05/01/2019

Roush Fenway Makes First Trip of 2019 to ‘The Monster Mile’

Roush Fenway Makes First Trip of 2019 to ‘The Monster Mile’

Roush Fenway Racing heads north to the First State this weekend to tackle ‘The Monster Mile’ for the first time in 2019. Dating back to 1988, an RFR Ford has visited victory lane 17 times at the 1-mile track with 86 top-five and 140 top-10 finishes.

Dover International Speedway

Sunday, May 5| 2 p.m. ET

FS1, MRN, SiriusXM Channel 90

• Ryan Newman, No. 6 Wyndham Rewards Ford Mustang
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17 Little Hug Ford Mustang

The Monster Mash

Roush Fenway’s nine wins in the MENCS at Dover ranks third for the organization (trailing only Michigan and Bristol with 13 and 11, respectively). Dover also ranks second in top-fives (52) and third in top-10s (84) for the organization.

Get the Broom

Roush Fenway swept the MENCS and NASCAR Xfinity Series spring races at Dover in 2004 and 2011, and won both the NASCAR Gander Outdoor Truck Series (NGOTS) and MENCS races at the track in 2006.

First in the First State

Roush Fenway has won in all three major NASCAR series at Dover (9 MENCS, 6 NXS and 2 NGOTS). Roush Fenway won its first race at Dover in the MENCS from the pole in the fall of 1997 with former driver Mark Martin.

To Xfinity and Beyond

Roush Fenway has recorded six victories at the one-mile oval in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with drivers Chris Buescher, Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards. Buescher recorded his victory in June 2015, Biffle earned victories in the spring event in both 2002 and 2004, while Edwards took the checkered flag in the spring of 2007 and swept both races in 2011.

Tale of the Tape

Roush Fenway has started 210 MENCS races at Dover with 84 top-10 and 52 top-five finishes along with seven poles. Former drivers Mark Martin (1997, 1998, 1999, 2004), Greg Biffle (2005, 2008), Matt Kenseth (2006, 2011) and Carl Edwards (2007) are responsible for RFR’s combined nine Cup wins at the 1-mile track. Overall a Jack Roush Ford has led 3892 laps at Dover.

Where They Rank

Coming off Talladega, Ryan Newman is up to 13^th in the driver standings after his third-straight top-10. Teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr., is 20^th, but just 15 points separate the drivers in spots 17-20 from the playoff picture.

Roush Fenway Dover Wins

1997-2   Martin  Cup

1998-2   Martin  Cup

1999-2   Martin  Cup

2000-1   Busch    Truck

2002-1   Biffle     NXS

2004-1   Martin  Cup

2004-1   Biffle     NXS

2005-1   Biffle     Cup

2006-1   KensethCup

2006-1   Martin  Truck

2007-2   EdwardsCup

2007-1   EdwardsNXS

2008-2   Biffle                     Cup

2011-1   Kenseth               Cup

2011-1   Edwards               NXS

2011-2   Edwards               NXS

2015-1   Buescher             NXS