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Roush Fenway Advance – Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 1.5-Mile
Roush Fenway Racing’s Wolfpack Heads to Las Vegas
Roush Fenway Racing looks to go on a heater this weekend as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) returns to “Sin City,” Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the hopes that what happens there doesn’t just stay there, but propels the team throughout the rest of the season. Roush Fenway boasts 16 wins at Las Vegas across NASCAR’s three major touring series.
Sprint Cup Series
Las Vegas
Sun. 3/6/16 – 3:30 PM ET
FOX, PRN, Sirius 90
Trevor Bayne, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Cheez-It Ford Fusion
Ricky Stenhouse Jr, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Fusion
NASCAR XFINITY Series
Las Vegas
Sat. 3/5/16 – 4:00 PM ET
FS1, PRN, Sirius 90
Bubba Wallace, No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Ford
Ryan Reed, No. 16 Lilly/American Diabetes Ford
Roush Cashes in with Early JACKpot
Roush Fenway hit the Vegas jackpot right off the bat, winning the inaugural NSCS event at Las Vegas in 1998. Mark Martin led 82 laps in the victory in a one-two finish for Roush Fenway that afternoon.
Inaugural Sweep
Roush Fenway placed all five of its NSCS entries inside the top 10 of that inaugural Las Vegas race in 1998, including three inside the top five, four inside the top six, one in victory lane and one as the runner up with drivers Mark Martin, Jeff Burton, Johnny Benson, Ted Musgrave and Chad Little (6 – 1st, 99 – 2nd, 26 – 4th, 16 – 6th and 97 – 10th).
The Cat in the Hat-Trick
Roush Fenway went to victory lane in each of the first three NSCS races at Las Vegas, with race winners Martin (1998) and Burton (1999, 2000) leading a combined 249 laps out of 801 (31.1 percent).
Victory Lane at Vegas
In addition to the first three NSCS races at Las Vegas, Roush Fenway again found the winners’ circle in 2003 and 2004 at the 1.5-mile track with Matt Kenseth. Carl Edwards took the checkered flag in the 2008 and 2011 events to give Roush Fenway seven NSCS wins at Las Vegas with four different drivers.
Dueces Wild
Roush Fenway has won two consecutive NSCS races at Las Vegas on two separate occasions in ’99- ’00 and ’03-04’ and once in the NASCAR XFINITY Series in ‘99 and ‘00.
Tale of the Tape
In 77 career NSCS starts at Las Vegas, Roush Fenway has recorded seven victories, 21 top-five finishes, 38 top-10 finishes and has led 1,257 laps.
XFINITY Success
Roush Fenway has won six times in the NASCAR XFINITY Series at Las Vegas, most recently with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. In a total of 49 starts at the 1.5-mile oval, Roush Fenway has earned 19 top-fives (38.8 percent) and 35 top-10s (71.4 percent) in addition to the six victories.
Roush Fenway LVMS Wins
1998 Martin Cup
1999 Burton Cup
2000 Burton Cup
2003 Kenseth Cup
2004 Kenseth Cup
2008 Edwards Cup
2011 Edwards Cup
1999 Martin NXS
2000 Burton NXS
2002 Burton NXS
2005 Martin NXS
2009 Biffle NXS
2012 Stenhouse NXS
1997 Ruttman CWTS
1999 Biffle CWTS
2007 Kvapil CWTS
2009 Biffle NXS
2012 Stenhouse NXS
1997 Ruttman CWTS
1999 Biffle CWTS
2007 Kvapil CWTS
Roush Fenway at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Race Win T5 T10 Pole Laps Led AvSt AvFn Miles
CUP 77 7 21 38 2 18830 1257 17.4 14.4 28245
NXS 49 6 19 35 6 9374 1178 11 10.4 14061
TRUCK 27 3 7 11 1 3660 234 10.3 15.9 5490
153 16 47 84 9 31864 2669 12.9 13.6 47796
