Roush Fenway Advance – Atlanta
Atlanta Motor Speedway, 1.5-mile
AdvoCare 500
Sun 9.4.11, 7:30 p.m. EDT
ESPN, PRN, Sirius 90
David Ragan, No. 6 UPS Ford
Greg Biffle, No. 16 3M Ford
Matt Kenseth, No. 17 Crown Royal Ford
Carl Edwards, No. 99 Aflac Ford
Great Clips 300
Sat. 9.3.11, 7:30 p.m. EDT
ESPN2 TV, PRN, Sirius 90
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 Blackwell Angus Ford
Trevor Bayne No. 16 Ford Mustang Ford
Carl Edwards, No. 60 Fastenal Ford
Roush Fenway Heads South for Labor Day Weekend Showdown
After surviving Bristol last weekend, Roush Fenway heads to Atlanta Motor Speedway where the team boasts 11 NASCAR victories.
Roush Fenway at Atlanta
Roush Fenway has 157 Sprint Cup starts at AMS, where they have tallied six wins, 65 top-10 finishes and 36 top fives. The organization boasts an 18th place avg. finish at AMS in Cup racing. In the Nationwide Series Roush Fenway has 36 entries, having won on five occasions and giving the organization 11 NASCAR wins overall at Atlanta.
Race to the Chase
With two races remaining before the cutoff point, Roush Fenway’s Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards are both locked into the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup field, while Greg Biffle and David Ragan continue to vie for a wildcard berth in the 12-team field.
Seasonal Changes
All but one of Roush Fenway’s Sprint Cup wins at AMS came in the fall, with Carl Edwards claiming the only Spring win at Atlanta in 2005. Conversely, all but one of Roush Fenway’s five Nationwide wins came in the Spring. The Series races only once in Atlanta this season.
AMS/Roush Fenway History
Roush Fenway competed in its first NASCAR event at AMS on March 20, 1988, finishing 31st after getting involved in an early crash. However just three years later the organization would claim its first win there in the fall of ‘91 with the No. 6 Ford. Roush Fenway would win its first of five Nationwide wins at the track in the spring of ’97. Roush Fenway’s top outing at AMS came in the fall of 2005, then the organization placed four cars inside the top seven, with three cars finishing top five including race winner Carl Edwards. In fact in the two races at AMS in 2005, Roush Fenway posted six top-five finishes and two wins.
Roush Fenway Atlanta Wins
1991-2 Martin Cup
1994-2 Martin Cup
2002-2 Busch Cup
2005-1 Edwards Cup
2005-2 Edwards Cup
2008-2 Edwards Cup
1997 -1 Martin NNS
1998-2 Martin NNS
2000-1 Martin NNS
2005-1 Edwards NNS
2008-1 Kenseth NNS
Edwards Gets It Done At Atlanta
Roush Fenway’s Carl Edwards is one of the most successful drivers in AMS history and the organization’s most successful driver there. He earned his first Cup win there in the spring of ’05, sweeping both the NNS and Cup races. He went on to sweep both the Cup events at AMS in ’05 and added another Cup win at the track in the fall of ’08.
“Inside Roush Fenway Racing” to Launch on NESN
Roush Fenway Racing, NASCAR Media Group and NESN (New England Sport Network) have announced plans to launch Inside Roush Fenway Racing; a weekly 30-minute program that will take racing fans on a thrilling ride inside the world of one of NASCAR’s most successful teams. The show premiers on Sept. 13 and will air on Tuesday evenings at 5:30 p.m. ET.
