Greg Biffle 2015 Review
By Richard Tix
Season Grade: D
Season Preview: "Expectations will once again be to make the Chase in 2015. A driver with his experience and amount of wins should be looking at nothing less than that. Realistically he also needs to help groom two young drivers for RFR. Biffle has been a pretty stand up guy in NASCAR so it should come natural. I really think his peak is past him in NASCAR and it will start to show. That doesn't mean his days of notching top 10's and a win here of there are done, but it may start to be a bit more time in between each. He is still a force at tracks like Michigan as long as RFR figures out there 2014 struggles, but when RFR struggles the Biff wont have enough to overcome. 2015 will be the first time he has back to back win-less seasons in his career, but expect 4-5 top 5's and 12-14 top 10's."
Season Review: I would say my preseason assessment of Biffle above was pretty spot on. RFR didn't give him enough and he seems at the very least, past his prime. 2015 was the first time in his career he went back to back seasons without a win (2014 and 2015).
It was an impressive run, but if RFR doesn't get better soon, this streak may very well continue for a long time. Greg Biffle's days are waning and his title window is almost completely closed. He ended 2015 with only 3 top 5's and 4 top 10's which is even under the low expectations I gave him for the season.
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