Driver Profile: Greg Biffle

Driver of the #16: Gregory Jack Biffle (Sprint Cup Series)

Nickname: Greg
Birthdate: December 23rd, 1969
Hometown: Vancouver, Washington
Resides: Mooresville, North Carolina
Marital Status: Married- Nicole Lunders
Children: Emma Elizabeth

Rookie Season: 2003
Years in Sport: 8
Starts:  330
First Race: 2002 NAPA Auto Parts 500 (California)
Poles: 8
First Pole: 2004 Daytona 500
Wins: 16
First Win: 2003 Pepsi 400
Top-Fives: 69
Top-Tens: 123

Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Years with Team: 8
Owner: Jack Roush
Sponsor: 3M
Car Make: Ford
Highest Points Finish: 2nd (2005)
Lowest Points Finish: 20th  (2003)

Career Highlights:

• Was recommended to Jack Roush by Benny Parsons
• Won Championships in two of NASCAR's Top Series (Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series).
• Won the most races in the 2005 season with six.
• Won the Pole for the Daytona 500 in just his second season.

Courtniee's 2012 NASCAR Prediction for Greg :
  Greg Biffle will struggle in 2012. He will start to turn things around in the summer months but come Chase time, he will go back to struggling. However, he will manage to come home 14th in the 2012 Sprint Cup Series Final Points standings.

Driver Profile: Trevor Bayne

Driver of the #16: Trevor Bayne (Nationwide Series)

Nickname: Trevor
Birthdate: February 19th, 1991
Hometown: Knoxville, Tennessee
Resides: Mooresville, North Carolina
Marital Status: Dating- Ashton Clapp
Children: None

Rookie Season: 2009
Years in Sport: 3
Starts:  79
First Race: 2009 Scotts Turf Builder 300 (Bristol)
Poles: 4
First Pole: 2009 Kroger 200 (O'Reiley Raceway Park)
Wins: 1
First Win: 2011 O'Reily Auto Parts Challenge (Texas)
Top-Fives: 11
Top-Tens: 27

Team: Roush Fenway Racing
Years with Team: 1
Owner: Jack Roush
Sponsor: N/A
Car Make: Ford
Highest Points Finish: 7th (2010)
Lowest Points Finish: 32nd (2009)

Career Highlights:

• Led only 6 laps to win his first Nationwide race.
• Looking for sponsorship in the Nationwide Series in 2012.

Courtniee's 2012 NASCAR Prediction for Trevor Bayne:
  Trevor Bayne will once again race in both the Sprint Cup Series as well as the Nationwide Series. Due to him driving a partial schedule in both series, it is hard to tell what can be expected from him. Bayne will win a few races this season. He will be the strongest in the summer months as well as towards the end of the 2012 season. Final Standings: 12th

Driver Profile: Johnny Sauter

Driver of the #13: Johnathan Joseph Sauter (Camping World Truck Series)

Nickname: Johnny
Birthdate: May 1st, 1978
Hometown: Necedah, Wisconsin
Resides: Mooresville, North Carolina
Marital Status: Married- Cortney
Children: Penn Joseph, Paige Gertrude

Rookie Season: 2009
Years in Sport: 8
Starts: 86
First Race: 2003 O'Reily 200 presented buy Valvoline (Bristol)
Poles: 4
First Pole: 2009 Winstar World Casino 400 (Texas)
Wins: 4
First Win: 2009 Las Vegas 350 (Vegas)
Top-Fives: 33
Top-Tens: 47

Team: ThorSport Racing
Years with Team: 3
Owner: Duke and Rhonda Thorson
Sponsor: Safe Auto Insurance/Curb Records/Fun Sand
Car Make: Toyota
Highest Points Finish: 2nd (2011)
Lowest Points Finish: 87th (2008)

Career Highlights:

• Finished 2nd in Championship standings last season even though he won the race.
• Son of Jim Sauter and brother of Tim and Jay Sauter

Courtniee's 2012 NASCAR Prediction for Johnny Sauter:
  Johnny Sauter will prove just the kind of driver he is in the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. Sauter will win a race or two earlier on in the season, but will struggle until heading to Martinsville where he will win. Sauter will have a terrific Championship run for the second year in a row. Say hello to your 2012 Champion!!!!!

Driver Profile: Kurt Busch

Driver of the #51: Kurt Thomas Busch (Sprint Cup Series)

Nickname: Kurt
Birthdate: August 4th, 1978
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Resides: Concord, North Carolina
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: None

Rookie Season: 2001
Years in Sport: 12
Starts: 400
First Race: 2000 MBNA.com 400 (Dover)
Poles: 15
First Pole: 2001 Southern 500 (Darlington)
Wins: 24
First Win: 2002 Food City 500 (Bristol)
Top-Fives: 88
Top-Tens: 169

Team: Phoenix Racing
Years with Team: First year with team
Owner: James Finch
Sponsor: TAG Heuer
Car Make: Chevrolet
Highest Points Finish: 1st (2004)
Lowest Points Finish: 48th (2000)

Career Highlights:

• Won the 2004 Championship, which was the first time NASCAR used the Chase format.
• One of the 23 drivers to win in all three of NASCAR's top series.
• "Left" Roush Racing in 2005 to join Penske Racing, taking of the #2 for Rusty Wallace.
• "Left" Penske Racing in 2011 to join Phoenix Racing replacing Landon Cassill in the #51
• Winner of the 26th running of the All-Star Race.
• 2011 Budweiser Shootout winner

Courtniee's 2012 NASCAR Prediction for Kurt Busch:
       Kurt Busch will get a taste of his own medicine this NASCAR season. He will struggle in the beginning of the season getting use to his new team and will continue to struggle. Though he will break the into the top-five a few times this season, Busch will fail to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup. He will win at most one race. Final standings: 16th.

Driver Profile: Elliott Sadler

Driver of the #2: Elliott William Barnes Sadler (Nationwide Series)

Nickname: Elliott
Birthdate: April 30th, 1975
Hometown: Emporia, Virginia
Resides: Emporia, Virginia
Marital Status: Married- Amanda
Children: Wyatt Herman Fritz, Austyn Rose

Rookie Season: 1997
Years in Sport: 14
Starts: 164
First Race: 1995 Ford Credit 300 (South Boston)
Poles: 11
First Pole: 1997 February Daytona Race
Wins: 5
First Win: 1997 Core States Advantage 200 (Nazareth)
Top-Fives: 31
Top-Tens: 62

Team: Richard Childress Racing
Years with Team: First year with RCR
Owner: Richard Childress
Sponsor: OneMain Financial
Car Make: Chevrolet
Highest Points Finish: 2nd (2011)
Lowest Points Finish: 144th (2003)

Career Highlights:

• One of the 23 drivers to win in all three of NASCAR's top series.
• 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Most Popular Driver.

Courtniee's 2012 NASCAR Prediction for Elliott Sadler:

       Although he came up short in the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Championship, Elliott Sadler will rove just whathe's made of this season. Sadler will win a handful of races this season. Though he may not look so hot in the summer, Sadler will get right back on track when the weather starts cooling down. However, Salder will come up short again in the Championship. Final points standings: 2nd.