Greg Biffle was an American professional race car driver who most notably competed in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2002 to 2022, mainly driving the No.16 Ford for Jack Roush's Roush Fenway Racing team from 2002 to 2016. Biffle made his NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series in 1998. He had left a lasting impression on former Cup Series champion Benny Parsons, who witnessed Biffle compete in and win the ESPN-televised Winter Heat Series in 1996. On Parsons' recommendation, Roush gave the 28-year old Washington native an opportunity in the No.60 truck in 1998. Biffle went on to secure Truck Series Rookie of the Year honours in 1998, set a then-record 9 wins in a season in 1999, and win Jack Roush's first NASCAR title in 2000 on the back of an additional 5 wins on the season. In total, Biffle scored 17 Truck Series wins in his career.

For 2001, Jack Roush decided to promote Biffle to the Busch Series, with an eye on the Cup Series in 2003. Biffle described the promotion to NASCAR's second tier as "more of a lateral move than moving up", but rewarded Roush with 5 wins, a Rookie of the Year title, and a 4th place points finish in 2001. He then followed up this immediate success with a championship campaign, winning 4 races and securing the 2002 Busch Series title. Biffle would amass 20 wins in the Busch Series, all coming between 2001 and 2009.

After winning another NASCAR championship for Jack Roush, Biffle was promoted to the sport's premier series in 2003. He would drive using only the No.16 for the entirety of his full-time Cup career, a distinction only matched by Jeff Gordon (with No.24), Jimmie Johnson (with No.48), and Juan Pablo Montoya (with No.42) amongst drivers of his era. Biffle immediately delivered his first Cup Series win in his rookie campaign. In the 17th race of the 2003 season, and in just his 24th Cup Series start, Greg Biffle would win the 2003 Pepsi 400 at Daytona International Speedway, leading the contest's final 21 laps. He would follow this up with 2 wins in 2004, coming at Michigan and Homestead-Miami. The following year would prove to be Greg Biffle's most prolific year in the Cup Series, as 2005 saw his 16 team in victory lane 6 times, more than any other competitor. Biffle earned victories at California, Texas, Darlington, Dover, Michigan, and Homestead-Miami, but a loose wheel during the 2005 Dickies 500 at Texas in November would ultimately cost him the 2005 title. He would finish a mere 35 points behind legendary driver Tony Stewart in the final standings. As of 2025, Biffle remains the driver who came closest to winning a championship across all 3 of NASCAR's top series.

After narrowly missing out on claiming NASCAR's ultimate prize, Biffle would endure difficult seasons in both 2006 and 2007, missing out on Chase for the Cup qualification. He would however earn victories at Darlington and Homestead-Miami in 2006, and at Kansas in 2007. These wins proved to be noteworthy: with back-to-back Southern 500 victories in 2005 and 2006, Greg Biffle became only the 7th driver in NASCAR history to accomplish the feat, joining Herb Thomas, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, David Pearson, Dale Earnhardt, and Jeff Gordon. And by winning the 2006 Ford 400, Biffle secured 3 consecutive victories at Homestead-Miami Speedway, an achievement that has not been matched as of 2025. He is tied with Tony Stewart for most Cup Series wins (3) at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Biffle's 2008 campaign would yield wins in the opening two rounds of the Chase for the Cup at Loudon and Dover, becoming the first driver to accomplish this feat. His championship push however was short-lived, and he would eventually place 3rd in the season's final standings. 2009 saw a 7th place points finish but no wins for Biffle, marking the first time in his Cup career that he had failed to achieve victory in a season. The 16 team would return to winning form in 2010, earning victories at Pocono and Kansas and placing 6th overall for the season.

