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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series two thousand seventeen Darlington Race Info
Race and Commercial Breakdown of the two thousand seventeen Bojangles’ Southern 500
Driver lineup announced for Tales of the Turtles four hundred weekend
2017 Darlington Cup Throwback Paint Schemes
Sunday Darlington Notebook
Texas, Earnhardt, Jr. fucking partner for Jr Nation Appreci88ion Party
Saturday Darlington Notebook
Most Popular Driver voting opens Sept. Three
Logano to run Crimson Cross scheme at Richmond
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup championship trophy unveiled
Roush Fenway named finalist for numerous PR News’ platinum awards
Daytona five hundred Club being renovated
Liberty University sponsoring Byron for twelve races
GMS Racing not running Cup full-time in two thousand eighteen UPDATE
Dover International Speedway’s 12th annual 9/11 Memorial Blood Drive set for Sept. 11
Dover playmates with “Apache Warrior” film and Lucas Oil for fall Cup race
Edsel Ford II in favor of Mustang in Cup
Country music starlet Carly Pearce to perform National Anthem for Oct. Eight Bank of America 500
Champ Machinery on board with BK Racing as a multi race sponsor; Gaulding back
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Roush Fenway named finalist for numerous PR News’ platinum awards: Roush Fenway Racing has been named a finalist in numerous categories for the prestigious PR News’ Platinum Awards, celebrating the ingenuity and leadership behind the year’s most outstanding communications initiatives. The finalists of the Platinum Awards represent the innovative, risk-taking and strategic communicators setting the benchmark of excellence in the communications arena.[More](8-31-2017)
Bayne Honors Roush Fenway’s Very first Victory with Darlington Throwback Trevor Bayne’s #6 AdvoCare Ford will sport a familiar scheme when the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) comes back to Darlington Raceway for the famed Southern 500. As part of NASCAR’s official throwback weekend, Bayne’s Ford will harken back to the very first paint scheme run during Roush Fenway Racing’s very first two seasons with NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin. The scheme earned one victory, the organization’s very first in NASCAR, in the MENCS event at North Carolina Motor Speedway (Rockingham) on Oct. 22, 1989. The scheme, originally sponsored by Stroh Light, ran in the MENCS during the one thousand nine hundred eighty eight and one thousand nine hundred eighty nine seasons. During that time period, the Roush Fenway Ford earned one win, seventeen top-fives, twenty eight top-10s and led six hundred two laps in fifty eight total starts.(Roush Fenway Racing)[Read More Here](8-24-2017)
Roush Fenway to honor Ford Motor Company’s Tim Duerr at Bristol: Roush Fenway Racing will honor long-time Ford employee Tim Duerr this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, with Trevor Bayne piloting the #6 Tim Duerr EcoBoost Ford Fusion at the driver’s home track of Bristol Motor Speedway. Duerr has worked at Ford Motor Company for over forty years.[More](8-18-2017)
Roush Fenway expects to remain at two teams: Roush Fenway president Steve Newmark told SiriusXM’s Tradin Paint that the team will “most likely” be two Cup cars and one XFINITY car in 2018.[More](7-4-2017)
NASCAR legend Jack Roush honored by SAE Foundation: Racing legend Jack Roush received the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Foundation’s Industry Leadership Award at its annual celebration Tuesday night in Detroit.[More](5-24-2017)
Jack Roush Scores Record-Extending 324th NASCAR Win at Talladega: In Jack Roush’s thirty years of NASCAR racing, his teams have covered over 1.78 million miles on the track, but none more dramatic than the final Two.66 miles in yesterday’s Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s dramatic come-from-behind win from the pole at Talladega, marked Roush Fenway’s record-extending 324th win in NASCAR’s three premiere series. Stenhouse became the ninth driver to win for Jack Roush in the Cup series. Overall, nineteen different drivers have driven Roush Fenway Fords to victory lane in NASCAR activity. In addition, Stenhouse’s pole was the team’s 232nd in NASCAR and its 89th in the Cup series.(Roush Fenway Racing)[click to proceed](5-10-2017)
Roush sees retirement ahead Jack Roush, one of NASCAR’s most successful owners and a pioneer in bringing engineering technology into the sport with his multi-car Ford teams, has used the “R” word. Retire. “I expected to have better years than (winless) two thousand sixteen and 2015,” Roush said to azcentral sports in advance of Sunday’s Camping World five hundred at Phoenix International Raceway. “Had I realized I had those years in front of me, I might have determined to side-step, and retire. I’m 74. I can’t do what I’m doing today for another ten years. My window is, the longest I’ve been able to predict what I was going to do in life, has been five years. I’m very likely down to a three-year window. I’m looking at how I can be useful.”(Arizona Republic)[More](3-17-2017)
“I have no retirement plans whatever,” Roush said. “The article came from an ill-advised stream of consciousness I had at the end of last season.” He then said: “People retire in order to go do things they’re sultry about. I already have a job that permits me to be sultry beyond my imagination as a youngster.” Roush turns seventy five on April Nineteen.(NBC Sports)(3-18-2017)
RFR looking to improve on pit road with slew of pit squad switches: The pit world looks a entire lot different this year for Roush Fenway Racing than a year ago this time. Fresh coach Scott Bowan took over towards the end of last year and is making moves within the teams to help improve spectacle and pick up time. With the removal of the #16 team from the RFR stables there was a group of eighteen crewmen fighting for twelve catches sight of. Pit Talks did their best to find out what the fresh teams would look like in 2017. It emerges that the only returning #6 car pit team members for Trevor Bayne from last year will be front changer Kale Uphoff and gasman Josh Pech. Fresh to the #6 squad will be front carrier Ryan McCray (moving over from the #17), jackman Mike Brown (moving over from the #17), rear changer Chris Schuman (moving over from RPM), and rear carrier Justin Edgell (moving over from the #16).
As far as the #17 car goes, the pit squad for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will look like this: Front changer Mike Lingerfelt will be the lone returner on the team. Rear changer Jon Moore is back from injury and will come back to the rear as well. The front carrier position will be Kevin Richards (moving over from the #34), jack man will be Sean Meckelson (moving over from the #16), the rear carrier will be Brad Sutton (moving over from the #6), and gassing the car will be Kevin Wing (moving over from the #16).(Pit Talks)(2-12-2017)
Roush Fenway ‘Salutes’ Mark Martin’s Hall of Fame Career: For almost two decades there was no more formidable duo in NASCAR than Mark Martin and Jack Roush. This week Roush Fenway Racing will pay tribute to Martin’s Hall of Fame career by showcasing a multitude of content covering Martin’s nineteen seasons with the winningest organization in NASCAR history. Martin, who will be officially inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night, won eighty three races across NASCAR’s top three National Series and finished runner-up in the Cup Series points standings on four different occasions (1990, 1994, one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and 2002), while helping Roush Fenway grow into one of the premier teams in NASCAR. Team possessor Jack Roush will officially induct his very first NASCAR driver into the Hall during the ceremony on Friday. “The thing that always stood out about Mark was his unmatched drive to win,” said Roush. “Mark became one of the most driven and committed people I’ve ever seen. He put us on the map in NASCAR and certainly no one is worth this honor more. I’m very pleased with the part we played in the success that Mark was able to realize via his career and I’ll always be grateful for his determination to succeed and desire to win.” Via the course of the NASCAR Hall of Fame week, fans will be treated to a multiplicity of behind the scenes content, including photos, movies and giveaways that highlight Martin’s almost two-decade tenure at Roush Fenway. Fans will even have a chance to win prizes including diecast replicas, team hats and an official Mark Martin firesuit. Visit roushfenway.com/salutetomark for more details.(RFR)(1-17-2017)
Roush Yates Engines Recognized with award: The prestigious AVA Digital Awards recognized Roush Yates Engines for their outstanding accomplishments in the area of movie and web-based production. Roush Yates Engines was introduced with a pair of awards highlighting their excellence in marketing and creativity. The team was awarded Platinum in the category of Web-Based Production related to the freshly created Roush Yates Engines website, which is focused on building brand, product and fucking partner awareness. In addition, the organization was awarded a Gold award for outstanding achievement in the category of Movie Production, Creativity & Editing for the production of the Building for Le Guy’s | Roush Yates Engines movie. This movie celebrated Ford Motor Company’s 50th Anniversary comeback to the twenty four Hours of Le Guy’s. The movie inspired the Ford Spectacle and Roush Yates Engines team on their way to building the two thousand sixteen Le Stud’s winning twin-turbo Ford EcoBoost V6 race engine. AVA Digital Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP).(RYE)(1-13-2017)
Roush Fenway Racing renews with Spectacle Plus; to sponsor Bayne: Roush Fenway Racing announced a team-wide partnership with Kleen Spectacle Products and Spectacle Plus, its premium motor oil brand. Spectacle Plus will serve as the official oil fucking partner of NASCAR’s winningest team, as well as the primary sponsor for numerous races with driver Trevor Bayne and the #6 Ford.
