Greg Biffle

Birthday: 12/23/1969
Hometown: Vancouver, WA , United States

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2011 -- Finished 16th in series points. ... Rough start to season with finishes of 35th, 20th, 28th at Daytona 500, Phoenix-1 and Las Vegas. ... Was briefly in qualified spot for fifth Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, from races 10-13, then fell permanently out. ... Tied for series lead with three poles, at Michigan-2, Kansas-2 and Texas-2 -- all after making crew chief change from Greg Erwin to Matt Puccia. ... Average start of 15. ... Best finish, third at New Hampshire-2. ... Average finish of 16.8. ... Completed 98.3 percent of laps attempted.

2010 -- Finished sixth in series points. ... Was in qualified position for Chase for entire season after finishing third in Daytona 500, entered Chase seeded seventh. ... Won twice (Pocono-2, Kansas), average finish 15.4. ... Best start, second, at Texas-2; average start 15.9. ... 19 top-10 finishes two less than 2005 career-best 21. ... Finished second in Sprint Showdown to advance to Sprint All-Star Race.

2009 -- Finished seventh in series points. ... Had 10 top-fives and 16 top-10s, but failed to win a race for the first time since he became a full-time Cup driver in 2003. ... Led the series in the "Closers" loop data category, improving 80 total positions in the last 10 percent of laps of each race. ... Entered the Chase 12th in series points. ... Had three consecutive top-10s at Texas, Phoenix and Talladega.

2008 -- Finished third in series points. ... Became the first driver to win the first two races in the Chase (New Hampshire and Dover). ... Rebounded to make the Chase after missing the championship cut the previous two years. ... Significantly improved year-end Driver Rating -- 93.4 compared to 76.4 in '07.

2007 -- Finished 14th in series points. ... Won at Kansas to pick up win in fifth consecutive season. ... Led seven races for a total of 78 laps. Led 37 laps at Kansas, a personal-high for the season. ... Earned only pole of season at Atlanta in October.... Finished 13th at Homestead after winning three consecutive races at the track.

2006 -- Finished 13th in series points. ... Won Darlington race for the second consecutive season. ... Win at Homestead was his third consecutive at the track. ... Captured poles at Las Vegas and Richmond (May). ... Led the most laps in a race four different times. ... Put together streak of seven consecutive top-10 finishes in June and July, the longest such streak of his career. ... Finished season with two wins, eight top-fives and 15 top-10s.

2005 -- Finished second in series points. ... Captured a series-high six wins at Fontana (February), Texas (April), Darlington (May), Dover (June), Michigan (June) and Homestead (November). ... Win by 0.017 seconds over Mark Martin at Homestead was the closest finish of the year and the eighth-closest since the advent of electronic scoring in 1993. ... Entered the standings for the Chase in second place.

2004 -- Finished 17th in series points. ... Captured his first career pole at the season-opening Daytona 500. ... Won two races -- the August event at Michigan and the season finale at Homestead. ... Became second driver in history to complete the full Cup Series and Busch Series schedules in the same season. ... Finished third in the final Busch Series point standings with five wins.

2003 -- Finished 20th in series points. ... Won the Pepsi 400 at Daytona, his first career win, by holding off teammate Jeff Burton and Bobby Labonte in the closing laps. The victory came in his 23rd start. ... Finished with three top-fives, six top-10s and seven DNFs. ... Started 35 of 36 races, missing only the season's third event (Las Vegas) when he failed to qualify. ... Finished second to Jamie McMurray in Raybestos Rookie of the Year competition. ... Was the top-finishing rookie in nine races.

2002 -- Finished 48th in series points. ... Made series debut at Fontana in No. 16 Ford for Roush Racing. ... Also made four starts in No. 55 Chevrolet subbing for Bobby Hamilton, and two starts for Petty Enterprises. ... Qualified in the top five at three events. ... Finished a season-best 13th at Fontana. ... Drove the No. 44 Dodge for Petty at Rockingham and the season finale at Homestead, finishing 25th in both events.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

In 2011, broke a streak of 10 consecutive seasons of competing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. ... A superb example of NASCAR's developmental system, Biffle progressed through every level before making his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in 2002. ... Won the 2002 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship. ... Won five Nationwide Series races and was third in 2004 Nationwide Series standings. ... Won the 2001 Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year Award. ... Has 20 Nationwide Series wins in 244 career starts. ... Won the 2000 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship. ... Earned nine 1999 Camping World Truck Series victories and finished second in points. ... Was the 1998 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year. ...Participated in the 1997 Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, a NASCAR Touring Division, capturing one victory. ... Competed in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series from 1994-1997, earning late model track championships at Tri City Raceway in West Richland, Wash., and Portland (Ore.) Speedway.

NOTEWORTHY

With wife, Nicole, continues to operate the Greg Biffle Foundation to advocate the well-being of animals. ... One of two drivers to win NASCAR Nationwide Series (2002) and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (2000) titles; Johnny Benson is the other. ... The only driver to win Rookie of the Year awards in both series. ... Delivered Roush Racing's first NASCAR title by winning the 2000 Camping World Truck Series title. ... Won 27 races in 43 starts during NASCAR Whelen All-American Series competition in 1995. ... Active on Twitter: @gbiffle.