Roush Fenway Advance – Richmond
Roush Fenway Marches Forward to Richmond
After taking Easter weekend off, Roush Fenway Racing (RFR) and NASCAR move to Richmond, Va. where RFR will look for its 16th victory on the celebrated short track of Richmond International Raceway (RIR).
Richmond 400
Sat. 4/26/14 – 7 p.m. ET
FOX, MRN, Sirius 90
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Scotch/3M Ford
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17 Nationwide Insurance Ford
Carl Edwards, No. 99 Ford Always Racing Fusion
Richmond 250
Fri. 4/25/14 – 8:30 p.m. ET
ESPNews, MRN, Sirius 90
Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford
Ryan Reed, No. 16 ADA/Lilly Diabetes Ford
Chris Buescher, No. 60 Ford EcoBoost Mustang
Roush Fenway History at Richmond
Overall, RFR has started 295 races at RIR in NASCAR action, winning 15 times, while bringing home 86 top-five and 139 top-10 finishes, 14 poles and leading a total of 4,956 laps across all three of NASCAR’s major series.
On the Sprint Cup Side
RFR has made 181 Cup starts dating back to 1988 at RIR, winning on five occasions, with the first win coming in 1990 and the most recent last fall.
Winning Trends
Four of RFR’s five Cup wins have come in the fall. Roush Fenway has not won a ‘spring’ race at Richmond since Feb. 25, 1990. Carl Edwards won at RIR last fall, to give RFR its fifth Sprint Cup win and 15th overall NASCAR win at the track.
Nationwide Dominance at Richmond
Roush Fenway has won nine times in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) at RIR. In fact, RFR won its first two NNS races at Richmond in 1993 and never looked back. All-in-all, three different drivers have tallied the nine wins at RIR, including Carl Edwards who has three victories. In addition, RFR has 42 top fives and 59 top 10s in NNS racing at RIR.
Reed Returns to Richmond for One-Year “Anniversary”
Ryan Reed returns to RIR, where he made his RFR and NNS debut a year ago. Reed ran inside the top 10 much of the race, en route to a 16th-place finish in his inaugural trip to Richmond. He returned to the .75-mile oval in the fall and posted his first career top-10 finish with a ninth-place run.
Race Around America Launches Webisode 3
RFR and Walgreens have launched the third installment of “Race Around America,” with a webisode that features NNS rookie Chris Buescher taking the Balance Financial Ford Mustang from Texas to Darlington, with a stop in Memphis, Tenn. Along the way the 2012 ARCA champion does a little Monster trucking, cruises Memphis with the ‘King’ and flexes the muscle of the newly supercharged Balance Financial Mustang at Memphis International Raceway before rolling into the ‘Track Too Tough to Tame.’ Visit to see the full webisode.
Bayne First in Cass at TryCharleston Sprint Triathlon
While the majority of his fellow NASCAR competitors enjoyed a relaxing Easter weekend off, Roush Fenway Racing’s Trevor Bayne embarked on a different type of race. The 2011 Daytona 500 winner chose to push his mind and body to the limits in the TryCharleston sprint triathlon. In what was only his second sprint-tri, Bayne finished first in his age group (male 20-24), posting a personal best time of 1:10:21.
RFR 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 NNS
1993-2 Martin NNS
1997-1 Martin NNS
1998-1 Burton NNS
1999-1 Martin NNS
2000-2 Burton NNS
2005-1 Edwards NNS
2008-2 Edwards NNS
2009-2 Edwards NNS
1999 Biffle Truck
Roush Fenway at Richmond International Raceway
Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles
CUP 181 5 35 69 7 69799 2440 17.1 16.3 52273.5
NNS 94 9 42 59 5 22545 2339 11.5 11 16908.8
TRUCK 20 1 9 11 2 3743 177 11.6 11.1 2807.2
295 15 86 139 14 96087 4956 13.4 12.8 71989.5