“We are utterly pleased to proceed our relationship with the Spectacle Plus brand and have them on board as our official oil fucking partner,” said team possessor Jack Roush. “The partnership reflects Roush Fenway’s commitment to using the highest-quality products in our race cars. Spectacle Plus not only protects engines, but it provides us a competitive edge on the race track.”
“This partnership permits us to proceed our affiliation and to showcase the spectacle of our oil under the requesting conditions of NASCAR racing,” said Mark Bouldin, president of Kleen Spectacle Products. “Running our oil in military vehicles around the globe and in race cars across North America provides today’s drivers with the confidence to use our oil in their everyday vehicles.”
Spectacle Plus is the premium brand of motor oils and lubricants that perform better even under the most extreme conditions. The brand uses conventionally refined oils and proprietary, twice-refined oils, blended with industry-leading additives, to meet or exceed all industry certifications, licenses, approvals and OEM warranty requirements. Kleen Spectacle Products is part of Safety-Kleen, a wholly wielded subsidiary of Clean Harbors.(RFR), see an picture of the scheme on the #6 Team Paint Scheme page.(1-11-2017)
Roush Fenway awarded two MarCom Awards: Roush Fenway Racing has been recognized for outstanding achievement by the prestigious MarCom Awards. The team has been awarded a pair of MarCom Platinum Awards for its marketing and communications efforts in 2016. The organization received a Platinum Award in the category of ‘Social Media Campaign’ for its innovative #RFRTruckin social campaign. In addition, Roush Fenway was awarded a Platinum Award in the ‘Social Media Branding’ category for its Social ‘Jack’ Icon program. The team also garnered Honorable Mention for its launch of the SunnyD program this season, in the Communications/PR Program category. MarCom Awards is an international creative competition that recognizes outstanding achievement by marketing and communications professionals. The awards received over 6,500 entries this year, with only seventeen percent awarded Platinum status by earning the highest distinction as ‘the most outstanding entries in the competition.’ Platinum Winners are recognized for ‘their excellence in terms of quality, creativity and resourcefulness.’
The #RFRTruckin program, which provided fans a ‘behind the scenes’ look at a NASCAR ‘road excursion,’ garnered instant media attention and earned over twenty three million organic impressions. The ‘Social Icon’ program represented team co-owner Jack Roush’s iconic hat and leveraged local market integration, fucking partner programs, cause marketing and merchandise licensing. The SunnyD ‘NASCAR’ program, which featured the NASCAR remake of the classic ‘purple stuff’ commercial, generated more than 8.Five million impressions for the brand, produced more than three million movie views and gained national media exposure.
Roush Fenway Racing has now won a total of four MarCom Platinum Awards since 2011, when it took home its very first Platinum for the famed ‘Ricky vs. Trevor’ campaign. The team also brought home a Platinum Award for its ‘Let Ricky Race’ campaign in 2013, as well as Gold Awards for ’25 Winning Years’, ‘RFRDriven’ and the Cushion Pets NASCAR Launch.(Roush Fenway Racing)(12-11-2016)
Newmark discusses Roush Fenway’s plans: The decline in spectacle at Roush Fenway Racing is best voiced in one stark statistic. In 2005, half the Pursue field consisted of Roush Fenway drivers — when there were only ten drivers in the Pursue. In 2016, there were no RFR entries in a 16-driver Pursue field. How does that happen? RFR has been asking itself the same question while attempting to right the ship. Once the superior organization in the Ford camp, Roush will drop to third in the pecking order upon the arrival of Stewart-Haas Racing in 2017.
RFR President Steve Newmark called the downsizing at RFR a strategic budge – albeit an enormously harsh decision. The company considered more than a dozen options before arriving at its current organizational chart. “The entire objective and the entire objective of doing whatever we did is to make sure we would improve our spectacle and make our race cars swifter,” Newmark told Motorsport.com. “Obviously, there are different opinions on how you do that and ultimately what we determined is we need to be more of an engineering, laser-focussed company. We’ve always been good at production and manufacturing. I think sometimes you fall back on what you’re convenient with.
Over the last two weeks, close to thirty Roush employees have been displaced – some in house, some such as veteran squad chief Bob Osborne who had been overseeing Chris Buescher’s campaign at Front Row Motorsports. Together, the pair made the Pursue. Buescher, Roush’s most talented prospect in its driver stable, is now on loan to JTG Daugherty Racing (along with a RFR charter) for 2017.
Roush Fenway Racing will proceed its technical alliance with Bob Jenkins and Front Row Motorsports. Newmark says the multi-year deal with FRM is one of the best collaborations Roush has had over the years. Albeit it’s unlikely that one of the RFR prospects will substitute Buescher in the #34 Ford. “They have some superb folks there and we”ll proceed to work with them next year,” Newmark said. “We have dialogue with Bob fairly a bit, but I don’t think that (driver development) will be part of the relationship next year.” That’s not to say that Ryan Reed or Darrell “Bubba” Wallace couldn’t see seat time in a Cup car in 2017. However, Newmark says the company’s instant concentrate remains on getting Bayne and Stenhouse up to speed.(Motorsport)(12-8-2016)
Reiser out as general manager at Roush Fenway UPDATE: Robbie Reiser was eased of his duties as general manager at Roush Fenway Racing on Tuesday, Motorsport.com has learned. Reiser, 53, has been with the company for seventeen seasons, very first as a team chief and eventually graduating to a managerial role. Reiser has been suggested a position in the car production side of RFR, but he has yet to determine where his future lies. Calls to Roush Fenway Racing were not instantly returned. Neither Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Trevor Bayne or Greg Biffle finished inwards the top twenty in the Sprint Cup standings this season. For the 2nd year, there was not a Roush driver in the Pursue.(Motorsport)(11-23-2016)
UPDATE: Robbie Reiser didn’t truly have a lot he wished to say about his situation at Roush Fenway Racing. He was eased of his duties as vice president of competition. But he’s not going anywhere. He doesn’t yet have a title or even a total job description for his next role as the team fights to regain its footing. But he is as dedicated to doing his part to bring success as he was in 2003, when he won a NASCAR title as Matt Kenseth’s squad chief, or in 2007, when he answered Jack Roush’s call to lead the entire operation. And at this point in his life, the 53-year-old, second-generation racer from Allenton is OK with it all. “This is going to free me up for my family, to be able to spend some time with them,” said Reiser, who has one son in college and twin boys in high school, one of them a dirt-bike racer he has infrequently observed.
