Filed under: Greg Biffle, Ford, Roush Fenway Racing, Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR

As far as happy endings go, it would be hard to top Jack Roush's week.

First, the 68-year old NASCAR team owner on Tuesday survived his second plane crash in the last seven years, and then his Sprint Cup Series team -- which had mustered only a single victory since February 2009 -- claimed its first win of 2010 on Sunday.

It's surely a pick-me-up for Roush, who remains hospitalized in the Mayo Clinic with facial injuries sustained when the jet plane he was piloting crashed on landing in Wisconsin.

But beyond the sentimental timing, Greg Biffle's win at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania is pragmatic, a sign that perhaps his Roush Fenway Racing team and the once-mighty Ford Motor Company have started to turn things around with five races remaining before NASCAR's 10-race Chase for the Championship playoff run begins.

"When it got to be five (laps) to go, I started thinking. ... this race was meant to be,'' said Biffle, who drives the No. 16 3M Ford. "I started thinking, it's for Jack.

"And then, spending all that time I've spent with the Ford people, how desperate they are to prove they've got a good product -- they've got great cars and trucks -- but they want to prove it on the racetrack. They want to win.

"I just thought this is going to be a great day if I can complete this thing.''

 

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