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Nextel Cup drivers from Washington

Greg Biffle

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Greg Biffle

Age: 34, born Dec. 23, 1969, Vancouver, Wash.

Lives: Mooresville, N.C.

Height: 5-9. Weight: 170.

Car: No. 16 Ford.

Car owner: Jack Roush (Roush Racing).

Crew chief: Doug Richert.

Primary sponsor: National Guard.

Career Cup wins: 1.

First Cup race: April 28, 2002, at California; started 29th, finished 13th.

First Cup win: July 5, 2003, at Daytona; started 30th.

Best points finish: 20th (2003).

This season: Currently (after 10 of 36 races) 23rd in point standings, 458 points out of first place. Best result was an eighth-place finish in the Golden Corral 500, March 14 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Career highlight: As a rookie in 2003, Biffle collected his lone Cup victory in the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. Biffle's win was the only one by a rookie last season.

Motor mouthing: "I'm not a market-analysis person, but I think a lot of fans from back here (North Carolina, where Biffle lives) will take the opportunity to go out west and visit when they hadn't had a reason to go before."

	Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kahne

Age: 24, born April 10, 1980, Enumclaw.

Lives: Huntersville, N.C.

Height: 5-9. Weight: 140.

Car: No. 9 Dodge

Car owner: Ray Evernham (Evernham Motorsports).

Crew chief: Tommy Baldwin.

Primary sponsor: Dodge Dealer/UAW.

Career Cup wins: 0.

First Cup race: Feb. 15, 2004, at Daytona; started 27th, finished 41st.

This season: Currently 11th in point standings, 244 points out of first place. Best result was second place three times: the Subway 400, Feb. 22 at North Carolina Speedway; the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, March 7 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway; the Samsung/Radio Shack 500, April at Texas Motor Speedway.

Career highlight: In this season's second race, Kahne just missed his first Cup victory when Matt Kenseth beat him to the finish line by one-hundredth of a second. It was the fourth-closest finish in series history.

Motor mouthing: "I saw a lot of fans (from Washington state) in Las Vegas. I meet people at every track I go to from Washington. It would be nice to go home and race for all the sprint-car fans."

	Derrike Cope

Derrike Cope

Age: 45, born Nov. 3, 1958, San Diego; raised in Spanaway.

Lives: Huntersville, N.C.

Height: 5-7. Weight: 180.

Car: No. 50 Dodge.

Car owner: Derrike Cope (Arnold Motorsports).

Crew chief: Ernie Cope.

Primary sponsor: Arnold Development Companies.

Career Cup wins: 2.

First Cup race: Nov. 21, 1982, at Riverside (Calif.) International; started 39th, finished 36th.

First Cup win: Feb. 18, 1990, at Daytona; started 12th.

Best points finish: 15th (1995).

This season: Currently 36th in point standings, 786 points out of first place. Best result was a 25th-place finish in the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, March 21 at Darlington Raceway.

Career highlight: At the 1990 Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt dominated the race but suffered a tire mishap in Turn 3 on the final lap. Cope swept past Earnhardt for the win.

Motor mouthing: "There's great talent coming out of the Pacific Northwest. It does add a lot of credibility. At a time when no one was breaking in, we've risen to the top."

— Seattle Times staff

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