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Busch Grand National Division




Saturday, October 6

Biffle sets Busch Series rookie record
Associated Press

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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Greg Biffle won the Little Trees 300 under caution Saturday when Matt Kenseth brought out the yellow flag by wrecking as he tried to hold on to his lead.

Kenseth led 97 straight laps and was fending off a charge from Biffle when he went high on the track to block a pass with three to go. He wiggled just a little, tried to save it, and ended up in a full spin while Biffle cruised past.

Kenseth then hit the wall, bringing out the yellow flag with two laps to go and giving Biffle his fourth victory of the season, a Busch series rookie record. The win also put Biffle's winnings this season over the $1 million mark, another rookie record.

"I got right up behind Matt and took the air off of him and he got big loose," said Biffle, who dedicated his win to Blaise Alexander, the 25-year-old driver killed in an ARCA race at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Thursday night.

"I'm just thankful I didn't touch him because I would have felt terrible."

Kenseth, whose Chevrolet was strong all day, ended up 16th. He took the lead from Joe Nemechek on lap 101 and led a race-high 97 laps before the miscue cost him the win.

"I just lost it, I just did a terrible job driving," he said. "My guys did a great job on pit stops. We had a good car on long runs. Greg was good on that last run, I was just overdriving the car to try and get a win."

Jason Keller finished second and was followed by pole-sitter Jeff Burton, Kenseth's and Biffle's Winston Cup teammate at Roush Racing.

Busch series points leader Kevin Harvick finished fourth, but lost ground in the championship chase to Keller. Heading in, Harvick held a 187 point lead over Jeff Green, who finished 10th. Leaving the race, he held a 186 point lead over Keller and Green dropped to third in the standings, 213 points back.

Harvick, who was knocked out of the race early last weekend at Kansas Speedway, was still satisfied with the effort.

"They can put me down but they can't keep us down very long," he said. "We needed a solid run to stop some of the points losses and we came out with one. We did what we needed to do."

Biffle, meanwhile, is fourth in the points race, ahead of his aspirations for his rookie season.

"My goal at the beginning of the year was get a couple of wins and finish in the top-10 in points," Biffle said. "Here we are fourth in points with four wins. Amazing."

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