Biffle, Martin give Roush 1-2 punch at Michigan
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BROOKLYN, Mich. (SportsTicker) - Greg Biffle took over the lead with 17 laps left and held off teammate Mark Martin to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series GFS Marketplace 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday.
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The Michigan Wolverines played solidly early and late in the game, but they struggled on offense in between.
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Third-ranked Michigan got goals from six different players in a 6-2 victory over Boston University last night to complete a weekend sweep at Ann Arbor, Mich.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Greg Biffle gave his car owner, Jack Roush , a two-for-one special yesterday, winning the Ford 400 NASCAR Nextel Cup finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on the same day Kurt Busch , Biffle's Roush Racing teammate, finished fifth to capture the inaugural Chase for the Nextel Cup championship.
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Chauncey Billups&#39;s two free throws with 2.6 seconds left in the game gave Detroit its first lead since the first quarter, and Stephon Marbury&#39;s last-second miss gave
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Kurt Busch has the lead position in the Chase for the Championship and the pole for today&#39;s Ford 400, but Jimmie Johnson has the momentum.
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If Kurt Busch wasn&#39;t already the man to beat for the Nextel Cup championship, he is now. Anyone expecting Busch or his Roush Racing team to crack under the pressure of the
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Marcus Landry and Michael Flowers both score 14 points and No. 11 Wisconsin holds off Michigan, 64-61, to remain undefeated in the Big Ten.
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Freshman Michael Hart rushed for 206 yards and Garrett Rivas hit a 35-yard field goal with 2:45 to go to lift No. 13 Michigan to a 16-14 win over No. 12 Purdue on Saturday.
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Greg Biffle briefly flirted with the Nextel Cup championship last season, while teammate Carl Edwards made a surprising push toward his own title. Although both fell short, they started this season prepared &#151; and perhaps even predicted &#151; to finish the job.
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Michigan took care of Mike Hart's guarantee with ease. Hart ran for 187 yards on 35 carries and scored two touchdowns, and Ryan Mallett threw for three scores, leading the Wolverines to a 38-0 win over Notre Dame on Saturday.
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Paul Davis and Kelvin Torbert led a balanced offense with 15 points each and No. 23 Michigan State beat North Carolina-Asheville 92-63 on Wednesday night.
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Self-proclaimed sham Mark Martin vowed to leave racing at the top of his game. A late-season surge has put him there, back in the chase for that elusive NASCAR title.
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The leader in the &#39;Chase for the Cup&#39; hasn&#39;t run well in his last three races at Martinsville. Kurt Busch arrived at Martinsville Speedway with a 24-point lead over Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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Kurt Busch and Kasey Kahne did what they had to do. Greg Biffle didn't, and now faces a difficult road ahead. Busch won his second straight road course pole on Friday, wheeling his No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge through the 11-turn Watkins Glen International course at 122.966 mph to knock Kahne (121.845 mph) to second.
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Facing a hopelessly overmatched opponent, Appalachian State did to Lenoir-Rhyne what Michigan was supposed to do to the Mountaineers a week earlier.
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Michigan has won its first two games by an average of 22 points. The 10th-ranked Wolverines beat Central Michigan 41-17 Saturday after handling Vanderbilt in their opener, but still don't know if they are merely good or potentially great.