Roush Fenway Racing Returns to the Desert
Roush Fenway Racing heads out west for the final time in the 2016 season as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) returns to Phoenix International Raceway, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane on 17 different occasions across NASCAR’s three major touring series.
Sprint Cup Series
Phoenix
Sun. 11/13/16 – 2:30 PM ET
NBC, MRN, Sirius 90
Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Performance Plus Motor Oil Ford Fusion
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 Roush Performance Ford Fusion
NASCAR XFINITY Series
Phoenix
Sat. 11/12/16 – 7:30 PM ET
NBCSN, MRN, Sirius 90
Bubba Wallace, No. 6 Leidos Ford Mustang
Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly/American Diabetes Ford Mustang
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 60 SunnyD Ford Mustang
Hooked on Phoenix
Roush Fenway has started 264 combined NASCAR races at Phoenix, collecting 17 wins (7 NSCS, 8 NXS, 2 NCWTS), 73 top- fives, 128 top 10s and nine poles, while leading 4,030 laps.
Winning in the Valley of the Sun
Roush Fenway has won at Phoenix in all three of NASCAR’s major divisions, with the organization’s first win coming in the fall of 1993 with driver Mark Martin. Roush Fenway won the second-ever NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at PIR in 2000, and Greg Biffle claimed their 100th overall XFINITY Series win at Phoenix in 2009. Carl Edwards also won there that fall to give Roush Fenway the season sweep. All in all, six drivers have won NASCAR races for Roush Fenway at Phoenix (Martin, Biffle, Edwards, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth and Joe Ruttman). In addition, Edwards swept Phoenix in the fall of 2010, winning both the NXS and NSCS events.
Tale of the Tape
Roush Fenway has started 145 NSCS races at Phoenix, recording a total of seven victories, 34 top five finishes, 57 top-10 finishes, four poles and has led 2,290 laps. Edwards earned Roush Fenway’s most recent victory at Phoenix in the March 2013 event.
Short Track Prowess
In 628 NSCS starts on short tracks, Roush Fenway has earned 22 victories, 119 top-fives, 231 top-10s, 25 pole positions and has led 7,582 laps. Roush Fenway’s most recent victory on a short track came in the spring of 2014 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in the spring event with Edwards.
XFINITY Success
Phoenix is one of the strongest tracks for Roush Fenway’s XFINITY program. In 83 starts, the organization has won eight times, earned 26 top-fives, 50 top-10s and has led 1,406 laps. Roush Fenway most recently went to victory lane with Edwards in Nov. 2010.
Chasing the Championship
This weekend’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Phoenix marks the final race in the second round of the Chase. Roush Fenway teammates Ryan Reed and Bubba Wallace currently rank sixth and seventh, respectively, in the Chase Grid. At the completion of Saturday’s race, four drivers will be eliminated. Reed currently trails the fourth and final position in the Chase grid by five points, while Wallace sits 20 points back.
Roush Fenway PHX Wins
1993 Martin Cup
2000 Burton Cup
2001 Burton Cup
2002 Kenseth Cup
2005-1 Busch Cup
2010-2 Edwards Cup
2013-1 Edwards Cup
2000 Burton NXS
2001 Biffle NXS
2005-2 Edwards NXS
2006-2 Kenseth NXS
2008-2 Edwards NXS
2009-1 Biffle NXS
2009-2 Edwards NXS
2010-2 Edwards NXS
1997-2 Ruttman Truck
2001 Biffle Truck
Roush Fenway at Phoenix International Raceway
Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles
CUP 145 7 34 57 4 43255 2290 17.8 15.6 43255
NXS 83 8 26 50 5 15972 1406 11.1 11.4 15972
TRUCK 36 2 13 21 0 5195 334 12.3 12.4 5195
264 17 73 128 9 64422 4030 13.7 13.1 64422
