Greg Biffle won the 2006 Dodge Charger 500 at Darlington Raceway, scoring his 10th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 125th career start. Biffles last victory came at Homestead in November 2005, 11 races ago.
All 10 of Biffles victories have come on a superspeedway, including two at Darlington.
Biffles first superspeedway victory came at Daytona in July 2003.
Biffle became the eighth different race winner in 2006.
Two races ago Biffle was 232 points behind 10th. With his victory, Biffle climbed from 20th to 14th in points gaining six positions and is just 106 behind 10th-place Jeff Burton. After 11 races in 2005, he ranked second in the point standings.
Biffle won this race one year ago. This was the 17th time by 13 different drivers that back-to-back victories have been scored at Darlington.
Biffle scored his fourth top-10 finish in 11 races this season.
Biffle moved to 50th on NASCARs all-time winners list tied with Donnie Allison and Sterling Marlin.
Biffle led seven times for 170 laps including the final 49 laps.
This is the fourth time in 2006 and the 10th time in his career that Biffle led the most laps in a race. He won the first five races in which he led the most laps. Biffle led the most laps at California, Atlanta and Phoenix this year and finished 15th or worse in all three races.
Biffle has won a race each season 2003-2006, four consecutive years.
This was team owner Jack Roushs 91st NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory. Roush has scored five NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victories at Darlington Raceway.
Jack Roush Racing has won at least one race each season 1997-2006, 10 consecutive years.
Notebook Items
Jeff Gordon (second) scored his fifth top-10 finish in 2006. It was his 17th top-10 finish in 26 races at Darlington Raceway. Gordon climbed from ninth to sixth in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings.
Matt Kenseth (third) scored his seventh top-10 finish in 2006. It was his best finish and fourth top-10 finish in 12 races at Darlington. Kenseth remained third in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings, just one point behind second-place Tony Stewart.
Jimmie Johnson (fourth) scored his eighth top-10 finish in 2006. It was his in seventh top-10 finish in eight races at Darlington Raceway. He remained first in the point standings. One year ago he ranked first after 11 races.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (fifth) scored his fifth top-10 finish in 2006. It was his fifth top-10 in 12 races at Darlington Raceway. He climbed from sixth to fifth in the point standings. One year ago he ranked 11th after 11 races.
Three 2006 Raybestos Rookie-of-the Year contenders finished in the top-10 (Hamlin-10th, Sorensen-11th and Truex-14th). This marked the third time this season that three rookies have finished in the top 10.
At least one of the Raybestos Rookie-of-the Year contenders has scored a top-15 finish in all 11 races this season.
Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year contender Denny Hamlin (10th) posted his fourth top-10 finish in 2006.
Dave Blaney (27th) extended a 29-race streak of running at the finish that began at Pocono last June, which is the longest current streak.
Tony Stewart (12th) ended a streak of top-10 finishes in the last five races.
Carl Edwards (39th) ended a streak of three straight top-10 finishes.
Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson have each scored top-15 finishes in 10 of the 11 races in 2006.
Kevin Harvick (37th) dropped from fifth to ninth in the point standings.
Jeff Burton has climbed from 21st to 10th in the point standings since Martinsville.(NASCAR Statistical Services)(5-13-2006)
