Chase Drivers Biffle, Kahne, Edwards Score Top 10s for Team Valvoline in Kansas Cup Race
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Oct. 4, 2009) -- Team Valvoline produced three top-10 results in Sunday's Price Chopper 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at the 1.5-mile Kansas Speedway.
Leading the Big V attack was Greg Biffle with a third-place finish -- equaling his best result of the 2009 season. Kasey Kahne was sixth and Missouri native Carl Edwards came home 10th.
All three drivers gained one spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings. With seven races remaining, Biffle is eighth in points while Edwards is 10th and Kahne 11th.
Biffle, who led six different times for a race high of 113 laps in the 267-lap, 400-mile event, said, "It's quite a bit of emotion for us today because we really, truly have not been running up to our standard this year. At one point late in the race it looked like we were going to have this thing won fairly easily, depending on how the cautions fell. We were able to beat them on the re-starts. So that was real exciting for our team to run like that. We're sure excited to be running good again, especially going to some tracks we like, such as California and some other places. I'm having the time of my life."
The race winner was Tony Stewart. Rounding out the top-five in order were: Jeff Gordon, Biffle, Juan Pablo Montoya and Denny Hamlin.
In Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide race, Biffle finished fifth while Edwards posted a seventh-place result.
Persistent rain showers throughout the day Sunday forced NHRA officials to postpone eliminations for the O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park until Monday.
Team Valvoline NASCAR Race Results
Kansas Speedway
Sprint Cup Series
Oct. 4, 2009
Kansas City, Kan.
(starting position in parenthesis)
AJ Allmendinger, No. 44 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge Charger
Finished: 17th (15th)
Point Standing: 24th
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 3rd (31st)
Point Standing: 8th
Carl Edwards, No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 10th (17th)
Point Standing: 10th
Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge Charger
Finished: 6th (6th)
Point Standing: 11th
Matt Kenseth, No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 39th (23rd)
Point Standing: 14th
Erik Darnell, No. 96 Yates Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 29th (41st)
Point Standing: 53rd
Jamie McMurray, No. 26 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 31st (4th)
Point Standing: 23rd
David Ragan, No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 35th (25th)
Point Standing: 31st
Elliott Sadler, No. 19 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge Charger
Finished: 20th (42nd)
Point Standing: 26th
Reed Sorenson, No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge Charger
Finished: 26th (28th)
Point Standing: 28th
Next NASCAR Sprint Cup Event
Oct. 11
Auto Club Speedway
Fontana, Calif.
Nationwide Series Race
Oct. 3
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kan.
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 5th (3rd)
Point Standing:*
Erik Darnell, No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 18th (12th)
Point Standing:*
Carl Edwards, No. 60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 7th (5th)
Point Standing: 2nd
*Not competing full-time in Nationwide Series
Next Nationwide Series Race
Oct. 10
Auto Club Speedway
Fontana, Calif.
Next Camping World Truck Race
Oct. 24
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville, Va.
