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Roush Fenway Racing Heads to the Old Dominion

Roush Fenway Racing returns to the .526-mile paper-clip shaped oval of Martinsville Speedway for the second time in the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup (NSCS) season this weekend. The organization has previously earned six victories across the three major touring series at the famed short track.

Sprint Cup Series
Martinsville
Sun. 10/30/16 – 1:00 PM ET
NBCSN, MRN, Sirius 90

Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion
Greg Biffle, No. 16 FordPass Ford Fusion
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Fusion

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Roush Fenway has earned four Grandfather Clocks at Martinsville with drivers Mark Martin (two), Jeff Burton and Kurt Busch. Roush Fenway most recently went to Victory Lane with Busch in Oct. 2002.

Rock Around the Clock

Roush Fenway had its overall most-successful outing at Martinsville in the spring of 2002 when it placed all four of its cars inside the top 10 with drivers Martin, Burton, Busch and Matt Kenseth.

Closing Time

Roush Fenway earned a one-two finish in the April 9, 2000 event at Martinsville with drivers Martin and Burton. Martin paced the field for 64 laps en route to the victory.

Tale of the Tape

Roush Fenway has started 197 NSCS races at Martinsville, recording four victories, 26 top-five finishes, 64 top-10 finishes, an average finish of 17.5 and has led 1,378 laps. Roush Fenway also boasts two NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) wins in 46 starts at Martinsville (fall of ’03 and ’05).

Off-Weekend

The NASCAR XFINITY Series is on their final off-weekend of the 2016 season before returning to action next week at Texas Motor Speedway.

The Chase

With two races remaining in the second round of the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase, Roush Fenway drivers Ryan Reed and Bubba Wallace rank sixth and eighth in the Chase Grid, respectively. At the completion of the NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Phoenix International Raceway the bottom four drivers will be eliminated from the Chase.

Martinsville Success

Current Roush Fenway NASCAR XFINITY Series driver Wallace has earned two career victories at Martinsville in the NCWTS in the fall of 2013 and the fall of 2014. Wallace has also recorded two pole positions and has led a total of 261 laps at the famed speedway.

Roush Fenway Martinsville Wins

1992-1    Martin         Cup

1997-2    Burton         Cup

2000-1    Martin         Cup

2002-2    Busch           Cup

2003-2    Wood          Truck

2005-2    Craven        Truck

Roush Fenway at Martinsville Speedway

Race      Win     T5          T10       Pole    Laps          Led           AvSt        AvFn       Miles

CUP                  197         4          26         64          4          95193       1378          20.1         17.5         50071

NXS                   4            0          0            2           0          950            0               23.2         16.2         499.7

TRUCK             46          2          14          24          3          10256       270           12.4         12.3         5394.6

247         6          40         90          7          106399     1648         18.6         15.3         55965.3

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