Biffle would endure a winless 2011 season before making the final championship push of his career in 2012. That year, he would earn victories at Texas and Michigan, and lead the championship standings longer than any other driver, but would ultimately be undone by Chase re-seeding and fade to 5th in the final rank. In 2013, Biffle would win the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan, taking the 19th and final victory of his Cup Series career. Biffle would remain with Roush Fenway Racing until the end of 2016, quietly bowing out of full-time competition thereafter. He would however make a surprise cameo return with Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2019, piloting the No.51 truck to victory at Texas. This win proved to be the 56th and final victory in NASCAR competition for Biffle.

In all, Biffle won a total of 56 NASCAR races, 19 of which were in the Cup Series. Biffle also won 20 races in the Busch Series and 17 in the Craftsman Truck Series. All but 4 of his victories came driving for Jack Roush, with 53 of 56 representing Ford. Of the remaining non-Roush wins, 2 came for Evans Motorsports (Chevrolet), 1 for Brewco Motorsports (Ford) and 1 for Kyle Busch Motorsports (Toyota). His most successful circuit was Michigan International Speedway, where he won 6 times (4 in Cup, 2 in Trucks). Biffle's largest margin of victory in the Cup Series was at the 2004 GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway, a race where he finished 8.216 seconds ahead of teammate Mark Martin, while his smallest margin of victory was at the 2005 Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, where he once again beat the aforementioned Martin by 0.017 seconds. He was named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023, and is a nominee for the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte.

Cup Series In the NASCAR Cup Series, which was sponsored by Winston, Nextel, and Sprint during his career, Biffle, the 2000 Truck Series Champion and 2002 Busch Series Champion, won 19 races. Throughout his career, he won at 10 unique circuits, doing so at Michigan 4 times, at Homestead-Miami 3 times, at Darlington, Texas, Dover, and Kansas twice each, and at Daytona, California, Loudon, and Pocono once each. As of the end of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series, Biffle's 19 wins rank 45th all-time, tied with Fonty Flock and Hall of Fame members Davey Allison and Buddy Baker.

Notable Achievements

Michigan International Speedway Biffle's victory in the 2013 Quicken Loans 400 gave Ford Motor Company a historic 1,000th win in NASCAR competition, and proved to be his final win in Cup competition. His most prolific track, Biffle was consistently among the favourites to win at Michigan throughout his Cup career, winning in 2004, 2005, 2012, and 2013.

Darlington Raceway Biffle won back-to-back Southern 500s, one of NASCAR's four crown jewel events, in 2005 and 2006, a feat only eight drivers have accomplished in the sport's history as of 2025. From 2005 to 2015, Biffle ranked 1st in laps led (637), 1st in fastest laps run (309), 1st in average starting position (11.1), 4th in average finishing position (13.6), and 5th in driver rating (102.9) at Darlington, according to NASCAR's Loop Data Statistics.

Texas Motor Speedway As of 2025, Biffle ranks 5th all-time at Texas Motor Speedway in race laps led with 733, despite having fewer starts (26) than all drivers above him. His 2012 Samsung Mobile 500 victory continues to hold the distinction of being the track's all-time fastest race, with an average speed of 160.577 mph courtesy of a 234-lap green flag run. Biffle also led 219 laps during his 2005 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 victory, the 4th highest tally from a Texas race winner behind only Tony Stewart in 2006 (278), Kyle Larson in 2021 (256), and Jimmie Johnson in 2013 (255).

Homestead-Miami Speedway Biffle won a record three consecutive races at Homestead-Miami Speedway from 2004 to 2006. He is tied with Tony Stewart for most wins at the track (3). Biffle's .017 second margin of victory over Mark Martin in the 2005 Ford 400 remains the closest finish in the track's history, as of 2025.

Key: No. – Victory number; for example, "1" signifies Biffle's first race win. Race – Race number in Biffle's NASCAR Cup/Nationwide/Truck Series career; for example "92" signifies Biffle's 92nd race in a NASCAR division. Grid – The position on the grid from which Biffle started the race. Margin – Margin of victory, given in the format of seconds.milliseconds; caution indicates the race was ended by a yellow flag for an accident or inclement weather – Driver's Championship winning season.

