Filed under: Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle, Jeff Gordon, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kevin Harvick, Sam Hornish Jr., Tony Stewart, Sprint Cup, NASCAR
After missing the right pit strategy at Indianapolis with a four-tire pit stop at the end of the Brickyard 400 last weekend, Roush Fenway driver
Greg Biffle and his team knew well enough to take two tires late in the Sprint Cup race at Pocono. And the strategy propelled him to a comfortable victory over
Tony Stewart on Sunday.
"This one's for Jack, guys," Biffle said as he cruised through turn three on the last lap.
Carl Edwards finished third, followed by points leader
Kevin Harvick and
Denny Hamlin.
"We had a couple of really key two-tire stops that got us up front," said Biffle's crew chief, Greg Erwin.
It was a stirring victory for a struggling Roush Fenway organization, made even more poignant by the fact that owner Jack Roush was seriously injured when he crash-landed his jet last Tuesday in Wisconsin. Roush was not at the track, but followed the race from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, where he is recovering from significant facial injuries he suffered in the crash.
"This one is for Jack. We know he's watching. We're thinking about him," Biffle said in victory lane. "This answered all the questions about the Ford. There it is."
It was Ford's first victory since Talladega last fall.
"The whole company needed it," Erwin said. "Hopefully this helps Jack in his healing process."
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