ran four more races for
Jack Roush in the #99 Eldon
Ford F-150 . His last truck start was in 2004 for Tom Mitchell in the #44
Ford Racing Ford F-150 at
Homestead-Miami Speedway .
Biffle first drove two races in 1996 for Dick Bown in the #51 Barbasol
Chevrolet Monte Carlo . Biffle joined the
NASCAR Busch Series full-time 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 championship, this time in the
NASCAR Busch Series . His four wins, twenty top fives and twenty-five top tens earned him the championship victory over fellow Busch Series regulars
Jason Keller and
Scott Wimmer . Biffle has continued to drive in the Busch Series every season since then. Biffle ran only part-time in 2003, but contended for the
NASCAR Busch Series championship again in 2004, finishing third behind future
NEXTEL Cup regulars
Martin Truex Jr. and
Kyle Busch . Running part-time again in 2005, Biffle again placed in the top ten in
NASCAR Busch Series points standings, despite running only twenty-seven races, eight races fewer than the full season.
In
2002 , Biffle drove his first
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at
California Speedway in the #16
Volvo Trucks Ford Taurus for
Roush Fenway Racing . He also drove for
Andy Petree Racing in the #55
Schneider Electric Chevrolet Monte Carlo and for
Petty Enterprises in the #44
Georgia Pacific Dodge Intrepid . In total, Biffle ran 7 races with 3 top-5 starts and a best finish of 13th.
Biffle started competing full time 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 Industrial Supply, Co., 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 Series that season.
In
2006 , Biffle won twice, at
Darlington Raceway and
Homestead-Miami Speedway . Biffle struggled considerably during the year, finishing 24th at
Pocono Raceway , 33rd at the
Brickyard and 38th at
Watkins Glen International .
The
Army National Guard served as the primary sponsor from 2004-2006. Other sponsors included
Post-it/3M ,
Jackson Hewitt Tax Services ,
Subway ,
Charter Communications and Prism Guard Shield.
For 2007, Biffle will drive the #16
Ameriquest /
3M Ford Fusion for
Roush Fenway Racing . Biffle is currently signed with
Roush Fenway Racing until 2008.
Greg is an avid bungee jumper. He has made successful jumps on four different continents and 13 different time zones. Greg formerly owned a pub venture in his hometown of Vancouver, WA called "Biffles Pub and Grill" located at 11500 NE 76th St Vancouver, WA. Greg recently got engaged to girlfriend of eight years, Nicole Lunders on Christmas Eve 2006.http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/headlines/cup/01/11/gbiffle.lunders.engagement/index.html.
Greg guest starred in
CBS 's situational comedy
Yes, Dear . The episode,
On Your Marks, Get Set, Mow , featured a tractor racing subplot which interloped with the greater "Father fights for respect of his son" theme. Biffle portrays himself as a
NASCAR racer moonlighting in the small time tractor series.
Greg also has a foundation in his name that he and Nicole 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.
- 2006 (1 win) Stater Brothers 300 ( Fontana )
- 2005 (1 win) Bashas' Supermarkets 200 ( Phoenix )
- 2004 (5 wins) Diamond Hill Plywood 200 ( Darlington ), Stater Brothers 300 Presented By Gatorade ( Fontana ), MBNA America 200 ( Dover ), Goulds Pumps/ITT Industries 250 ( Pikes Peak ), Target House 300 ( Fontana )
- 2003 (2 wins) Little Trees 300 ( Charlotte ), Nicorette 300 ( Atlanta )
- 2002 (4 wins) MBNA Platinum 200 ( Dover ), GNC Live Well 250 ( Milwaukee ), Charter Pipeline 250 ( Madison ), Kroger 200 ( Indianapolis ),
- 2001 (5 wins) Pepsi 300 Presented By Mapco/Williams ( Nashville ), Nazareth 200 ( Nazareth ), GNC Live Well 250 ( Milwaukee ), Little Trees 300 ( Charlotte ), Outback Steakhouse 200 ( Phoenix )
