03/17/2015

Roush Fenway Racing’s Going Back To ‘Cali’

Roush Fenway Racing’s Going Back to Cali

Straight out of Concord, Roush Fenway Racing returns to the Golden State for the third-leg of the West coast swing as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) heads to the Auto Club Speedway (ACS) in Fontana, Calif. a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit Victory Lane 15 times.

Sprint Cup Series

Auto Club 400

Sun. 3/22/15 – 3:30 PM ET

FOX, MRN, Sirius 90

Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion

Greg Biffle, No. 16 Clean Harbors Ford Fusion

Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No.17 NOS Energy Ford Fusion

NASCAR XFINITY Series

Drive4Clots.com 300

Sat. 3/21/15 – 4 PM ET

FOXSports1,  MRN, Sirius 90

Elliott Sadler, No. 1 OneMain Financial Ford

Bubba Wallace, No. 6 Roush Performance Ford

Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly/American Diabetes  Ford

Chris Buescher, No. 60 Fastenal Ford

Natural Hat-Trick for Roush Fenway

In Feb. 2006, Roush Fenway accomplished one of the hardest feats in NASCAR, sweeping all three events at Auto Club Speedway. Mark Martin won in the truck series on Friday, followed by wins by Greg Biffle and Matt Kenseth in the XFINITY and NSCS.  

California Love

Roush Fenway has won at ACS seven times in the NSCS dating back to 1998, when driver Martin earned the first victory for the organization at the two-mile oval. Since then, current driver Biffle, as well as former Roush Fenway drivers Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards and Kenseth have earned victories at ACS for team owner Jack Roush.

Tale of the Tape

Roush Fenway has started 113 NSCS races at ACS, recording a total of seven victories, 29 top five finishes, 51 top-10 finishes, an average finish of 14.6 and has led 1,440 laps. Kenseth earned Roush Fenway’s most recent victory at ACS in the Feb. 2009 event.

California Dreamin’

Roush Fenway won at least one race in one of NASCAR’s three major touring series at ACS for seven consecutive seasons from 2003-2009, tallying a total of 13 victories during that timeframe.

Say Goodbye to Hollywood

Roush Fenway has left ACS with at least two two victories during the same weekend four times, including a sweep of all three events in 2006. In addition, Roush Fenway swept both XFINITY races at ACS in 2005, while winning both the NSCS and XFINITY races in the spring of that same season.

XFINITY Success

Roush Fenway has earned six victories, 23 top-five finishes, 37 top-10 finishes and an average finish of 11.7 at ACS in the XFINITY Series. Roush Fenway swept the season series at ACS in 2004 and 2005 with drivers Biffle, Martin and Edwards. 

2015 Roush Fenway Lineup

Roush Fenway Racing will field seven NASCAR teams in 2015. Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne will make up the team’s NASCAR Sprint Cup lineup, while Chris Buescher, Ryan Reed, Elliott Sadler and Bubba Wallace make up the team’s NASCAR XFINITY roster.

Roush Fenway Fontana Wins

1998                   Martin                Cup

2003                   Busch                 Cup

2005-1               Biffle                   Cup

2006-1               Kenseth            Cup

2007-1               Edwards           Cup

2008-1               Kenseth            Cup

2009-1               Kenseth            Cup

2004-1               Biffle                   NNS

2004-2               Biffle                   NNS

2005-1               Martin                NNS

2005-2               Edwards           NNS

2006-1               Biffle                   NNS

2007-1               Kenseth            NNS

2000                 Busch                   Truck

2006                 Martin                  Truck

Roush Fenway at Auto Club Speedway

               Race    Win      T5         T10       Pole     Laps     Led       AvSt     AvFn    Miles

CUP      113       7            29          51          1            26439 1440    18.7      14.6      52878

NXS       64          6            23          37          3            9387    789       12.6      11.7      18774

TRUCK   27          2            8            15          2            2634    143       11.8      10.8      5268

               204       15          60          103       6            38460 2372    14.4      12.4      76920