Reiser’s choice of words Thursday was interesting – he was “eased” of his duties – because you have to believe there’s a part of him that is eased. He works hard, he’s stubborn and he’s not cut out to lose.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)(12-4-2016)
Liberty National to Playmate with Roush Fenway Racing: Roush Fenway Racing has announced a partnership with Liberty National Life Insurance Company, that will see the leading health and life insurance company serve as a primary team fucking partner on Daytona five hundred winner Trevor Bayne’s #6 Ford. Liberty National will also serve as a major associate fucking partner for numerous races during the two thousand seventeen season. The #6 Liberty National Ford will make its debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March. “We are excited to have Liberty National on board next season,” said Bayne. “They are an enormously well respected brand that has been providing valuable services since 1900. It’s the kind of brand that we are proud to have an association with and I can’t wait to see the #6 Liberty National Ford on track. Our objective is to put our car up front and contest for race wins.”
“Liberty National views this fresh partnership with Roush Fenway Racing as the chance of a lifetime,” said Liberty National President, Steve DiChiaro. “We look forward to cheering on Trevor Bayne as he drives the Liberty National car to Victory Lane in 2017.” Liberty National joins anchor fucking partner AdvoCare in supporting Trevor Bayne and the #6 Roush Fenway Cup team.(RFR)(11-30-2016)
Chris Buescher to 2nd JTG Daughtery team? UPDATE Two: Greg Biffle’s decision to leave Roush-Fenway Racing on Monday triggered a strange chain reaction that will include the slumping racing company loaning driver Chris Buescher to a rival manufacturer next season. Buescher will drive for a newly-created 2nd Chevrolet team at JTG Daughtery Racing in 2017. Roush Fenway is expected to scuttle Biffle’s #16 team, and that could make that team’s charter available to the highest bidder – including the fresh JTG Daughtery entry. Despite fielding full-time teams for Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne, Roush Fenway hasn’t won a race since 2014. By loaning Buescher to JTG Daugherty next year, Ford Racing will be able to work on upgrades with Roush Fenway while keeping one of its youthfull drivers under contract. “It was a mutual agreement,” Biffle said. “It’s been frustrating for everyone. I’ve been the one carrying the company banner. It just didn’t get any better. I didn’t see a light at the end of the tunnel, so I determined I’d rather do something else – even if it means not driving anymore. I owe Jack everything I’ve accomplished in this sport. Some things just run their course.” Roush said Biffle was one of the anchors of his entire race team. “I don’t have the words to say what Greg has meant to this organization,” Roush said in a team release. “He is a true racer who has always exhibited a will to win and an intense passion for speed. For almost two decades Greg has given us an chance to run up front and contest for wins. Greg exemplifies what every holder hopes for in a driver and I’m enormously grateful for having him as part of our organization.”(Florida Times Union)(11-21-2016)
UPDATE: From Bob Pockrass Twitter: “Tad Geschickter says nothing done yet as far as plans for 2nd JTG car next year.”(11-22-2016)
UPDATE Two: Roush Fenway Racing Announces two thousand seventeen NASCAR Cup Plans: Roush Fenway Racing has announced its two thousand seventeen plans for the NASCAR Cup Series that will see the organization field a two-car Cup operation next season, with drivers Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. piloting the #6 and #17 Ford Fusions, respectively, in NASCAR’s highest series. In addition, Kevin Kidd and Tommy Wheeler will lead Roush Fenway’s overall competition efforts going forward. Kidd will assume the role of Competition Director, and Wheeler will serve as the team’s Operations Director. The team will lease its #16 NASCAR Charter and driver Chris Buescher to JTG Racing in 2017. “We have been able to shore up our plans for two thousand seventeen and we feel that this will proceed to budge us in a direction that will yield improved spectacle and results,” said Roush Fenway co-owner Jack Roush. “We witnessed improvement in our cars and made substantial gains in our spectacle at times last season, and we will proceed to build on that by maintaining a sturdy engineering group in order to take the next step by consistently running up front.”
The #6 team will once again be led by veteran squad chief Matt Puccia. Brian Pattie, who was the team chief for the #16 Cup Series team last season, will transition to squad chief of the #17 team. Nick Sandler, who served as the #17 team chief the last two seasons, has been named Director of Engineering. Robbie Reiser, who has played an integral role on the competition side at Roush Fenway Racing for a number of years, will remain with the organization in a yet to be determined position. Kidd has served as Roush Fenway’s Cup Team Manager – supervising all at-track operations – for the previous two seasons, after coming over from Joe Gibbs Racing where he worked as a squad chief for the previous half decade. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from Virginia Tech, and has worked as a lead engineer for numerous teams and drivers. Wheeler, who holds a B.S. in physics from Davidson College, joined Roush Fenway in 2009. A 20-plus year veteran of the sport, he has served in many capacities for the team, including as the team’s production director since 2011, overseeing the building and production of all of the organization’s Cup and XFINITY Series cars. (RFR)(11-29-2016)
AND Chris Buescher will drive a 2nd car for JTG Daugherty in 2017, the team stated Tuesday. “We can confirm at this time that JTG Daugherty Racing is presently in the process of commencing a 2nd team in the NASCAR premier series,” JTG Daugherty Racing team proprietor Tad Geschickter said in a statement. “We would also like to confirm and welcome Chris Buescher to the team as our driver for the 2nd car. More details will go after.” Said Buescher, 24, in a statement: “I can confirm that I have signed to race for JTG Daugherty Racing as they expand to a two-car team in the NASCAR premier series in 2017. I’m appreciative for the chance and look forward to contesting for a spot in the Pursue. We’ll have more details at a later date.”(NBC Sports)(11-29-2016)
Advocare renews sponsorship of Bayne: Roush Fenway Racing has signed a multiyear renewal that will see AdvoCare proceed to serve as the anchor fucking partner on Daytona five hundred winner Trevor Bayne’s #6 Sprint Cup Ford Fusion for the next three seasons. AdvoCare has partnered with Roush Fenway and Bayne since 2014, when the relationship began in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. “AdvoCare is enormously proud to call Roush Fenway Racing and Trevor Bayne playmates, and we look forward to continuing our fine relationship on and off the track. We are also excited about Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway,” says Allison Levy, AdvoCare’s Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. “The #6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion will feature a paint scheme honoring the SEAL Legacy Foundation, a worthwhile organization helping the families of wounded and fallen U.S. Navy Seals – a cause we are honored to support as a team.” The SEAL Legacy Foundation is dedicated to providing support, including financial assistance and educational assistance to families of wounded and fallen United States Navy SEALs, and other charitable causes benefiting the SEAL community.(Roush Fenway Racing), see an picture of the car on the #6 team paint schemes page.(11-2-2016)
