Roush Fenway Advance – Phoenix International Raceway, One-Mile
Roush Fenway Racing Returns to the Valley of the Sun
Roush Fenway Racing heads back west for the final time in the 2015 season his weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) returns to Phoenix International Raceway (PIR), a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane on 17 different occasions across NASCAR’s three major touring series.
Sprint Cup Series
Phoenix
Sun. 11/15/15 – 2:30 PM ET
NBC, MRN, Sirius 90
Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Jardiance Ford Fusion
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 Cargill/Sam’s Club Ford Fusion
NASCAR XFINITY Series
Phoenix
Sat. 11/14/15 – 2:00 PM ET
NBCSN, MRN, Sirius 90
Elliott Sadler, No. 1 OneMain Financial Ford
Bubba Wallace, No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Ford
Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly/American Diabetes Ford
Chris Buescher, No. 60 AdvoCare Ford
Hooked on Phoenix
Roush Fenway has started 252 combined NASCAR races at PIR, collecting 17 wins (7 NSCS, 8 NXS, 2 CWTS), 73 top- fives, 126 top 10s and nine poles, while leading 4,027 laps.
Winning in the Desert
Roush Fenway has won at Phoenix in all three of NASCAR’s major divisions, with the organization’s first win coming in the fall of 1993 with driver Mark Martin. Roush Fenway won the second-ever NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at PIR in 2000, and Greg Biffle claimed their 100th overall XFINITY Series win at Phoenix in 2009. Carl Edwards also won there that fall to give Roush Fenway the season sweep. All in all, six drivers have won NASCAR races for Roush Fenway at PIR (Martin, Biffle, Edwards, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth and Joe Ruttman). In addition, Edwards swept Phoenix in the fall of 2010, winning both the NXS and NSCS events.
Tale of the Tape
Roush Fenway has started 139 NSCS races at PIR, recording a total of seven victories, 34 top five finishes, 57 top-10 finishes, four poles and has led 2,290 laps. Edwards earned Roush Fenway’s most recent victory at PIR in the March 2013 event.
Short Track Prowess
In 610 NSCS starts on short tracks, Roush Fenway has earned 22 victories, 117 top-fives, 229 top-10s, 25 pole positions and has led 7,582 laps. Roush Fenway’s most recent victory on a short track came last season at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in the spring event with Edwards.
XFINITY Success
Phoenix is one of the strongest tracks for Roush Fenway’s XFINITY program. In 77 starts, the organization has won eight times, earned 26 top-fives, 48 top-10s and has led 1,403 laps. Roush Fenway most recently went to victory lane with Edwards in Nov. 2010.
The Final Two
Roush Fenway Racing driver Chris Buescher currently holds a 24-point lead in the NASCAR XFINITY Series championship standings with two races remaining in the 2015 season. In three career starts at Phoenix in the XFINITY Series, Buescher’s best finish has been 12th in this event last season. In his career on short tracks, Buescher has earned one victory, earlier this season at Iowa Speedway after starting from the fourth position and leading 94 laps.
Roush Fenway PHX Wins
1993 Martin Cup
2000 Burton Cup
2001 Burton Cup
2002 Kenseth Cup
2005-1 Busch Cup
2010-2 Edwards Cup
2013-1 Edwards Cup
2000 Burton NXS
2001 Biffle NXS
2005-2 Edwards NXS
2006-2 Kenseth NXS
2008-2 Edwards NXS
2009-1 Biffle NXS
2009-2 Edwards NXS
2010-2 Edwards NXS
1997-2 Ruttman Truck
2001 Biffle Truck
Roush Fenway at Phoenix International Raceway
Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles
CUP 139 7 34 57 4 41844 2290 17.8 14.9 41844
NXS 77 8 26 48 5 14781 1403 10.9 11.3 14781
TRUCK 36 2 13 21 0 5195 334 12.3 12.4 5195
252 17 73 126 9 61820 4027 13.7 12.9 61820
