Roush Fenway Racing Returns to the Bluegrass State
Roush Fenway Racing heads to the home of the Louisville Slugger this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) hits the freshly repaved surface of Kentucky Speedway for some Saturday night racing. A Roush Fenway Ford has earned three victories at the 1.5-mile oval across NASCAR’s three major touring series.
Sprint Cup Series
Kentucky
Sat. 7/9/16 – 7:30 PM ET
NBCSN, PRN, Sirius 90
Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion
Greg Biffle, No. 16 KFC Ford Fusion
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 Fifth Third Ford Fusion
NASCAR XFINITY Series
Kentucky
Fri. 7/8/16 – 8:30 PM ET
NBCSN, PRN, Sirius 90
Bubba Wallace, No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Ford Mustang
Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly/American Diabetes Ford Mustang
My Old Kentucky Home
This weekend’s race in Kentucky marks a homecoming for team owner Jack Roush who hails from Covington, Ky., which is located just over 30 minutes from the Kentucky Speedway.
And They’re Off
In 80 starts across NASCAR’s three major touring series at Kentucky, Roush Fenway Racing has recorded three wins, 12 top-five finishes, 28 top-10 finishes and has led 594 laps. Roush Fenway has also earned two pole positions and has an average finish of 15.2.
Cup in Kentucky
In 16 NSCS starts at Kentucky, the organization has earned a best finish of fifth in the inaugural NSCS event in 2011 with former Roush Fenway driver Carl Edwards.
Quick Out of the Gate
Roush Fenway driver Greg Biffle earned the victory in the inaugural NASCAR event at Kentucky in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) in 2000. Biffle started from the second position and paced the field for 53 laps en route to the victory.
XFINITY in Kentucky
Roush Fenway has started 43 NASCAR XFINITY Series races at Kentucky, earning one win, six top-fives and 17 top-10s. Roush Fenway finished second in the first three races at Kentucky, before breaking into the win column with former Roush Fenway driver Edwards in 2005.
XFINITY First
Edwards earned the organization’s first NASCAR XFINITY Series victory at Kentucky after starting from the pole position and leading 150 of the 200 laps to score the win.
Race for the Chase Heating Up
Roush Fenway drivers Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. trail the 16th and final position in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship standings by six and 17 points, respectively with nine races remaining before the Chase cutoff following the NSCS event at Richmond International Raceway in Sept.
RFR KentuckyWins
2005 Edwards NXS
2003 Edwards Truck
2000 Biffle Truck
Roush Fenway in Kentucky Speedway
Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles
CUP 16 0 1 4 0 4153 38 17.5 16 6229.5
NXS 43 1 6 17 1 8179 429 11.7 14.2 12268.5
TRUCK 21 2 5 7 1 2847 127 10.4 15.5 4270.5
80 3 12 28 2 15179 594 13.2 15.2 22768.5
