Greg Biffle News

Fuel-mileage races have a bad reputation, and often deservedly so. The very words are associated with lackluster events with long green-flag runs, capped by undeserving winners who didn't have the best car celebrating in victory lane.

Greg Biffle might have been the most disappointed man at Daytona International Speedway Friday evening, considering his ninth-place starting spot in Saturday night's Coke Zero 400 earned via his Cup owners' points position turned into 41st, since he hadn't made a lap in his backup car.

Evergreen High grad and former Eastern Washington standout Greg Peach has earned a roster position in the Canadian Football League for the Edmonton Eskimos .

TUESDAY ... from media contact Brian Gladden ... big news for Portland-area stock car racing fans.

As I have said repeatedly, the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season has been anything but predictable.

Blame the tough racetrack, the Car of Tomorrow or simply circumstance. Whatever the reason, there have been no repeat winners in the last four years of NASCAR Sprint Cup racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

FOX race analyst Jeff Hammond led Darrell Waltrip to two of DW's three Winston Cup championships as his crew chief.

FOX race analyst Larry McReynolds has more than 25 years of NASCAR experience as a mechanic, crew chief and broadcaster.

It was another pretty exciting race. With fuel mileage an issue, it was way fun watching the final laps at Michigan.

Mark Martin is eighth in the Sprint Cup standings after 15 races. The 50-year-old has won three times this year.

The pressure continues to build in the next stop on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule.

BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Mark Martin loves surprises, which is why Sunday's victory in the LifeLock 400 was "really cool." Just enough fuel Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle ran out of fuel.

Mark Martin has won the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway, conserving just enough fuel to get to the finish.

Practice times on Saturday often don't provide an accurate indication of who will be fast on Sunday, but Greg Biffle says Pocono is an exception - and he's happy about it.

The little kid with the gelled Mohawk uncrossed his legs and hopped up from his primo seat on the floor in front of the 500,000-gallon coral reef tank.

11 before signing on with Baker Curb Racing to drive for the last seven races of 2008 and all of 2009 in the No.

The fans stood over the last 20 or so laps, cheering wildly for Jimmie Johnson, hoping that he could complete his climb from ninth place just a few laps before to the lead.

" No. 17 DeWalt Ford Fusion IT'S RAINING TODAY, BUT THE WEATHER IS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY GOOD THIS WEEKEND.

So NASCAR is going to go with double-file restarts in the Cup series. Good for them.

Jimmie Johnson won the battle, but Tony Stewart is winning the war. Johnson notched his 42nd career NASCAR Sprint Cup win Sunday, using a late race pass of Columbus's Tony Stewart to get his 2nd win of the year.