Roush not likely to stir back to four cars soon: Now that the organization is headed back in the right direction when it comes to their spectacle, Roush president Steve Newmark said Sunday the concentrate is on the instantaneous future of fighting for a Pursue berth and not what their driver lineup is going to be. With three drivers running full-time in the XFINITY Series, three more under their banner in Cup, and Chris Buescher on loan to Front Row Motorsports, decisions will soon have to be made of who is running where. When the company felt [Buescher] was ready to be in Cup instead of running a third year in the XFINITY Series, they coordinated with Bob Jenkins and Front Row, who Buescher was already familiar with, to challenge in their camp. In a flawless world, admitted Newmark, Roush will get him back under their roof sooner rather than later. “There’s a combination of factors that will go into that,” he said. “Ideally, we’ll have him in one of our cars in the next few years, but I think the concentrate right now is we got to get him running better in the 34.” Under NASCAR’s fresh ownership rules of only being able to run four full-time cars, plus the addition of the Charter System this year, Roush has been in a box. The chance of ever going back to four full-time cars looks slender, but Newmark won’t close the door on any possibility. “Jack would rather run ten cars; he would run as many cars as he would be enabled,” Newmark joked. “It truly will depend exactly on the driver, sponsorship, and then now you also have to have a charter, so I don’t think we would run a (fourth) full-time, but you never know.”(Popular Speed)(5-16-2016)
Mark Martin no longer working with Roush Fenway UPDATE: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series veteran Mark Martin, who was hired last July as a driver development coach for Roush Fenway Racing, is no longer with the organization. Asked Friday on Twitter if he would be working with RFR’s crop of youthfull drivers in the upcoming season, Martin responded, simply, “No.” Martin, who drove for Roush Fenway from 1988-2006 — the vast majority of his Sprint Cup career — said at the time of his hiring as a driver development coach that he was glad to be reuniting with the organization where he earned thirty five of his forty career Sprint Cup wins. It was announced in mid-January that Martin, 56, has joined coerces with late model dirt-racing legend Scott Bloomquist to field two entries in the Lucas Oil Late Model Championship in 2015. Bloomquist and up-and-coming driver Jared Landers will drive the two team cars, respectively, with both carrying sponsorship from Batesville, Ark.-based Mark Martin Automotive Group.(FoxSports)(2-7-2015)
UPDATE: Mark Martin explained in a tweet Saturday morning why he no longer is working in a driver development role with Roush Fenway Racing. Martin tweeted: “I didn’t want to go to the races. I’ve done enough of that for now. Except for mud track.” Martin answered a fan’s question Friday on Twitter confirming that he was no longer serving as a coach for Roush. Saturday, he answered another fan’s question as to why he wasn’t coaching Roush’s drivers.(NBC Sports)(2-8-2015)
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Roush Fenway named finalist for numerous PR News’ platinum awards: Roush Fenway Racing has been named a finalist in numerous categories for the prestigious PR News’ Platinum Awards, celebrating the ingenuity and leadership behind the year’s most outstanding communications initiatives. The finalists of the Platinum Awards represent the innovative, risk-taking and strategic communicators setting the benchmark of excellence in the communications arena.[More](8-31-2017)
Bayne Honors Roush Fenway’s Very first Victory with Darlington Throwback Trevor Bayne’s #6 AdvoCare Ford will sport a familiar scheme when the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) comes back to Darlington Raceway for the famed Southern 500. As part of NASCAR’s official throwback weekend, Bayne’s Ford will harken back to the very first paint scheme run during Roush Fenway Racing’s very first two seasons with NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin. The scheme earned one victory, the organization’s very first in NASCAR, in the MENCS event at North Carolina Motor Speedway (Rockingham) on Oct. 22, 1989. The scheme, originally sponsored by Stroh Light, ran in the MENCS during the one thousand nine hundred eighty eight and one thousand nine hundred eighty nine seasons. During that time period, the Roush Fenway Ford earned one win, seventeen top-fives, twenty eight top-10s and led six hundred two laps in fifty eight total starts.(Roush Fenway Racing)[Read More Here](8-24-2017)
Roush Fenway to honor Ford Motor Company’s Tim Duerr at Bristol: Roush Fenway Racing will honor long-time Ford employee Tim Duerr this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, with Trevor Bayne piloting the #6 Tim Duerr EcoBoost Ford Fusion at the driver’s home track of Bristol Motor Speedway. Duerr has worked at Ford Motor Company for over forty years.[More](8-18-2017)
Roush Fenway expects to remain at two teams: Roush Fenway president Steve Newmark told SiriusXM’s Tradin Paint that the team will “most likely” be two Cup cars and one XFINITY car in 2018.[More](7-4-2017)
NASCAR legend Jack Roush honored by SAE Foundation: Racing legend Jack Roush received the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Foundation’s Industry Leadership Award at its annual celebration Tuesday night in Detroit.[More](5-24-2017)
Jack Roush Scores Record-Extending 324th NASCAR Win at Talladega: In Jack Roush’s thirty years of NASCAR racing, his teams have covered over 1.78 million miles on the track, but none more dramatic than the final Two.66 miles in yesterday’s Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s dramatic come-from-behind win from the pole at Talladega, marked Roush Fenway’s record-extending 324th win in NASCAR’s three premiere series. Stenhouse became the ninth driver to win for Jack Roush in the Cup series. Overall, nineteen different drivers have driven Roush Fenway Fords to victory lane in NASCAR act. In addition, Stenhouse’s pole was the team’s 232nd in NASCAR and its 89th in the Cup series.(Roush Fenway Racing)[click to proceed](5-10-2017)
Roush sees retirement ahead Jack Roush, one of NASCAR’s most successful owners and a pioneer in bringing engineering technology into the sport with his multi-car Ford teams, has used the “R” word. Retire. “I expected to have better years than (winless) two thousand sixteen and 2015,” Roush said to azcentral sports in advance of Sunday’s Camping World five hundred at Phoenix International Raceway. “Had I realized I had those years in front of me, I might have determined to side-step, and retire. I’m 74. I can’t do what I’m doing today for another ten years. My window is, the longest I’ve been able to predict what I was going to do in life, has been five years. I’m very likely down to a three-year window. I’m looking at how I can be useful.”(Arizona Republic)[More](3-17-2017)
“I have no retirement plans whatever,” Roush said. “The article came from an ill-advised stream of consciousness I had at the end of last season.” He then said: “People retire in order to go do things they’re sultry about. I already have a job that permits me to be sultry beyond my imagination as a youngster.” Roush turns seventy five on April Nineteen.(NBC Sports)(3-18-2017)
RFR looking to improve on pit road with slew of pit squad switches: The pit world looks a entire lot different this year for Roush Fenway Racing than a year ago this time. Fresh coach Scott Bowan took over towards the end of last year and is making moves within the teams to help improve spectacle and pick up time. With the removal of the #16 team from the RFR stables there was a group of eighteen crewmen fighting for twelve catches sight of. Pit Talks did their best to find out what the fresh teams would look like in 2017. It shows up that the only returning #6 car pit team members for Trevor Bayne from last year will be front changer Kale Uphoff and gasman Josh Pech. Fresh to the #6 team will be front carrier Ryan McCray (moving over from the #17), jackman Mike Brown (moving over from the #17), rear changer Chris Schuman (moving over from RPM), and rear carrier Justin Edgell (moving over from the #16).
