Roush Fenway Advance – Kansas Speedway, 1.5-mile
Roush Fenway Racing is “Off to See the Wizard”
Roush Fenway Racing returns to the land of Oz this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) heads back to Kansas Speedway, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane nine times across NASCAR’s three major touring series.
Sprint Cup Series
Kansas
Sun. 10/16/16 – 2:15 PM ET
NBC, MRN, Sirius 90
Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford EcoBoost Ford Fusion
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 Zest Ford Fusion
NASCAR XFINITY Series
Kansas
Sat. 10/15/16 – 3:00 PM ET
NBC, MRN, Sirius 90
Bubba Wallace, No. 6 Leidos Ford Mustang
Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly/American Diabetes Ford Mustang
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Overall, Roush Fenway has started 147 races across the NSCS, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS), earning a total of nine wins, 41 top-five finishes, 71 top-10 finishes and has an overall average finish of 13.
Winning at Kansas
Roush Fenway swept both the NASCAR XFINITY Series and NSCS races at Kansas in the fall of 2012, with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. becoming the sixth driver to win at the track for the organization via his XFINITY victory. Mark Martin earned Roush Fenway’s first NSCS win at Kansas in 2005 and Greg Biffle bested the 1.5-mile track in 2007 and 2010. Roush Fenway’s first overall win at Kansas came in 2002 via Jeff Burton in the XFINITY Series. Three drivers (Jon Wood, 2003), (Carl Edwards, 2004) and (Erik Darnell, 2007) have won in the NCWTS at Kansas for Roush Fenway.
Tale of the Tape
Roush Fenway has started 83 NSCS races at Kansas, recording four victories, 20 top-five finishes, 34 top-10 finishes, an average finish of 15.3 and has led 932 laps. Former Roush Fenway driver Matt Kenseth earned the most recent victory at Kansas in the fall of 2012.
Carry On My Wayward Son
With his pair of wins at Kansas, Biffle is Roush Fenway’s most successful driver at the mile-and-a-half oval. In addition to his two wins there, Biffle has posted one pole, led a total of 346 laps and has an average finish of 12.1.
Round Two of the Chase
Roush Fenway teammates Bubba Wallace and Ryan Reed both advanced to the second round of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase following the event at Charlotte Motor Speedway. At the completion of round two, the bottom four drivers in the Chase Grid will be eliminated. Round two gets underway this weekend in Kansas.
Roush Fenway KansasWins
2005 Martin Cup
2007 Biffle Cup
2010 Biffle Cup
2012-2 Kenseth Cup
2002 Burton NXS
2012 Stenhouse NXS
2003 Wood Truck
2004 Edwards Truck
2007 Darnell Truck
Roush Fenway at Kansas Speedway
Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles
CUP 83 4 20 34 2 21239 932 16.3 15.3 31858.5
NXS 45 2 14 25 3 8736 380 12.4 12.7 13104
TRUCK 19 3 7 12 0 3059 229 9.9 11 4588.5
147 9 41 71 5 33034 1541 12.9 13 49551
