Roush Fenway Prepares for “Saturday Night’s Main Event” in Richmond

Roush Fenway Advance – Richmond Raceway, .750-Mile

Roush Fenway Prepares for “Saturday Night’s Main Event” in Richmond

Roush Fenway Racing returns to Richmond Raceway for the second time in the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) season, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane on 15 previous occasions across NASCAR’s three major touring series.

MENCS
Richmond
Sat. 9/9/17 – 7:30 PM ET
NBCSN, MRN, Sirius 90
Trevor Bayne, No. 6 Performance Plus Motor Oil Ford Fusion
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Fusion

NASCAR XFINITY Series
Richmond
Fri. 9/8/17 – 7:30 PM ET
NBCSN, MRN, Sirius 90

Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang

Roush Fenway History at Richmond

Overall, Roush Fenway has started 337 races at Richmond, earning a total of 15 victories, 88 top-five and 146 top-10 finishes, 14 poles and 4,958 laps led across the MENCS, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS).

Tale of the Tape

Roush Fenway has started 201 MENCS races at Richmond, recording a total of five victories, 36 top-five finishes, 71 top-10 finishes, an average finish of 16.6 and has led 2,440 laps. Former driver Carl Edwards recorded the organization’s most recent victory at the .750-mile short track in Sept. 2013.

Playoff Bound

Roush Fenway driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will officially enter the MENCS Playoffs at the completion of Saturday evening’s MENCS event at Richmond. Stenhouse, who has recorded two victories this season at Talladega Superspeedway in May and Daytona International Speedway in July, is currently ranked seventh in the Playoff Standings with 10 playoff points.

Race to Make the Playoffs

This weekend marks the cutoff race to make the MENCS Playoffs. In order for Roush Fenway driver Trevor Bayne to make the postseason, the driver of the No. 6 Performance Plus Motor Oil Ford must go to victory lane on Saturday night in Richmond.

To XFINITY and Beyond

Roush Fenway has earned nine victories, 43 top-five finishes, 64 top-10 finishes and an average finish of 11.5 at Richmond in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. All-in-all, three different drivers are responsible for the nine victories at the Virginia short track (Edwards, Mark Martin and Jeff Burton).

Nine and Counting

Roush Fenway’s nine victories at Richmond rank fourth among all tracks the organization has competed on in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, trailing Darlington Raceway (15), Charlotte Motor Speedway (12) and North Carolina Speedway – formerly known as Rockingham – (11).

Roush Fenway Richmond Wins

1990-1    Martin          Cup

1998-2    Burton         Cup

2002-2    Kenseth       Cup

2005-2    Busch          Cup

2013-2    Edwards      Cup

1993-1    Martin          NXS

1993-2    Martin          NXS

1997-1    Martin          NXS

1998-1    Burton         NXS

1999-1    Martin          NXS

2000-2    Burton         NXS

2005-1    Edwards      NXS

2008-2    Edwards      NXS

2009-2    Edwards      NXS

1999       Biffle            Truck

Roush Fenway at Richmond Raceway

Race      Win      T5        T10      Pole       Laps         Led         AvSt       AvFn       Miles

CUP                 201         5          36         71         7          77786       2440         17.5        16.6         58263.8

NXS                 116         9          43         64         5          27783       2341         11.9        11.5         20837.2

TRUCK            20           1          9           11         2          3743          177          11.6        11.1         2807.2

337        15         88        146       14        109312       4958        13.7        13.1         81908.2