Biffle, Ragan finish 10th and 15th; Late problems derail Edwards and Kenseth at TMS
Ft. Worth, Texas (April 19, 2010) – Greg Biffle finished 10th to lead Roush Fenway in Monday’s rain-delayed Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. David Ragan battled to a 15th-place finish. Carl Edwards was caught up in a late accident finished 33rd, while Matt Kenseth was forced to pit late with a tire going down and fell out of the top 10 to a 20th-place finish.
Ft. Worth, Texas (April 18, 2010) – Persistent rains forced the postponement of Sunday’s scheduled Samsung 500 Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway. The Nationwide Series race, which had already been postponed from Saturday due to rain, was again postponed to Monday as well.
The Sprint Cup race will be held on Monday at 12 noon EDT and will be televised by FOX, while the Nationwide Race is set for 5 p.m. EDT and will be televised by ESPN2.
Kenseth moves to second in points; Edwards cracks top-10 in points
Avondale, Ariz. (April 10, 2010) – Roush Fenway Racing’s Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards battled down to the wire for sixth and seventh place-finishes in Saturday night’s Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix International Raceway. The sixth-place finish moved Kenseth into second in the point standings, while the seventh-place run advanced Edwards six positions to eighth in the Sprint Cup point standings.
Concord, N.C.(March 31, 2010) – This week Greg Biffle became only the second driver in the last 18 years to start the season with six consecutive top-10 finishes (Jimmie Johnson, 2005). Terry Labonte finished fourth at Bristol in 1992, which was the sixth race of that season and his sixth top-10 finish in a row. Greg Biffle took 10th at Martinsville and that was no small feat for a driver whose average finish at the Virginia short track is 22.3. The top-10 finish was his sixth in a string of top-10’s that started at the 2010 Daytona 500 when he fi
Martinsville, Va.(March 29, 2010) – Roush Fenway’s Matt Kenseth made a last lap bid for the victory and the points lead in the rain-delayed Goody’s 500 at Martinsville Speedway, but was knocked out of the way just after taking the lead on the final lap of the 508-lap extended event.
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Concord, N.C. (Feb. 2, 2012) – Greg Biffle heads into the 2012 season under the guidance of crew chief Matt Puccia but will have a few new faces on his team, better known as the 3M Pit Bulls. Puccia and Biffle teamed up for the first time halfway through the 2011 season and together they earned three poles, were able to increase Greg’s average starting spot by over five positions and almost doubled the number of laps the No.
Concord, N.C. (Jan. 25, 2012) – Coming off one of the strongest seasons in its quarter-decade history, Roush Fenway Racing will commemorate 2012 by celebrating its 25th Anniversary of racing at NASCAR’s highest levels.
Roush Fenway kicked off its “25 Winning Years” program this week on Charlotte Motor Speedway’s annual media tour, where they asked media to name what it considers the top moment of the organization’s celebrated 24-year racing history.
During a lunch visit to Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Speedway Club, Roush Fenway Racing presented their plans for 2012 to media members.
RFR president, Steve Newmark, discussed the team’s heart-wrenching end to the 2011 season, with driver Carl Edwards tying for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship with Stewart-Haas Racing’s Tony Stewart, and also discussed RFR’s reenergized hopes for 2012.
RFR’s stop on the NASCAR Sprint Media also focused on its celebration in 2012 of 25 winning years as a team.
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Daytona Preseason Thunder Test
January 13, 2012
Daytona International Speedway
Jack Roush discussed engines and testing near the end of the afternoon session on day two of testing from Daytona International Speedway Friday afternoon.
Jack Roush, owner Roush Fenway Racing –
HAVE YOU RECOVERED FROM THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF LAST SEASON YET?
“Well, I don’t like short jokes much. We only missed one spot and the tie breaker is what got us.”