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Greg Biffle delivered a major milestone to Ford executives on Sunday when he won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan Int'l Speedway.

With the NASCAR season reaching half of the 26-race first part of the season it's time to look the year over so far.

Edwards has half-jokingly said he should have been credited with two poles this year-one when Matt Kenseth won the pole but later was found with an illegal light-weight piece in the engine at Kansas and another time when qualifying was rained out at Talladega and he had the top practice speed.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup regular season passed its midway point at Pocono last week.

Jimmie Johnson has tied Matt Kenseth for victories, each with three, as they vie for the top seed in the Chase.

The most talked about NASCAR driver has got to be Jimmie Johnson, right? The real answer may surprise you.

That's what happens when your father is the 2003 NASCAR Sprint Cup champ. The son of Matt Kenseth is going to attract attention, even when he is just starting out.

Matt Kenseth, 41, came to MIS a year ago with the points lead, also announcing at that time he was ending his long relationship with Livonia-based team owner Jack Roush.

It wasn't a perfect day for Hendrick Motorsports on Sunday at Pocono Raceway despite a victory for Jimmie Johnson and top-12 finishes for Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon.

The five-time champ and current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader, who was black-flagged at Dover last week for jumping a late restart, avoided any restart woes in Sunday in winning the Party in the Poconos 400 at Pocono Raceway.

One week after a controversial restart cost Johnson a victory at Dover Int'l Speedway, the former Sprint Cup champion drove to a dominant victory Sunday in the Party in the Poconos 400.

Fans watch in the garage before the Party in the Poconos 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond on Sunday.

With 13 races completed in the Sprint Cup Series season and 13 to go before the start of the Chase for the Championship, the playoff picture is starting to take shape.

Lee White spearheaded Toyota's move to NASCAR initially in the truck series in 2004 and then in Sprint Cup in 2007, so his impact on Toyota teams will be felt beyond his immediate departure as president of the Toyota racing program.

Outlook: The Dover restart . It's certainly something that's going to be talked about for ages.

Tony Stewart hasn't been one to smile lately, but after winning at Dover, he makes a big jump in this week's Power Rankings.

White will officially retire at the end of the year, but remain with Toyota as a special advisor until then.

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But the manufacturer-supported engine builder for Joe Gibbs Racing and Michael Waltrip Racing seems to have trouble come in bunches.