The 'Biff' goes two for two in NASCAR Chase for the Championship


Published on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 1:56 PM PDT

Linnea Galetano
Special to the Sun

The 'Biff' has gone 2-for-2 in the Chase for the Championship this past Sunday at the Camping World RV 400. After last week’s win at The Chase opener at New Hampshire, he seems to be the driver who simply can't lose.

All season long, Greg Biffle was the driver who just couldn't win, but has traded his lengthy winless streak for a winning one when it mattered the most.

Just as he had done in the previous race, he hid his hand until nine laps to go, passed his teammates Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards, and held them off to strengthen his bid for the Sprint Cup title.

With Biffle taking first, Kenseth second and points leader Edwards in third, team owner Jack Roush, or more fondly referred to as 'The Cat in the Hat', was grinning more like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.

At one point in the race, he had to warn his three drivers not to crash each other out, since all three are vying for the Championship title.

As for Kyle Busch, the regular season points winner, just might be out of the hunt. After a miserable start in Louden the previous week, where after numerable mechanical problems and a wreck, finished 34th. This week he finished 43rd, dead last, and dropped all the way to 12th and last in the chase field.

Local driver, Kevin Harvick, moved up five places in the chase from 10th, by coming in sixth place. That makes eight consecutive top-ten finishes for the Bakersfield native.

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