Roush Fenway Racing is Back in the Poconos
Roush Fenway Racing returns to Long Pond, Penn. as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) heads to the ever-challenging Pocono Raceway, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane on four separate occasions.
Sprint Cup Series
Pocono
Sun. 7/31/16 – 1:30 PM ET
NBCSN, MRN, Sirius 90
Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford EcoBoost Ford Fusion
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 Roush Performance Products Ford Fusion
NASCAR XFINITY Series
Iowa
Sat. 7/30/16 – 8:00 PM ET
NBCSN, MRN, Sirius 90
Bubba Wallace, No. 6 Fastenal Ford Mustang
Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly/American Diabetes Ford Mustang
It’s Tricky Tricky Tricky Tricky
In 195 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.
Is this Heaven? No, It’s Iowa
In 34 starts at Iowa Speedway in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, Roush Fenway has recorded five wins, 10 top-five finishes, 17 top-10 finishes and has led 592 laps. 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series Champion Chris Buescher earned the organization’s most recent victory at the short-track in May 2015.
It’s a Hat-Trick for Stenhouse
Roush Fenway driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earned three-consecutive victories at Iowa in 2011 and 2012, sweeping both races in 2011. The victories helped catapult Stenhouse to consecutive NASCAR XFINITY Series championships in 2011 and 2012.
Roush Fenway Golden Sombrero
Roush Fenway scored four-consecutive victories at Iowa as Bayne followed up teammate Stenhouse Jr.’s three-consecutive wins with the victory in the June 2013 event after outdueling Austin Dillon in the closing laps.
Roush Fenway Pocono Wins
2005-1 Edwards Cup
2005-2 Busch Cup
2008-2 Edwards Cup
2010-2 Biffle Cup
Roush Fenway Iowa Wins
2011-1 Stenhouse NXS
2011-2 Stenhouse NXS
2012-1 Stenhouse NXS
2013-1 Bayne NXS
2015-1 Buescher NXS
Roush Fenway in Pocono Raceway
Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles
CUP 195 4 45 72 3 35395 1003 17.7 16.5 88487.5
Roush Fenway in Iowa Speedway
Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles
NXS (Iowa) 34 5 10 17 2 8301 592 12.1 11.7 7263.3
