The championship stakes are high as Roush Fenway heads south for a Labor Day showdown at Atlanta Motor Speedway, with only two weeks remaining before the Chase cutoff.
AdvoCare 500
Sun. 9.2.12, 7:30 p.m. EDT
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Greg Biffle, No. 16 3M Manheim Ford
Matt Kenseth, No. 17 Ford EcoBoost
Carl Edwards, No. 99 Subway Ford
NRA American Warrior
Sat. 9.1.12, 7:00 p.m. EDT
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 Cargill Ford
Roush Fenway at Atlanta
Roush Fenway has 161 Sprint Cup starts at AMS, where they have tallied six wins, 67 top-10 finishes and 37 top fives. The organization boasts an 18.5-place avg. finish at AMS in Cup racing. In the Nationwide Series Roush Fenway has 39 entries, having won on six occasions and giving the organization 12 NASCAR wins overall at Atlanta.
Wild Finish to the Chase
With two races remaining before the cutoff point, Roush Fenway’s Greg Biffle leads the Sprint Cup point standings, having already secured his place in the 2012 Chase. Matt Kenseth is fourth in the standings and clinched a least a wild card spot in the Chase, while Carl Edwards looks for another win at Atlanta to secure a place as a wildcard.
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 two of Roush Fenway’s six Nationwide wins came in the spring. The NASCAR 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 claimed its first win there in the fall of ‘91 with the No. 6 Ford. Roush Fenway won its first of six 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.
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 and in 2011.
RFR Celebrates “25 Winning Years”
Roush Fenway celebrates “25 Winning Years” in 2012. During that span, RFR has accumulated the most wins in NASCAR history with 306, and is the all-time race winner in both the Nationwide and Truck Series. During the season the team will highlight the performance, people, innovation and partners that have been the cornerstone of its performance.
RFR 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 Edwards NNS 2011 Edwards NNS
