After sweeping the field two weeks ago at Kansas, Roush Fenway Racing returns to the mile-and-a half-track of Texas Motor Speedway where RFR has won 18 NASCAR races, including five in the past two years and a weekend sweep this spring.
AAA Texas 500
Sun. 11.4.12, 3:00 p.m. EST
ESPN TV, PRN, Sirius 90
Greg Biffle, No. 16 3M Ford
Matt Kenseth, No. 17 Ford EcoBoost
Carl Edwards, No. 99 Aflac Ford
O’Reilly AutoParts
Sat. 11.5.12, 7:00 p.m. EDT
ESPN TV, PRN, Sirius 90
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 NOS Ford
Roush Fenway at Texas
Overall Roush Fenway has posted 18 wins, 72 top fives, 122 top 10s and eight poles, while leading 3,438 laps in combined NASCAR action at Texas Motor Speedway. Roush boasts wins in all three major series at Texas (9 Cup, 8 NNS, 1 Truck).
25 Winning Years: Roush Sweeps Inaugural Weekend at Texas
Roush Fenway won both the first Cup (Jeff Burton) and NNS (Mark Martin) races at Texas in 1997. In fact Roush Fenway won the first two Cup races at Texas and three of the first four NNS races at the track.
Sweeping Up
Just as with the inaugural races in 1997, Roush Fenway swept both the Sprint Cup and NNS events at Texas earlier this season with Greg Biffle and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. doing the honors. Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards also swept both events at Texas in the spring of 2011.
Crossover
Four drivers have won for Roush Fenway across multiple NASCAR platforms at Texas; Martin (1 Cup, 3 NNS,), Edwards (3 Cup, 2 NNS), Kenseth (2 Cup, 3 NNS) and Biffle (2 Cup, 1 Truck).
Winning at Texas
A total of six different drivers have won a total of 16 NASCAR races at Texas. All three of Roush Fenway’s Sprint Cup drivers have won at TMS (Edwards – 3 times, Kenseth – 2 times and Biffle – 2 times). Trevor Bayne became the sixth RFR driver to win at Texas with his Nationwide Series win there last fall. In-in-all a total of seven drivers have won for RFR at Texas.
‘08 Sweep
Carl Edwards swept the 2008 Sprint Cup races at Texas Motor Speedway, leading a total of 335 laps in the two events. He is one of only two drivers to win both events at TMS in the same year.
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 311, 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 Texas Wins
1997 Burton Cup
1998 Martin Cup
2002 Kenseth Cup
2005-1 Biffle Cup
2005-2 Edwards Cup
2008-1 Edwards Cup
2008-2 Edwards Cup
2011-1 Kenseth Cup
2012-1 Biffle Cup
1997 Martin NNS
1999 Martin NNS
2000 Martin NNS
2007-1 Kenseth NNS
2010-2 Edwards NNS
2011-1 Edwards NNS
2011-2 Bayne NNS
2012-1 Stenhouse NNS
2000 Biffle Truck
