Roush Fenway Advance — Sprint All Star/Iowa

Roush Fenway Looks to Repeat Wins in All-Star Weekend

After a solid outing last weekend in Darlington, RFR’s Sprint Cup program takes a break from point racing for the Sprint All-Star Challenge. RFR won the event last season and will look for its fifth all-star win this weekend.

Sprint All Star Challenge

Sat. 5.19.12, 9:00 p.m. EDT

SPEED TV, MRN, Sirius 90

Greg Biffle, No. 16 3M/Red Cross Ford

Matt Kenseth, No. 17 Fifth Third Bank Ford

Carl Edwards, No. 99 Fastenal Ford

Iowa Speedway

John Deere Dealers 250

Sun 5.20.11, 2:00 p.m. EDT

ESPN TV, MRN, Sirius 90

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 Cargill Beef Ford

RFR Battles for First

Roush Fenway takes a weekend off from Sprint Cup point racing, with Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth neck-and-neck for the top position. On the NNS front, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. grew his point lead to 23 last week in Darlington.

Last Season

All-Star weekend brought one of the most successful performances in RFR history last season, with Roush Fenway winning both the All-Star Challenge and Showdown and the NNS race at Iowa the next day.

Roush Fenway Sprint All-Star Challenge

Roush has won four times in the All-Star race, with the first win coming via Mark Martin and the No. 6 team in the 1998 event. Matt Kenseth won the event in 2004, with Martin giving Roush Fenway its third All-Star win the following year in 2005. Carl Edwards lifted the trophy last season for RFR’s fourth win. Jeff Burton won the All-Star Showdown, racing his way into the All-Star Challenge in 2003  and David Ragan repeated the feat last season.

True All-Stars

Roush Fenway Racing is the only multiple-car Sprint Cup team with all of its drivers qualified for this season’s Sprint All-Star Challenge.

RFR, Stenhouse Look for Iowa 3-Peat

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will look to make it three in a row this weekend at Iowa. Stenhouse won the first NNS race of his career there last season and followed it up in the fall by sweeping the track. A special track for the young driver, he also won his first career NNS pole at Iowa in 2009.

Roush Fenway Fan Day Set for May 24

Roush Fenway Racing will host its annual 2012 Fan Day event, on Thursday, May 24th at its corporate headquarters in Concord, N.C. Fans are invited to participate in an array of activities that kick off with autograph sessions by all five Roush Fenway drivers and legendary team owner Jack Roush.  Fans can visit www.roushfenway.com for more details.

RFR All-Star Wins

1998      Martin      Cup

2004      Kenseth    Cup

2005      Martin      Cup

2011      Edwards   Cup

All-Star Showdown

2003      Burton      Cup

2011      Ragan   Cup

Iowa Wins

2011-1   Stenhouse       NNS

2011-2  Stenhouse        NNS

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SpeedwayMedia.com

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