Greg Biffle - NASCAR Driver, ESPN Announcer and Animal Lover
On December 23, 1969, Gregory Jack Biffle was born in Vancouver, Washington. He now resides in Mooresville, North Carolina and is a NASCAR Nextel Cup driver. Greg Biffle was first noticed nationally in 1995/1996 when he took part in the NASCAR Winter Heat series on ESPN2. It was Benny Parsons, a former NASCAR champion and now an ESPN announcer, who encouraged Jack Roush to hire Biffle due to his race performance otherwise he would regret it as he watched Biffle win title after title.
Biffle won his first Rookie of the Year in 1998 at the Craftsman Truck Series under Roush Racing. Two years later he won his first championship, the series title, which is part of NASCAR’s three major series. Greg Biffle joined the Busch Series in 2001 and won the series rookie of the year award after winning five times and finishing overall fourth in points. The following year Biffle gave Roush another championship in the Busch Series.
In 2003, after racing only part-time previously, Biffle began competing full time in NASCAR’s top circuit where he finished 20th in the final NEXTEL Cup series points. Biffle continued to improve throughout 2004 season. Greg in 2005 finished the racing season tied second with Carl Edwards for the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship. With six race wins behind him he was given second position over Carl.
In 2006, Greg Biffle struggled a lot after his two wins at Homestead-Miami and Darlington Raceway. He finished 33rd at the Brickyard, 24th at Pocono Raceway and 38th at the Watkins Glen International putting him lower on the series points. During the years 2004 to 2006 the Army National Guard became his primary sponsor with other sponsors being Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, Post-it/3M, Subway, Prism Guard Shield and Charter Communications.
Greg Biffle will drive the #16 Ameriquest/ 3M Ford Fusion for Roush Racing during 2007 as his contract has him currently signed up with Roush Racing till 2008. Apart from racing Greg also has a foundation that he and his long time girlfriend Nicole Lunders manage together. The foundations goal is to create awareness to all and to serve as a promoter to improve animal’s well-being through the motor sports industry.
