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Biffle Nabs Top Spot With Personal Triple Crown

With Chassis No. 777 in Las Vegas, Greg Biffle rolled his third consecutive third-place finish to start the season and take over the points lead for the second time in his career (the first was following Sonoma in 2005). Biffle credits crew chief Matt Puccia for helping him attempt to become the first driver to win all three national series titles. To lead the points, Biffle and the No. 16 3M team needed a leader and has found it in Puccia. “Just plain and simply, Matt Puccia is the reason why we’re running and competing and finishing where we are,” Biffle said. “This team needed leadership. He was willing to step up and take the task on. Done a fantastic job so far.”

Continue reading “Cup Series Points Standings: Greg Biffle Leads”

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….while we wait for the official penalties after the Hendrick appeal.

Johnson Continues Climb
Daytona seems like forever ago for the five-time champion. A 42nd-place finish in the Daytona 500, coupled with a 25 points penalty for infractions in prerace inspection put Johnson in the red going into Phoenix.

Now, after a fourth-place finish at Phoenix and a runner-up run in Las Vegas, Johnson is back up to 23rd in the points. Johnson won his first Bristol race in March of 2010, and tallied two top fives in last year’s two Bristol events.

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Tony Stewart’s already short list of winless tracks has dwindled to two, as the three-time champion checked Las Vegas Motor Speedway off the list with a dominant performance that put his career wins total to 45. Now, Stewart remains winless at only Darlington Raceway and Kentucky Speedway.

But the back story of yesterday’s race was Steve Addington, whose tenure as Stewart’s crew chief is now three races old. Addington joined the team for the 2012 season, sliding into an organization that had won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship just a few months ago.

Sunday’s win was his first at Stewart-Haas Racing, and 17th overall in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Addington’s first 16 wins all came with a member of the Busch family driving (12 with Kyle; four with Kurt).

With the victory, Stewart has now won six of the last 13 races and now sits one win behind Buck Baker for 14th on the all-time series wins list.

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1 7 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet
2 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet
3 9 16 Greg Biffle 3M/Meguiars Ford
4 18 39 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet
5 21 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford
6 5 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota
7 26 27 Paul Menard Menards/Schrock Chevrolet
8 19 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald’s Chevrolet
9 25 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford
10 4 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet

Continue reading “2012 NASCAR Race #3 Results, Las Vegas – Stewart Wins”