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| | Sunday, May 21 Biffle leads Roush Racing 1-2 finish | |||||
| Associated Press FOUNTAIN, Colo. -- Greg Biffle won the Grainger.com 200 on Sunday, leading a one-two sweep for Roush Racing and breaking an 11-race victory drought on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Biffle, who started third, dominated the 200-mile race at Pikes Peak International Raceway, leading 170 of the 200 laps on the mile oval. The Ford driver took the lead for good on the 149th lap, passing Randy Tolsma in heavy traffic on the front stretch. Teammate Kurt Busch followed Biffle around Tolsma's Dodge to take second. He cut the margin to less than a second with 16 laps remaining, but Biffle pushed for final margin to 4.281 seconds. "I think this track really owed me one," said Biffle, who had a truck capable of winning last year's race before breaking a transmission. "I knew we were getting close to this win and it's really a relief -- not really to the team but it relieves some of the emphasis the media has put on the fact that we haven't won." Five caution periods cut Biffle's average speed to 99.778 mph. He won $46,235 for his 10th series victory, and first since Sept. 24, 1999, in Las Vegas. Busch, a rookie, finished second for the third time in nine events this season. Pole-starter Andy Houston, who led the first six laps, finished third in a Chevrolet. Jack Sprague was fourth in another Chevy, followed by Dennis Setzer, Ricky Hendrick, Randy Renfrow, Bryan Reffner, Scott Riggs and Marty Houston. Sprague, whose eighth consecutive top-five finish matched a series record, moved into the series point lead for the first time this year. The two-time champion holds a 56-point lead over Mike Wallace, who entered the race with a 40-point advantage. Wallace had a disastrous afternoon, dropping out after 53 laps after making an unscheduled pit stop for a flat tire then hitting the wall to trigger the race's second caution. He finished 33rd in the 35-truck field. Biffle moved from fifth to third in the standings, 72 points behind Sprague. | ALSO SEE Grainger.com 200 results AUDIO/VIDEO   Greg Biffle takes the checkered flag.avi: 1093 k RealVideo: 56.6 | ISDN | T1 Mike Wallace blows his second tire of the day.avi: 1028 k RealVideo: 56.6 | ISDN | T1  | |||||
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