Fwd: Roush Fenway Advance – Homestead-Miami Speedway

Roush Fenway Racing Looks to Close 2016 on a Strong Note

Roush Fenway Racing heads to South Beach this weekend for the final race of the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) season at Homestead-Miami Speedway, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane on 11 different occasions across NASCAR’s three major touring series.

Sprint Cup Series
Homestead
Sun. 11/20/16 -2:30 PM ET
NBC, MRN, Sirius 90

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

NASCAR XFINITY Series
Homestead
Sat. 11/19/16 – 3:30 PM ET
NBCSN, MRN, Sirius 90

Bubba Wallace, No. 6 Leidos Ford Mustang
Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly/American Diabetes Ford Mustang

Welcome to Miami

Roush Fenway has started 154 combined NASCAR races at Homestead, collecting 11 wins (7 NSCS, 3 NXS, 1 NCWTS), 50 top- fives, 70 top 10s and eight poles, while leading 1,842 laps.

Tale of the Tape

Roush Fenway has started 74 NSCS races at Homestead, recording a total of seven victories, 22 top five finishes, 28 top-10 finishes, four poles and has led 1,109 laps. Former Roush Fenway driver Carl Edwards earned the organization’s most recent win at the 1.5-mile oval in 2010.

Five-in-a-Row

Roush Fenway earned five consecutive victories in the NSCS at Homestead from 2004-2008 with former drivers Matt Kenseth (2007) and Edwards (2008), along with current driver Greg Biffle, who won three consecutive races from 2004-2006.

Miami Nights

In 51 starts in the NASCAR XFINITY Series at Homestead, Roush Fenway has earned three wins, 22 top-fives, 31 top-10s and two pole positions. Edwards recorded the most recent victory at Homestead in the 2008 season finale.

Previous Homestead Winner

Roush Fenway driver Bubba Wallace previously visited victory lane at Homestead in the 2014 NCWTS season finale after starting from the eighth position and leading 30 laps en route to the win.

Curtain Call

Dating back to 1988, Roush Fenway has earned the victory in the final event of the season on nine separate occasions. Former Roush Fenway driver and NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee Mark Martin earned wins in the 1991 and 1994 NSCS season finales at Atlanta Motor Speedway to go along with the seven NSCS victories at Homestead.

Roush Fenway Homestead Wins

2002      Busch       Cup

2004      Biffle         Cup

2005      Biffle         Cup

2006      Biffle         Cup

2007      Kenseth    Cup

2008      Edwards   Cup

2010      Edwards   Cup

1998      Burton      NXS

2006      Kenseth    NXS

2008      Edwards   NXS

2006      Martin       Truck

Roush Fenway at Homestead-Miami Speedway

Race      Win     T5          T10       Pole    Laps          Led           AvSt        AvFn       Miles

CUP                   74           7          22          28         4          18795       1109         18.4         16.6         28192.5

NXS                   51           3          22          31         2          10076       540           11.6         11.2         15114

TRUCK              29           1          6            11         2          3912         193           12.2         14.7         5868

154         11         50          70         8          32783       1842         14.1         14.2         49174.5