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Roush Fenway Racing Wins Five Year-End Awards at NASCAR Champions Week
LAS VEGAS – Roush Fenway Racing claimed five awards at Thursday’s NASCAR NMPA Myers Brothers Luncheon in Las Vegas. Carl Edwards won the Coors Light Pole Award, Bob Osborne earned the DIRECTV Crew Chief of the Year award, the No. 99 Aflac pit crew won the Mechanix Wear Most Valuable Pit Crew award, Matt Kenseth received the Growth Energy American Ethanol Green Flag Restart award and Roush Yates Engines took home the Mahle Engine Builder … Read entire article »
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Stewart starts 8th with Edwards one spot back on Sunday
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service AVONDALE, Ariz.—Matt Kenseth did his teammate a favor. In winning the pole of Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, Kenseth—the next-to-last driver to make a qualifying attempt on Saturday—moved Roush Fenway Racing teammate Carl Edwards from eighth to ninth in the starting order. That’s a boon to Chase leader Edwards, who will start on the much more manageable inside row, whereas Tony Stewart, three points behind Edwards, will … Read entire article »
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Greg Biffle leads Roush Fenway qualifying assault at Texas
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service FORT WORTH, Texas —In the slugfest between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards, Stewart won Round 1 on Friday, but it was Greg Biffle who led a Roush Fenway Racing assault on Texas Motor Speedway that didn’t include Edwards. Greg Biffle scorched the 1.5-mile track with a lap at 193.736 mph to edge RFR teammate David Ragan (193.729 mph) for the top starting spot in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500. The … Read entire article »
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Late wreck puts major dent in Matt Kenseth’s title run
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service MARTINSVILLE, Va.—Matt Kenseth was 36 laps from a respectable run Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, a track that has treated him unkindly in the past. He restarted 12th on Lap 463 of the Tums Fast Relief 500, three positions ahead of Roush Fenway Racing teammate Carl Edwards, the driver he is pursuing in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. A lap later, however, Kenseth’s race went haywire. His No. 17 Ford … Read entire article »
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Kenseth knows Martinsville will test all of his patience
By Jim Pedley Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service You wouldn’t think that maintaining a calm disposition would be a problem for Matt Kenseth. Ever. Like, those drinks designed to keep people energized for five hours don’t get the Roush Fenway Racing driver through breakfast. But, Kenseth says, there are a couple of occasions during the Sprint Cup season when even his cyborg-like demeanor is tested. And with Sunday’s race being at Martinsville, this weekend is one of those … Read entire article »
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Roush denies team orders, ‘We did not micromanage or dictate’
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Roush Fenway Racing co-owner Jack Roush said Tuesday there were no attempts to “micromanage” how Ford drivers raced, or whom they raced with, during the closing laps of Sunday’s Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. “At Roush Fenway Racing we expect our individual drivers to make decisions that put themselves in the best position to win each and every race,” Roush said in a statement. “That is a philosophy that we have lived by for over two decades, and one that we will continue to abide by going forward. “Of course, as in any team, we would prefer for our drivers to work together when possible. However, to be clear, we did not micromanage or dictate to any of our drivers, nor any other Ford drivers, how … Read entire article »
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Roush Fenway Takes Championship Charge to Talladega
CONCORD, N.C. – Roush Fenway Racing moves into this week’s Sprint Cup showdown at Talladega flashing a strong hand. At the half-way point in the Chase, Carl Edwards leads the Cup standings by five points and Matt Kenseth, who just may be the hottest driver in the sport, is coming on strong in third position; just seven points behind Edwards. Talladega is the fourth and final restrictor-plate race of the 2011 season and despite Roush … Read entire article »
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Matt Kenseth claims Charlotte victory as wreck KOs Jimmie Johnson
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service CONCORD, N.C.—Spare Matt Kenseth the toilet humor. The driver of the No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford was delighted to win Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with new sponsor Fluidmaster on his car—make that with any sponsor on his car. In a race that saw five-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson suffer a Chase-changing accident in the final 20 laps, Kenseth pulled away from Kyle Busch and … Read entire article »
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Kurt Busch holds off Johnson for Dover Cup win
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DOVER, Del.—Thank you, Kurt Busch said, after screw-ups by Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards put Busch in position to win Sunday’s AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway. While Busch celebrated his second victory of the season and the 24th of his career in victory lane at the Monster Mile, runner-up Johnson and third-place Edwards sat in the nearby media center castigating themselves in the postrace news conference. Johnson stumbled on the … Read entire article »
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