The novice Greg Biffle gained a comfortable victory in Michigan International Speedway, just in front of his experienced teammate Mark Martin.
Biffle, that is the unique pilot in to have gained the titles of the series Busch and Craftsman Truck series, adjudged thus his 2º triumph of series NASCAR after a difficult starting of season.
Greg led 73 of the 200 returns of the GFS Marketplace 400 and had to battle with its companion Martin in the last returns. Martin chose to only change 2 tires in the last round of resupplies, whereas Biffle and the competing rest, replaced the 4. This way Martin returned to track in front of all, but with a car incapable to support the siege of his companion.
In the last Biffle turns expressed to the maximum the potential of their Taurus escaping to Martin, later to remove to him more than 8 seconds from advantage at the time of crossing the line of sentence. Something as well as average track of advantage.
“Honestly it was worried because Mark is an aggressive pilot and it was not going to be simple to surpass it”, it began saying the winner. “Luckyly only it changed 2 tires and it did not have the speed to conserve the leadership.”
On the other hand, Mark Martin this delivering all the attack necessary to enter to Top 10 of the championship and thus to be able to fight by the title to the best style playoff.
Martin could even have gained this race, but for an error in pits of one of his mechanics in turn 130. This way Martin was penalized and fell until position 23. Later he recovered until culminating 2º.
“All we can commit errors, including the pilot”, said Mark excusing to its mechanic. “Once I was myself against the wall only and nobody recriminated to me for that reason…”
Incredibly who was until makes a pair of race leader of the contest, Jimmie Johnson, returned to leave by 3ª consecutive time due to a fault in its Chevrolet V8.
“When coming out of one it curves I felt as if the car remained without fuel”, Jimmie said. “I watched the clocks and the pressure was well but soon we verified that one of the cylinders had been punctured. To leave by 3ª consecutive time is depressing”, expressed visibly heartbroken Johnson.
The companion of Johnson and 4 times champion of NASCAR, Jeff Gordon, arrived thus in 7º catapulting itself at the leadership of the championship. Gordon in addition was the best classified Chevrolet car.
“I believe that it is not important to be 1º, 2º or 3º in the points”, Gordon said. “The really important thing will come more in a pair of races, when everything returns to be like at the beginning of year.”
Gordon did not hide its sadness by the negative gust of wind of his coequiper. “I am sad reason why this happening to him to Jimmie and the equipment. I am part of it and these problems also affect to me.”
The champion Matt Kenseth culminated 8º demonstrating the impressive regularity of his Ford Taurus. Without Matt doubts he will be a serious candidate to the crown in the last dates of the North American series.