As far as the #17 car goes, the pit squad for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will look like this: Front changer Mike Lingerfelt will be the lone returner on the team. Rear changer Jon Moore is back from injury and will comeback to the rear as well. The front carrier position will be Kevin Richards (moving over from the #34), jack man will be Sean Meckelson (moving over from the #16), the rear carrier will be Brad Sutton (moving over from the #6), and gassing the car will be Kevin Wing (moving over from the #16).(Pit Talks)(2-12-2017)
Roush Fenway ‘Salutes’ Mark Martin’s Hall of Fame Career: For almost two decades there was no more formidable duo in NASCAR than Mark Martin and Jack Roush. This week Roush Fenway Racing will pay tribute to Martin’s Hall of Fame career by showcasing a multiplicity of content covering Martin’s nineteen seasons with the winningest organization in NASCAR history. Martin, who will be officially inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night, won eighty three races across NASCAR’s top three National Series and finished runner-up in the Cup Series points standings on four different occasions (1990, 1994, one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and 2002), while helping Roush Fenway grow into one of the premier teams in NASCAR. Team proprietor Jack Roush will officially induct his very first NASCAR driver into the Hall during the ceremony on Friday. “The thing that always stood out about Mark was his unmatched drive to win,” said Roush. “Mark became one of the most driven and committed people I’ve ever seen. He put us on the map in NASCAR and certainly no one is worth this honor more. I’m very pleased with the part we played in the success that Mark was able to realize via his career and I’ll always be grateful for his determination to succeed and desire to win.” Via the course of the NASCAR Hall of Fame week, fans will be treated to a multitude of behind the scenes content, including photos, movies and giveaways that highlight Martin’s almost two-decade tenure at Roush Fenway. Fans will even have a chance to win prizes including diecast replicas, team hats and an official Mark Martin firesuit. Visit roushfenway.com/salutetomark for more details.(RFR)(1-17-2017)
Roush Yates Engines Recognized with award: The prestigious AVA Digital Awards recognized Roush Yates Engines for their outstanding accomplishments in the area of movie and web-based production. Roush Yates Engines was introduced with a pair of awards highlighting their excellence in marketing and creativity. The team was awarded Platinum in the category of Web-Based Production related to the freshly created Roush Yates Engines website, which is focused on building brand, product and playmate awareness. In addition, the organization was awarded a Gold award for outstanding achievement in the category of Movie Production, Creativity & Editing for the production of the Building for Le Guy’s | Roush Yates Engines movie. This movie celebrated Ford Motor Company’s 50th Anniversary come back to the twenty four Hours of Le Guy’s. The movie inspired the Ford Spectacle and Roush Yates Engines team on their way to building the two thousand sixteen Le Stud’s winning twin-turbo Ford EcoBoost V6 race engine. AVA Digital Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP).(RYE)(1-13-2017)
Roush Fenway Racing renews with Spectacle Plus; to sponsor Bayne: Roush Fenway Racing announced a team-wide partnership with Kleen Spectacle Products and Spectacle Plus, its premium motor oil brand. Spectacle Plus will serve as the official oil playmate of NASCAR’s winningest team, as well as the primary sponsor for numerous races with driver Trevor Bayne and the #6 Ford.
“We are enormously pleased to proceed our relationship with the Spectacle Plus brand and have them on board as our official oil playmate,” said team proprietor Jack Roush. “The partnership reflects Roush Fenway’s commitment to using the highest-quality products in our race cars. Spectacle Plus not only protects engines, but it provides us a competitive edge on the race track.”
“This partnership permits us to proceed our affiliation and to showcase the spectacle of our oil under the requesting conditions of NASCAR racing,” said Mark Bouldin, president of Kleen Spectacle Products. “Running our oil in military vehicles around the globe and in race cars across North America provides today’s drivers with the confidence to use our oil in their everyday vehicles.”
Spectacle Plus is the premium brand of motor oils and lubricants that perform better even under the most extreme conditions. The brand uses conventionally refined oils and proprietary, twice-refined oils, blended with industry-leading additives, to meet or exceed all industry certifications, licenses, approvals and OEM warranty requirements. Kleen Spectacle Products is part of Safety-Kleen, a wholly wielded subsidiary of Clean Harbors.(RFR), see an photo of the scheme on the #6 Team Paint Scheme page.(1-11-2017)
Roush Fenway awarded two MarCom Awards: Roush Fenway Racing has been recognized for outstanding achievement by the prestigious MarCom Awards. The team has been awarded a pair of MarCom Platinum Awards for its marketing and communications efforts in 2016. The organization received a Platinum Award in the category of ‘Social Media Campaign’ for its innovative #RFRTruckin social campaign. In addition, Roush Fenway was awarded a Platinum Award in the ‘Social Media Branding’ category for its Social ‘Jack’ Icon program. The team also garnered Honorable Mention for its launch of the SunnyD program this season, in the Communications/PR Program category. MarCom Awards is an international creative competition that recognizes outstanding achievement by marketing and communications professionals. The awards received over 6,500 entries this year, with only seventeen percent awarded Platinum status by earning the highest distinction as ‘the most outstanding entries in the competition.’ Platinum Winners are recognized for ‘their excellence in terms of quality, creativity and resourcefulness.’
The #RFRTruckin program, which provided fans a ‘behind the scenes’ look at a NASCAR ‘road excursion,’ garnered instant media attention and earned over twenty three million organic impressions. The ‘Social Icon’ program represented team co-owner Jack Roush’s iconic hat and leveraged local market integration, fucking partner programs, cause marketing and merchandise licensing. The SunnyD ‘NASCAR’ program, which featured the NASCAR remake of the classic ‘purple stuff’ commercial, generated more than 8.Five million impressions for the brand, produced more than three million movie views and gained national media exposure.
Roush Fenway Racing has now won a total of four MarCom Platinum Awards since 2011, when it took home its very first Platinum for the famed ‘Ricky vs. Trevor’ campaign. The team also brought home a Platinum Award for its ‘Let Ricky Race’ campaign in 2013, as well as Gold Awards for ’25 Winning Years’, ‘RFRDriven’ and the Cushion Pets NASCAR Launch.(Roush Fenway Racing)(12-11-2016)
Newmark discusses Roush Fenway’s plans: The decline in spectacle at Roush Fenway Racing is best voiced in one stark statistic. In 2005, half the Pursue field consisted of Roush Fenway drivers — when there were only ten drivers in the Pursue. In 2016, there were no RFR entries in a 16-driver Pursue field. How does that happen? RFR has been asking itself the same question while attempting to right the ship. Once the superior organization in the Ford camp, Roush will drop to third in the pecking order upon the arrival of Stewart-Haas Racing in 2017.
RFR President Steve Newmark called the downsizing at RFR a strategic stir – albeit an enormously rough decision. The company considered more than a dozen options before arriving at its current organizational chart. “The entire purpose and the entire objective of doing whatever we did is to make sure we would improve our spectacle and make our race cars swifter,” Newmark told Motorsport.com. “Obviously, there are different opinions on how you do that and ultimately what we determined is we need to be more of an engineering, laser-focussed company. We’ve always been good at production and manufacturing. I think sometimes you fall back on what you’re comfy with.
Over the last two weeks, close to thirty Roush employees have been displaced – some in house, some such as veteran team chief Bob Osborne who had been overseeing Chris Buescher’s campaign at Front Row Motorsports. Together, the pair made the Pursue. Buescher, Roush’s most talented prospect in its driver stable, is now on loan to JTG Daugherty Racing (along with a RFR charter) for 2017.
Roush Fenway Racing will proceed its technical alliance with Bob Jenkins and Front Row Motorsports. Newmark says the multi-year deal with FRM is one of the best collaborations Roush has had over the years. Albeit it’s unlikely that one of the RFR prospects will substitute Buescher in the #34 Ford. “They have some good folks there and we”ll proceed to work with them next year,” Newmark said. “We have dialogue with Bob fairly a bit, but I don’t think that (driver development) will be part of the relationship next year.” That’s not to say that Ryan Reed or Darrell “Bubba” Wallace couldn’t see seat time in a Cup car in 2017. However, Newmark says the company’s instantaneous concentrate remains on getting Bayne and Stenhouse up to speed.(Motorsport)(12-8-2016)
Reiser out as general manager at Roush Fenway UPDATE: Robbie Reiser was relaxed of his duties as general manager at Roush Fenway Racing on Tuesday, Motorsport.com has learned. Reiser, 53, has been with the company for seventeen seasons, very first as a team chief and eventually graduating to a managerial role. Reiser has been suggested a position in the car production side of RFR, but he has yet to determine where his future lies. Calls to Roush Fenway Racing were not instantaneously returned. Neither Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Trevor Bayne or Greg Biffle finished inwards the top twenty in the Sprint Cup standings this season. For the 2nd year, there was not a Roush driver in the Pursue.(Motorsport)(11-23-2016)
UPDATE: Robbie Reiser didn’t indeed have a lot he dreamed to say about his situation at Roush Fenway Racing. He was relaxed of his duties as vice president of competition. But he’s not going anywhere. He doesn’t yet have a title or even a total job description for his next role as the team fights to regain its footing. But he is as dedicated to doing his part to bring success as he was in 2003, when he won a NASCAR title as Matt Kenseth’s team chief, or in 2007, when he answered Jack Roush’s call to lead the entire operation. And at this point in his life, the 53-year-old, second-generation racer from Allenton is OK with it all. “This is going to free me up for my family, to be able to spend some time with them,” said Reiser, who has one son in college and twin boys in high school, one of them a dirt-bike racer he has uncommonly observed.
