The Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup picture could sharpen considerably come Monday. A first-time winner, though, would produce no guarantees because it means NASCAR could still end the year with 16 different winners and a points leader without a victory -- the lone exception to that being if Matt Kenseth, currently third in points, is victorious. Biffle is the lone driver to have an average running position of less than 10.0 at Michigan in the past nine years (8.9), and his four career wins here are a personal best at any track. The No. 16 Roush Fenway Ford was uncharacteristically slow here in June but showed speed in practice in qualifying, a change no doubt brought on by gleanings from a Roush Fenway Racing test session at Michigan in July.
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