Roush Fenway Advance – Richmond International Raceway, .750-mile
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
Roush Fenway Racing hopes to “Meet Virginia” this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) heads to Richmond International Raceway, a track that has seen a Roush Fenway Ford visit victory lane on 15 previous occasions.
Sprint Cup Series
Richmond Int’l Raceway
Sat. 9/12/15 – 7:00 PM ET
NBCSN, MRN, Sirius 90
Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Cheez-It Ford
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 Cargill Beef/Sam’s Club Ford
Richmond Int’l Raceway
Fri. 9/11/15 – 7:30 PM ET
NBCSN, 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 AdvoCare Ford
Roush Fenway History at Richmond
Overall, Roush Fenway has started 315 races at Richmond, earning a total of 15 victories, 87 top-five and 143 top-10 finishes, 14 poles and 4,958 laps led across the NSCS, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS).
Tale of the Tape
Roush Fenway has started 190 NSCS races at Richmond, recording a total of five victories, 35 top-five finishes, 70 top-10 finishes, an average finish of 16.6 and has led 2,440 laps.
Saturday Night Fever
Four of Roush Fenway’s five NSCS wins at Richmond have come in the fall event. Roush Fenway has not won a ‘spring’ race at Richmond since Feb. 25, 1990. Former Roush Fenway driver Carl Edwards earned the organization’s most recent victory at Richmond in Sept. 2013.
Consistency
All seven of Roush Fenway’s drivers have earned at least one top-10 finish in at least one of the three major NASCAR touring series. Greg Biffle leads the way with a combined total of one win, 11 top-five and 19 top-10 finishes across the three series at Richmond.
Friday Night Lights
Roush Fenway has earned nine victories, 43 top-five finishes, 62 top-10 finishes and an average finish of 11.2 at Richmond in the XFINITY Series. All-in-all, three different drivers are responsible for the nine victories at the Virginia short track (Edwards, Mark Martin and Jeff Burton).
In the Points
Roush Fenway currently has all four XFINITY Series drivers inside the top 10 in the championship standings. Two-time race winner Chris Buescher remains first, with Elliott Sadler, Bubba Wallace and Ryan Reed ranking fifth, sixth and 10th, respectively.
Home Sweet Home
This weekend’s XFINITY race marks a homecoming for Sadler, the driver of the No. 1 OneMain Financial Ford Mustang. Sadler, who hails from Emporia, Va., grew up just over an hour away from Richmond International Raceway.
Roush Fenway 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 NXS
1993-2 Martin NXS
1997-1 Martin NXS
1998-1 Burton NXS
1999-1 Martin NXS
2000-2 Burton NXS
2005-1 Edwards NXS
2008-2 Edwards NXS
2009-2 Edwards NXS
1999 Biffle Truck
Roush Fenway at Richmond International Raceway
Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles
CUP 190 5 35 70 7 73373 2440 17.3 16.6 54954
NXS 105 9 43 62 5 25237 2341 11.5 11.2 18927.8
TRUCK 20 1 9 11 2 3743 177 11.6 11.1 2807.2
315 15 87 143 14 102353 4958 13.5 13.0 76689