Reiser’s choice of words Thursday was interesting – he was “eased” of his duties – because you have to believe there’s a part of him that is loosened. He works hard, he’s stubborn and he’s not cut out to lose.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)(12-4-2016)
Liberty National to Playmate with Roush Fenway Racing: Roush Fenway Racing has announced a partnership with Liberty National Life Insurance Company, that will see the leading health and life insurance company serve as a primary team playmate on Daytona five hundred winner Trevor Bayne’s #6 Ford. Liberty National will also serve as a major associate playmate for numerous races during the two thousand seventeen season. The #6 Liberty National Ford will make its debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March. “We are excited to have Liberty National on board next season,” said Bayne. “They are an utterly well respected brand that has been providing valuable services since 1900. It’s the kind of brand that we are proud to have an association with and I can’t wait to see the #6 Liberty National Ford on track. Our purpose is to put our car up front and contest for race wins.”
“Liberty National views this fresh partnership with Roush Fenway Racing as the chance of a lifetime,” said Liberty National President, Steve DiChiaro. “We look forward to cheering on Trevor Bayne as he drives the Liberty National car to Victory Lane in 2017.” Liberty National joins anchor fucking partner AdvoCare in supporting Trevor Bayne and the #6 Roush Fenway Cup team.(RFR)(11-30-2016)
Chris Buescher to 2nd JTG Daughtery team? UPDATE Two: Greg Biffle’s decision to leave Roush-Fenway Racing on Monday triggered a strange chain reaction that will include the slumping racing company loaning driver Chris Buescher to a rival manufacturer next season. Buescher will drive for a newly-created 2nd Chevrolet team at JTG Daughtery Racing in 2017. Roush Fenway is expected to scuttle Biffle’s #16 team, and that could make that team’s charter available to the highest bidder – including the fresh JTG Daughtery entry. Despite fielding full-time teams for Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne, Roush Fenway hasn’t won a race since 2014. By loaning Buescher to JTG Daugherty next year, Ford Racing will be able to work on upgrades with Roush Fenway while keeping one of its youthfull drivers under contract. “It was a mutual agreement,” Biffle said. “It’s been frustrating for everyone. I’ve been the one carrying the company banner. It just didn’t get any better. I didn’t see a light at the end of the tunnel, so I determined I’d rather do something else – even if it means not driving anymore. I owe Jack everything I’ve accomplished in this sport. Some things just run their course.” Roush said Biffle was one of the anchors of his entire race team. “I don’t have the words to say what Greg has meant to this organization,” Roush said in a team release. “He is a true racer who has always exhibited a will to win and an intense passion for speed. For almost two decades Greg has given us an chance to run up front and rival for wins. Greg exemplifies what every proprietor hopes for in a driver and I’m utterly grateful for having him as part of our organization.”(Florida Times Union)(11-21-2016)
UPDATE: From Bob Pockrass Twitter: “Tad Geschickter says nothing done yet as far as plans for 2nd JTG car next year.”(11-22-2016)
UPDATE Two: Roush Fenway Racing Announces two thousand seventeen NASCAR Cup Plans: Roush Fenway Racing has announced its two thousand seventeen plans for the NASCAR Cup Series that will see the organization field a two-car Cup operation next season, with drivers Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. piloting the #6 and #17 Ford Fusions, respectively, in NASCAR’s highest series. In addition, Kevin Kidd and Tommy Wheeler will lead Roush Fenway’s overall competition efforts going forward. Kidd will assume the role of Competition Director, and Wheeler will serve as the team’s Operations Director. The team will lease its #16 NASCAR Charter and driver Chris Buescher to JTG Racing in 2017. “We have been able to shore up our plans for two thousand seventeen and we feel that this will proceed to stir us in a direction that will yield improved spectacle and results,” said Roush Fenway co-owner Jack Roush. “We spotted improvement in our cars and made substantial gains in our spectacle at times last season, and we will proceed to build on that by maintaining a sturdy engineering group in order to take the next step by consistently running up front.”
The #6 team will once again be led by veteran team chief Matt Puccia. Brian Pattie, who was the squad chief for the #16 Cup Series team last season, will transition to team chief of the #17 team. Nick Sandler, who served as the #17 team chief the last two seasons, has been named Director of Engineering. Robbie Reiser, who has played an integral role on the competition side at Roush Fenway Racing for a number of years, will remain with the organization in a yet to be determined position. Kidd has served as Roush Fenway’s Cup Team Manager – supervising all at-track operations – for the previous two seasons, after coming over from Joe Gibbs Racing where he worked as a squad chief for the previous half decade. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from Virginia Tech, and has worked as a lead engineer for numerous teams and drivers. Wheeler, who holds a B.S. in physics from Davidson College, joined Roush Fenway in 2009. A 20-plus year veteran of the sport, he has served in many capacities for the team, including as the team’s production director since 2011, overseeing the building and production of all of the organization’s Cup and XFINITY Series cars. (RFR)(11-29-2016)
AND Chris Buescher will drive a 2nd car for JTG Daugherty in 2017, the team stated Tuesday. “We can confirm at this time that JTG Daugherty Racing is presently in the process of kicking off a 2nd team in the NASCAR premier series,” JTG Daugherty Racing team possessor Tad Geschickter said in a statement. “We would also like to confirm and welcome Chris Buescher to the team as our driver for the 2nd car. More details will go after.” Said Buescher, 24, in a statement: “I can confirm that I have signed to race for JTG Daugherty Racing as they expand to a two-car team in the NASCAR premier series in 2017. I’m appreciative for the chance and look forward to contesting for a spot in the Pursue. We’ll have more details at a later date.”(NBC Sports)(11-29-2016)
Advocare renews sponsorship of Bayne: Roush Fenway Racing has signed a multiyear renewal that will see AdvoCare proceed to serve as the anchor fucking partner on Daytona five hundred winner Trevor Bayne’s #6 Sprint Cup Ford Fusion for the next three seasons. AdvoCare has partnered with Roush Fenway and Bayne since 2014, when the relationship began in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. “AdvoCare is enormously proud to call Roush Fenway Racing and Trevor Bayne fucking partners, and we look forward to continuing our good relationship on and off the track. We are also excited about Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway,” says Allison Levy, AdvoCare’s Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. “The #6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion will feature a paint scheme honoring the SEAL Legacy Foundation, a worthwhile organization helping the families of wounded and fallen U.S. Navy Seals – a cause we are honored to support as a team.” The SEAL Legacy Foundation is dedicated to providing support, including financial assistance and educational assistance to families of wounded and fallen United States Navy SEALs, and other charitable causes benefiting the SEAL community.(Roush Fenway Racing), see an pic of the car on the #6 team paint schemes page.(11-2-2016)
