Roush Fenway Moves Into Home Stretch at Michigan After a wild and rainy weekend at Watkins Glen, Roush Fenway’s Sprint Cup program travels to its favorite track, Michigan International Speedway, while the Nationwide fleet head north to Montreal for the final road course race of the season.
Pure Michigan 400 Michigan International Speedway Sun 8.21.11, 1:00 p.m. EDT ESPN, MRN, Sirius 90
David Ragan, No. 6 UPS Ford Greg Biffle, No. 16 Pure Michigan Ford Matt Kenseth, No. 17 Kroger Ford Carl Edwards, No. 99 Aflac Ford Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal NAPA 200 Sat. 8.10.11, 2:30 p.m. EDT ESPN TV, MRN, Sirius 90
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 Fastenal Ford Trevor Bayne No. 16 3M Ford Carl Edwards, No. 60 Fastenal Ford Home Sweet Home Michigan International Speedway is team owner Jack Roush’s ‘home track.’ Located about an hour’s drive away from Roush Industries in Livonia, MIS has been the most successful Sprint Cup track on the circuit for Roush Fenway Racing. The organization boasts team highs in wins (11), top fives (51) and top 10s (88).
Roush Fenway Overall at Michigan In addition to the impressive 11 Sprint Cup Series wins at MIS, Roush Fenway has won four times in the Nationwide Series and five times in the Truck Series at Michigan. Overall Roush Fenway has collected 21 wins,82 top fives and 129 top 10s in NASCAR action at Michigan.
21 Wins at MIS Roush Fenway’s 21 total NASCAR wins at Michigan are the most at any track for the team. Carl Edwards earned Roush Fenway’s 21st NASCAR win at Michigan, via the NNS this spring.
Varied Victory Lane Nine different drivers have driven into victory lane at NASCAR races at MIS for Roush Fenway. Five in the Sprint Cup Series (Mark Martin, Matt Kenseth, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards), three in the Nationwide Series (Martin, Jeff Burton and Edwards) and four in the Trucks (Biffle, Travis Kvapil, Erik Darnell and Colin Braun).
In the Lead Roush Fenway has led over 2000 laps in Sprint Cup action at Michigan and has led over 3,000 in combined NASCAR action at MIS.
More at MIS Roush Fenway turned its 30,000th lap in Cup competition at MIS last season. Overall Roush Fenway has completed 38,205 laps for just over 76,000 miles in Cup action at Michigan. Roush Fenway should hit 40,000 NASCAR laps at Michigan this season.
At Montreal RFR has made 14 starts at Montreal with nine different drivers. Edwards won at the road course in 2009, one of four top 10 finishes for RFR at the track, where RFR has led a combined 32 laps.
RFR Michigan Wins 1990-2 Martin Cup 1993-2 Martin Cup 1997-2 Martin Cup 1998-1 Martin Cup 2002-1 Kenseth Cup 2003-1 Busch Cup 2004-2 Biffle Cup 2005-1 Biffle Cup 2007-1 Edwards Cup 2006-2 Kenseth Cup 2008-2 Edwards Cup 1993 Martin NNS 1995 Martin NNS 1998 Burton NNS 2008 Edwards NNS 2011 Edwards NNS 1999 Biffle Truck 2000 Biffle Truck 2007 Kvapil Truck 2008 Darnell Truck RFR Montreal Wins 2009 Edwards NNS
