Roush Fenway Racing Returns to the “Tricky Triangle”
Roush Fenway Racing heads back to Long Pond, Penn. as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) prepares to tackle the challenging Pocono Raceway, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane on four separate occasions.
Sprint Cup Series
Pocono
Sun. 6/5/16 – 1:00 PM ET
FS1, MRN, Sirius 90
Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford EcoBoost Ford Fusion
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 SunnyD Ford Fusion
NASCAR XFINITY Series
Pocono
Sat. 6/4/16 – 1:00 PM ET
FS1, MRN, Sirius 90
Bubba Wallace, No. 6 LoudMouth Exhaust Ford Mustang
Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly/American Diabetes Ford Mustang
It’s Tricky Tricky Tricky Tricky
In 192 starts at Pocono Raceway, Roush Fenway has recorded four wins, 45 top-five finishes, 72 top-10 finishes and has led 1,003 laps. Roush Fenway earned victories with Greg Biffle and former drivers Kurt Busch and Carl Edwards.
Winning Pocono Style
Roush Fenway has four wins at Pocono, including Biffle’s victory there in July of 2010. Former Roush Fenway driver Edwards earned the organization’s first victory at Pocono in June 2005. Roush Fenway went on to sweep the season’s events that year at the 2.5-mile track with former driver Busch winning in Aug. 2005.
Runner-Up
Roush Fenway has finished in the second position 13 times at Pocono with six different drivers. All in all, Roush Fenway has finished first or second 17 times at the Triangular track.
Victorious at the Triangle
Roush Fenway driver Trevor Bayne earned the victory in the June 2015 ARCA Racing Series event at the “Tricky Triangle” after starting from the pole position and leading 42 laps. Bayne took home the win in his first career start at Pocono and his first start in the ARCA Racing Series.
First Time Racing in the Pocono’s
Saturday afternoon marks the first time that the NASCAR XFINITY Series will compete on the 2.5-mile triangular track.
Trucking
Roush Fenway driver Bubba Wallace previously competed at Pocono in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, recording two top-10 finishes with a best finish of seventh coming in the 2013 event.
#ShareASunnyD
As part of the sponsorship of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. this weekend, SunnyD is promoting a new giveaway campaign. By tagging a friend on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag #ShareASunnyD, fans will enter themselves and a friend to win special SunnyD prize packs. The SunnyD six days of giveaways began Tuesday afternoon and will culminate in the Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 at Pocono Raceway on Sunday, June 5 at 1 p.m. Prizes include SunnyD beverages, hats, koozies and lanyards to name a few.
Roush Fenway Pocono Wins
2005-1 Edwards Cup
2005-2 Busch Cup
2008-2 Edwards Cup
2010-2 Biffle Cup
Roush Fenway at Pocono Raceway
Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles
CUP 192 4 45 72 3 34916 1003 17.6 16.4 87290