Roush not likely to stir back to four cars soon: Now that the organization is headed back in the right direction when it comes to their spectacle, Roush president Steve Newmark said Sunday the concentrate is on the instant future of fighting for a Pursue berth and not what their driver lineup is going to be. With three drivers running full-time in the XFINITY Series, three more under their banner in Cup, and Chris Buescher on loan to Front Row Motorsports, decisions will soon have to be made of who is running where. When the company felt [Buescher] was ready to be in Cup instead of running a third year in the XFINITY Series, they coordinated with Bob Jenkins and Front Row, who Buescher was already familiar with, to rival in their camp. In a ideal world, admitted Newmark, Roush will get him back under their roof sooner rather than later. “There’s a combination of factors that will go into that,” he said. “Ideally, we’ll have him in one of our cars in the next few years, but I think the concentrate right now is we got to get him running better in the 34.” Under NASCAR’s fresh ownership rules of only being able to run four full-time cars, plus the addition of the Charter System this year, Roush has been in a box. The chance of ever going back to four full-time cars looks slender, but Newmark won’t close the door on any possibility. “Jack would rather run ten cars; he would run as many cars as he would be enabled,” Newmark joked. “It truly will depend exactly on the driver, sponsorship, and then now you also have to have a charter, so I don’t think we would run a (fourth) full-time, but you never know.”(Popular Speed)(5-16-2016)
Mark Martin no longer working with Roush Fenway UPDATE: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series veteran Mark Martin, who was hired last July as a driver development coach for Roush Fenway Racing, is no longer with the organization. Asked Friday on Twitter if he would be working with RFR’s crop of youthfull drivers in the upcoming season, Martin responded, simply, “No.” Martin, who drove for Roush Fenway from 1988-2006 — the vast majority of his Sprint Cup career — said at the time of his hiring as a driver development coach that he was blessed to be reuniting with the organization where he earned thirty five of his forty career Sprint Cup wins. It was announced in mid-January that Martin, 56, has joined coerces with late model dirt-racing legend Scott Bloomquist to field two entries in the Lucas Oil Late Model Championship in 2015. Bloomquist and up-and-coming driver Jared Landers will drive the two team cars, respectively, with both carrying sponsorship from Batesville, Ark.-based Mark Martin Automotive Group.(FoxSports)(2-7-2015)
UPDATE: Mark Martin explained in a tweet Saturday morning why he no longer is working in a driver development role with Roush Fenway Racing. Martin tweeted: “I didn’t want to go to the races. I’ve done enough of that for now. Except for mud track.” Martin answered a fan’s question Friday on Twitter confirming that he was no longer serving as a coach for Roush. Saturday, he answered another fan’s question as to why he wasn’t coaching Roush’s drivers.(NBC Sports)(2-8-2015)
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Roush Fenway named finalist for numerous PR News’ platinum awards: Roush Fenway Racing has been named a finalist in numerous categories for the prestigious PR News’ Platinum Awards, celebrating the ingenuity and leadership behind the year’s most outstanding communications initiatives. The finalists of the Platinum Awards represent the innovative, risk-taking and strategic communicators setting the benchmark of excellence in the communications arena.[More](8-31-2017)
Bayne Honors Roush Fenway’s Very first Victory with Darlington Throwback Trevor Bayne’s #6 AdvoCare Ford will sport a familiar scheme when the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) comebacks to Darlington Raceway for the famed Southern 500. As part of NASCAR’s official throwback weekend, Bayne’s Ford will harken back to the very first paint scheme run during Roush Fenway Racing’s very first two seasons with NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin. The scheme earned one victory, the organization’s very first in NASCAR, in the MENCS event at North Carolina Motor Speedway (Rockingham) on Oct. 22, 1989. The scheme, originally sponsored by Stroh Light, ran in the MENCS during the one thousand nine hundred eighty eight and one thousand nine hundred eighty nine seasons. During that time period, the Roush Fenway Ford earned one win, seventeen top-fives, twenty eight top-10s and led six hundred two laps in fifty eight total starts.(Roush Fenway Racing)[Read More Here](8-24-2017)
Roush Fenway to honor Ford Motor Company’s Tim Duerr at Bristol: Roush Fenway Racing will honor long-time Ford employee Tim Duerr this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway, with Trevor Bayne piloting the #6 Tim Duerr EcoBoost Ford Fusion at the driver’s home track of Bristol Motor Speedway. Duerr has worked at Ford Motor Company for over forty years.[More](8-18-2017)
Roush Fenway expects to remain at two teams: Roush Fenway president Steve Newmark told SiriusXM’s Tradin Paint that the team will “most likely” be two Cup cars and one XFINITY car in 2018.[More](7-4-2017)
NASCAR legend Jack Roush honored by SAE Foundation: Racing legend Jack Roush received the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Foundation’s Industry Leadership Award at its annual celebration Tuesday night in Detroit.[More](5-24-2017)
Jack Roush Scores Record-Extending 324th NASCAR Win at Talladega: In Jack Roush’s thirty years of NASCAR racing, his teams have covered over 1.78 million miles on the track, but none more dramatic than the final Two.66 miles in yesterday’s Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s dramatic come-from-behind win from the pole at Talladega, marked Roush Fenway’s record-extending 324th win in NASCAR’s three premiere series. Stenhouse became the ninth driver to win for Jack Roush in the Cup series. Overall, nineteen different drivers have driven Roush Fenway Fords to victory lane in NASCAR act. In addition, Stenhouse’s pole was the team’s 232nd in NASCAR and its 89th in the Cup series.(Roush Fenway Racing)[click to proceed](5-10-2017)
Roush sees retirement ahead Jack Roush, one of NASCAR’s most successful owners and a pioneer in bringing engineering technology into the sport with his multi-car Ford teams, has used the “R” word. Retire. “I expected to have better years than (winless) two thousand sixteen and 2015,” Roush said to azcentral sports in advance of Sunday’s Camping World five hundred at Phoenix International Raceway. “Had I realized I had those years in front of me, I might have determined to side-step, and retire. I’m 74. I can’t do what I’m doing today for another ten years. My window is, the longest I’ve been able to predict what I was going to do in life, has been five years. I’m most likely down to a three-year window. I’m looking at how I can be useful.”(Arizona Republic)[More](3-17-2017)
“I have no retirement plans whatever,” Roush said. “The article came from an ill-advised stream of consciousness I had at the end of last season.” He then said: “People retire in order to go do things they’re sultry about. I already have a job that permits me to be sultry beyond my imagination as a youngster.” Roush turns seventy five on April Nineteen.(NBC Sports)(3-18-2017)
RFR looking to improve on pit road with slew of pit team switches: The pit world looks a entire lot different this year for Roush Fenway Racing than a year ago this time. Fresh coach Scott Bowan took over towards the end of last year and is making moves within the teams to help improve spectacle and pick up time. With the removal of the #16 team from the RFR stables there was a group of eighteen crewmen fighting for twelve catches sight of. Pit Talks did their best to find out what the fresh teams would look like in 2017. It emerges that the only returning #6 car pit squad members for Trevor Bayne from last year will be front changer Kale Uphoff and gasman Josh Pech. Fresh to the #6 squad will be front carrier Ryan McCray (moving over from the #17), jackman Mike Brown (moving over from the #17), rear changer Chris Schuman (moving over from RPM), and rear carrier Justin Edgell (moving over from the #16).
