
In the final laps it was three Roush/Fenway Fords racing for the win, with Carl Edwards leading Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle. The three drivers dueled for the win as the laps wound down, and Biffle made a move on Kenseth for the lead. The two made contact but Biffle maintained his position and took the lead on the high side with seven laps to go. From there Biffle ran away from the pack for his second consecutive win.
"I got up beside him and he tried to pinch me off and we got together a little bit," Biffle said. "But I got my nose out there and I couldn't give up."
Behind Biffle was Kenseth and Edwards, who gave Jack Roush his first 1-2-3 finish since 2005. Edwards and Biffle are now two of the top three drivers in the standings, too, with Edwards holding a ten point lead over Biffle, who is tied for second with Jimmie Johnson.
While some Chase drivers such as the Roush trio were excelling, others were left with a large hole to climb out of to contend for the championship after issues at Dover. Kyle Busch found himself in that position yet again as engine troubles put him out of the race. He finished last in the race and is now last in the Chase standings, 210 points behind Edwards.
His teammate Denny Hamlin also suffered at Dover, with rear-gear issues putting him in the garage for several laps, leaving him with a disappointing 38th place finish. Hamlin fell five positions in the standings as a result, now 11th and 193 points behind Edwards.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s day went sour when his right-rear tire blew on the frontstretch, causing him to spin and suffer substancial damage. Earnhardt limped around the rest of the race to a 24th place finish, four laps off the pace. Like Hamlin, Earnhardt also fell five spots in the standings to 9th, 129 behind Edwards.
The other nine Chasers all finished in the top-11, though, including Kevin Harvick, whose 9th top-10 in the last ten races vaulted him five positions in the standings to 5th, 101 points behind Edwards.
With eight races left in the Chase the Sprint Cup Series heads to Kansas for the Camping World RV 400, where Greg Biffle will try to earn his third straight win at the track he won at last year.
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