NASCAR: Biffle blisters Bristol

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While NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Greg Biffle celebrates his first Coors Lite pole award in 2012, driving the #16 Jack Roush prepared Ford, A.J Allmendinger knows just how far one one-thousandth of a second for the top spot on the starting grid is, that was the difference between the first and second qualifiers for the Food City 500 .

The entire filed of 43 cars were separated by only .6 thousandth of a second around the concreat half mile bullring at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Greg Biffle is off to one of his best starts of the year after undergoing a wholesale crew change during the off season including new crew chief Matt Puccia.

"I gotta pinch myself," said Biffle, who leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings. "I think I'm dreaming. ... I'm having a great time – the time of my life.""I know this isn't going to last all season, but I'm enjoying the hell out of it right now," Biffle said.


Starting Line up:

Bristol Motor Speedway
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Fri, March 16, 2012 @ 04:43 PM Eastern
52nd Annual Food City 500

16 Greg Biffle 15.324 125.215
22 AJ Allmendinger

39 Ryan Newman
24 Jeff Gordon

2 Brad Keselowski
78 Regan Smith

43 Aric Almirola
99 Carl Edwards

20 Joey Logano
5 Kasey Kahne

27 Paul Menard
9 Marcos Ambrose

18 Kyle Busch
29 Kevin Harvick

56 Martin Truex Jr.
15 Clint Bowyer

1 Jamie McMurray
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

10 David Reutimann
20 11 Denny Hamlin

17 Matt Kenseth
14 Tony Stewart

13 Casey Mears
55 Brian Vickers

26 38 David Gilliland
51 Kurt Busch

28 30 David Stremme
83 Landon Cassill

42 Juan Pablo Montoya
34 David Ragan L

33 Brendan Gaughan
31 Jeff Burton

93 Travis Kvapil
36 Dave Blaney

47 Bobby Labonte
26 Josh Wise

74 Reed Sorenson
98 Michael McDowell

40 49 JJ Yeley
87 Joe Nemechek

42 32 Ken Schrader
23 Scott Riggs North Texas Pipe Chevrolet 15.809 121.374