Roush Fenway Weekly Advance – Kansas

Roush Fenway Racing Returns to the Heartland

Roush Fenway Racing heads to the Great Plains this weekend as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) and NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) converge on Kansas Speedway. Jack Roush has sent nine cars to victory lane at the 1.5-mile track, including four Cup wins and two Xfinity victories.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS)
Kansas Speedway
Sunday, October 21 | 2:30 p.m. ET
NBC, MRN, Sirius 90
· Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Rehydrate Ford Fusion
· Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17 Fastenal Ford Fusion

NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS)
Kansas Speedway
Saturday, October 20 | 3 p.m. ET
NBC, MRN, Sirius 90
· Ryan Reed, No. 16 Drive Down A1C Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang
· Ty Majeski, No. 60 Ford Performance Mustang

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Overall, Roush Fenway has started 159 races across the MENCS, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS), earning a total of nine wins, 41 top-five finishes, 73 top-10 finishes and has an overall average finish of 14.4.

Winning at Kansas

Roush Fenway swept both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and MENCS races at Kansas in the fall of 2012 with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Matt Kenseth. Stenhouse became the sixth driver to win at the track for the organization via his Xfinity victory.

NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin earned Roush Fenway’s first MENCS win at Kansas in 2005 and former driver 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 NASCAR Xfinity Series. Three drivers (Jon Wood in 2003, Carl Edwards in 2004 and Erik Darnell in 2007) have won in the NCWTS at Kansas for Roush Fenway.

Tale of the Tape

Roush Fenway has started 92 MENCS races at Kansas, recording four victories, 20 top-five finishes, 35 top-10 finishes, an average finish of 15.7 and has led 943 laps. Kenseth earned the most recent victory at Kansas in the fall of 2012.

Point Standings Entering Kansas

MENCS

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. sits 19th in the driver standings with five races remaining in 2018.
The No. 6, split between Trevor Bayne and Matt Kenseth, sits 26th in owner standings.
NXS

Ryan Reed checks in 12th in the NXS standings with four races remaining.
The No. 60, split between Ty Majeski, Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric, is 23rd in owner standings.

Roush Fenway Kansas Wins

2002 Burton NXS

2003 Wood Truck

2004 Edwards Truck

2005 Martin Cup

2007 Biffle Cup

2007 Darnell Truck

2010 Biffle Cup

2012-2 Kenseth Cup

2012 Stenhouse NXS

By the Numbers at Kansas Speedway

Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles

92 4 20 35 2 23613 943 16.7 15.7 35419.5

48 2 14 26 3 9299 383 12.7 13.2 13948.5

19 3 7 12 0 3059 229 9.9 11.0 4588.5

159 9 41 73 5 35971 1555 14.7 14.4 53956.5

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