Roush Fenway Racing Returns to ‘New Hampshah’
Roush Fenway Racing heads to northern New England this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) prepares for 301 miles at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. A Roush Fenway Ford has earned nine victories at the 1.058-mile oval. Also, it is pronounced ‘Cahncahd,’ not ‘Concord.’
Sprint Cup Series
New Hampshire
Sun. 7/17/16 – 1:30 PM ET
NBCSN, PRN, Sirius 90
Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion
Greg Biffle, No. 16 NESN Fuel Ford Fusion
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Fusion
NASCAR XFINITY Series
New Hampshire
Sat. 7/16/16 – 3:30 PM ET
NBCSN, PRN, Sirius 90
Bubba Wallace, No. 6 AutoLotto Ford Mustang
Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly/American Diabetes Ford Mustang
Shipping Off to Boston
This weekend’s NSCS race at New Hampshire is in the home territory of Roush Fenway Racing’s co-owners the Fenway Sports Group. Fenway Sports Group is based out of Boston, Mass. and is located just 82 miles from New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
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In 240 starts across NASCAR’s three major touring series at New Hampshire, Roush Fenway Racing has recorded nine wins, 52 top-five finishes, 95 top-10 finishes and has led 2,019 laps. Roush Fenway has also earned two pole positions and has an average finish of 13.1.
Nine Lobstah’s and Counting
Roush Fenway has won in all three of NASCAR’s major touring series’ at New Hampshire, including seven in the NSCS and one in both the NASCAR XFINITY Series and in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS). Roush Fenway’s first NSCS win at New Hampshire came in 1997 with former Roush Fenway driver Jeff Burton and most recently won in the fall of 2008 with Greg Biffle. Roush Fenway also earned victories in the NCWTS race in 2000 with former driver Kurt Busch and in the XFINITY Series in 2006 with former driver Carl Edwards.
Four in a Row
Roush Fenway won at least one NSCS race at New Hampshire in four consecutive seasons from 1997-2000, with former driver Burton taking the checkered flag on each occasion. In addition, Roush Fenway swept both races at New Hampshire in 2004 with former driver Busch.
Wickahd Good Domination
Former Roush Fenway driver Burton posted one of the most dominating wins in NASCAR history at New Hampshire on Sept. 17, 2000, with Burton qualifying on the front row (second) and leading all 300 laps of the event en route to his fourth victory at the New England track. Roush Fenway has led over 100 laps in NSCS action at New Hampshire on six different occasions, including leading over 150 laps four times and over 190 laps three times. All-in-all, Roush Fenway has led 2,006 laps at New Hampshire in the NSCS.
Countdown to the Chase
With seven races remaining before the cutoff for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Roush Fenway driver Trevor Bayne trails the 16th and final position in the Chase Grid by 10 points.
Roush Fenway NHMS Wins
1997-1 Burton Cup
1998-1 Burton Cup
1999-1 Burton Cup
2000-2 Burton Cup
2004-1 Busch Cup
2004-2 Busch Cup
2008-2 Biffle Cup
2006 Edwards NXS
2000 Busch Truck
Roush Fenway in New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles
CUP 172 7 33 58 2 49270 1546 20.2 16.3 52127.3
NXS 40 1 9 19 0 7570 246 14.6 12.9 8009
TRUCK 28 1 10 18 0 5550 227 12.1 10 5871.8
240 9 52 95 2 62390 2019 15.6 13.1 66008.1