+ NASCAR Cup Series victories No. Race Date Season Race Track Grid Margin Team Car 1 24 2003Pepsi 400Daytona International Speedway 30 4.102 Roush Racing Ford 2 65 2004GFS Marketplace 400Michigan International Speedway 24 8.216 3 78Ford 400Homestead-Miami Speedway 2 0.342 4 80 2005Auto Club 500California Speedway 5 0.231 5 85Samsung/Radio Shack 500Texas Motor Speedway 5 3.244 6 88Southern 500Darlington Raceway 3 0.990 7 91MBNA RacePoints 400Dover Downs International Speedway 2 4.281 8 93Batman Begins 400Michigan International Speedway 25 1.675 9 114Ford 400Homestead-Miami Speedway 7 0.017 10 1252006Southern 500Darlington Raceway 9 0.209 11 150Ford 400Homestead-Miami Speedway 22 0.389 12 1792007LifeLock 400Kansas Speedway 7 Caution 13 2132008Sylvania 300New Hampshire Motor Speedway 9 0.505 14 214Camping World RV 400Dover International Speedway 5 0.934 15 2792010Pennsylvania 500Pocono Raceway 12 3.598 16 287Price Chopper 400Kansas Speedway 5 7.638 17 3012012Samsung Mobile 500Texas Motor Speedway 3 3.235 18 317Pure Michigan 400Michigan International Speedway 13 0.416 19 345 2013Quicken Loans 400Michigan International Speedway 19 2.989

Busch/Nationwide Series

In NASCAR's second-level series, known as the Busch Series and then Nationwide Series during his racing career, Biffle won 20 races. Winning 5 races as a rookie and 4 in his 2002 championship season, Biffle amassed a series-leading 16 wins in the Busch Series from 2000 to 2004. Biffle won at 13 unique tracks in the Busch Series, including 3 wins at both Fontana and Phoenix. He secured back-to-back wins at The Milwaukee Mile (2001,2002), and swept the Fontana races in 2004.

+NASCAR Nationwide Series victories No. Race Date Season Race Track Grid Margin Team Car 1 10 2001Pepsi 300Nashville Superspeedway 4 0.602 Roush Racing Ford 2 15Nazareth 200Nazareth Speedway 7 8.574 3 19GNC Live Well 250The Milwaukee Mile 2 13.302 4 31Little Trees 300Lowe's Motor Speedway 3 Caution 5 33Outback Steakhouse 200Phoenix International Raceway 4 Caution 6 49 2002MBNA Platinum 200Dover International Speedway 3 0.657 7 52GNC Live Well 250The Milwaukee Mile 1 0.438 8 55Charter Pipeline 250Gateway International Speedway 7 1.945 9 57Kroger 200 Presented by Tom Raper RVSIndianapolis Raceway Park 1 0.147 10 66 2003Little Trees 300Lowe's Motor Speedway 4 12.628 Ed Evans Chevrolet 11 68Aaron's 312Atlanta Motor Speedway 1 0.961 12 75 2004Diamond Hill Plywood 200Darlington Raceway 4 3.115 Roush Racing Ford 13 80Stater Brothers 300 Presented by GatoradeCalifornia Speedway 15 5.323 14 85MBNA America 200Dover International Speedway 7 1.772 15 92Goulds Pumps/ITT Industries Salute To The Troops 250Pikes Peak International Raceway 25 1.651 16 96Target House 300California Speedway 14 0.356 17 103 2005Bashas' Supermarkets 200Phoenix International Speedway 20 1.969 Brewco Motorsports 18 125 2006Stater Brothers 300California Speedway 3 2.255 Roush Racing 19 202 2009Sam's Town 300Las Vegas Motor Speedway 3 0.391 20 203Bashas' Supermarkets 200Phoenix International Speedway 4 0.338

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