As far as the #17 car goes, the pit team for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will look like this: Front changer Mike Lingerfelt will be the lone returner on the squad. Rear changer Jon Moore is back from injury and will comeback to the rear as well. The front carrier position will be Kevin Richards (moving over from the #34), jack man will be Sean Meckelson (moving over from the #16), the rear carrier will be Brad Sutton (moving over from the #6), and gassing the car will be Kevin Wing (moving over from the #16).(Pit Talks)(2-12-2017)
Roush Fenway ‘Salutes’ Mark Martin’s Hall of Fame Career: For almost two decades there was no more formidable duo in NASCAR than Mark Martin and Jack Roush. This week Roush Fenway Racing will pay tribute to Martin’s Hall of Fame career by showcasing a diversity of content covering Martin’s nineteen seasons with the winningest organization in NASCAR history. Martin, who will be officially inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night, won eighty three races across NASCAR’s top three National Series and finished runner-up in the Cup Series points standings on four different occasions (1990, 1994, one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and 2002), while helping Roush Fenway grow into one of the premier teams in NASCAR. Team proprietor Jack Roush will officially induct his very first NASCAR driver into the Hall during the ceremony on Friday. “The thing that always stood out about Mark was his unmatched drive to win,” said Roush. “Mark became one of the most driven and committed people I’ve ever seen. He put us on the map in NASCAR and certainly no one is worth this honor more. I’m very pleased with the part we played in the success that Mark was able to realize via his career and I’ll always be grateful for his determination to succeed and desire to win.” Via the course of the NASCAR Hall of Fame week, fans will be treated to a multitude of behind the scenes content, including photos, movies and giveaways that highlight Martin’s almost two-decade tenure at Roush Fenway. Fans will even have a chance to win prizes including diecast replicas, team hats and an official Mark Martin firesuit. Visit roushfenway.com/salutetomark for more details.(RFR)(1-17-2017)
Roush Yates Engines Recognized with award: The prestigious AVA Digital Awards recognized Roush Yates Engines for their outstanding accomplishments in the area of movie and web-based production. Roush Yates Engines was introduced with a pair of awards highlighting their excellence in marketing and creativity. The team was awarded Platinum in the category of Web-Based Production related to the freshly created Roush Yates Engines website, which is focused on building brand, product and playmate awareness. In addition, the organization was awarded a Gold award for outstanding achievement in the category of Movie Production, Creativity & Editing for the production of the Building for Le Stud’s | Roush Yates Engines movie. This movie celebrated Ford Motor Company’s 50th Anniversary come back to the twenty four Hours of Le Stud’s. The movie inspired the Ford Spectacle and Roush Yates Engines team on their way to building the two thousand sixteen Le Stud’s winning twin-turbo Ford EcoBoost V6 race engine. AVA Digital Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP).(RYE)(1-13-2017)
Roush Fenway Racing renews with Spectacle Plus; to sponsor Bayne: Roush Fenway Racing announced a team-wide partnership with Kleen Spectacle Products and Spectacle Plus, its premium motor oil brand. Spectacle Plus will serve as the official oil playmate of NASCAR’s winningest team, as well as the primary sponsor for numerous races with driver Trevor Bayne and the #6 Ford.
“We are utterly pleased to proceed our relationship with the Spectacle Plus brand and have them on board as our official oil playmate,” said team possessor Jack Roush. “The partnership reflects Roush Fenway’s commitment to using the highest-quality products in our race cars. Spectacle Plus not only protects engines, but it provides us a competitive edge on the race track.”
“This partnership permits us to proceed our affiliation and to showcase the spectacle of our oil under the requesting conditions of NASCAR racing,” said Mark Bouldin, president of Kleen Spectacle Products. “Running our oil in military vehicles around the globe and in race cars across North America provides today’s drivers with the confidence to use our oil in their everyday vehicles.”
Spectacle Plus is the premium brand of motor oils and lubricants that perform better even under the most extreme conditions. The brand uses conventionally refined oils and proprietary, twice-refined oils, blended with industry-leading additives, to meet or exceed all industry certifications, licenses, approvals and OEM warranty requirements. Kleen Spectacle Products is part of Safety-Kleen, a wholly wielded subsidiary of Clean Harbors.(RFR), see an pic of the scheme on the #6 Team Paint Scheme page.(1-11-2017)
Roush Fenway awarded two MarCom Awards: Roush Fenway Racing has been recognized for outstanding achievement by the prestigious MarCom Awards. The team has been awarded a pair of MarCom Platinum Awards for its marketing and communications efforts in 2016. The organization received a Platinum Award in the category of ‘Social Media Campaign’ for its innovative #RFRTruckin social campaign. In addition, Roush Fenway was awarded a Platinum Award in the ‘Social Media Branding’ category for its Social ‘Jack’ Icon program. The team also garnered Honorable Mention for its launch of the SunnyD program this season, in the Communications/PR Program category. MarCom Awards is an international creative competition that recognizes outstanding achievement by marketing and communications professionals. The awards received over 6,500 entries this year, with only seventeen percent awarded Platinum status by earning the highest distinction as ‘the most outstanding entries in the competition.’ Platinum Winners are recognized for ‘their excellence in terms of quality, creativity and resourcefulness.’
The #RFRTruckin program, which provided fans a ‘behind the scenes’ look at a NASCAR ‘road excursion,’ garnered instant media attention and earned over twenty three million organic impressions. The ‘Social Icon’ program represented team co-owner Jack Roush’s iconic hat and leveraged local market integration, playmate programs, cause marketing and merchandise licensing. The SunnyD ‘NASCAR’ program, which featured the NASCAR remake of the classic ‘purple stuff’ commercial, generated more than 8.Five million impressions for the brand, produced more than three million movie views and gained national media exposure.
Roush Fenway Racing has now won a total of four MarCom Platinum Awards since 2011, when it took home its very first Platinum for the famed ‘Ricky vs. Trevor’ campaign. The team also brought home a Platinum Award for its ‘Let Ricky Race’ campaign in 2013, as well as Gold Awards for ’25 Winning Years’, ‘RFRDriven’ and the Cushion Pets NASCAR Launch.(Roush Fenway Racing)(12-11-2016)
Newmark discusses Roush Fenway’s plans: The decline in spectacle at Roush Fenway Racing is best voiced in one stark statistic. In 2005, half the Pursue field consisted of Roush Fenway drivers — when there were only ten drivers in the Pursue. In 2016, there were no RFR entries in a 16-driver Pursue field. How does that happen? RFR has been asking itself the same question while attempting to right the ship. Once the superior organization in the Ford camp, Roush will drop to third in the pecking order upon the arrival of Stewart-Haas Racing in 2017.
RFR President Steve Newmark called the downsizing at RFR a strategic budge – albeit an utterly rough decision. The company considered more than a dozen options before arriving at its current organizational chart. “The entire aim and the entire objective of doing whatever we did is to make sure we would improve our spectacle and make our race cars quicker,” Newmark told Motorsport.com. “Obviously, there are different opinions on how you do that and ultimately what we determined is we need to be more of an engineering, laser-focussed company. We’ve always been good at production and manufacturing. I think sometimes you fall back on what you’re convenient with.
Over the last two weeks, close to thirty Roush employees have been displaced – some in house, some such as veteran squad chief Bob Osborne who had been overseeing Chris Buescher’s campaign at Front Row Motorsports. Together, the pair made the Pursue. Buescher, Roush’s most talented prospect in its driver stable, is now on loan to JTG Daugherty Racing (along with a RFR charter) for 2017.
Roush Fenway Racing will proceed its technical alliance with Bob Jenkins and Front Row Motorsports. Newmark says the multi-year deal with FRM is one of the best collaborations Roush has had over the years. Albeit it’s unlikely that one of the RFR prospects will substitute Buescher in the #34 Ford. “They have some good folks there and we”ll proceed to work with them next year,” Newmark said. “We have dialogue with Bob fairly a bit, but I don’t think that (driver development) will be part of the relationship next year.” That’s not to say that Ryan Reed or Darrell “Bubba” Wallace couldn’t see seat time in a Cup car in 2017. However, Newmark says the company’s instant concentrate remains on getting Bayne and Stenhouse up to speed.(Motorsport)(12-8-2016)
Reiser out as general manager at Roush Fenway UPDATE: Robbie Reiser was loosened of his duties as general manager at Roush Fenway Racing on Tuesday, Motorsport.com has learned. Reiser, 53, has been with the company for seventeen seasons, very first as a team chief and eventually graduating to a managerial role. Reiser has been suggested a position in the car production side of RFR, but he has yet to determine where his future lies. Calls to Roush Fenway Racing were not instantaneously returned. Neither Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Trevor Bayne or Greg Biffle finished inwards the top twenty in the Sprint Cup standings this season. For the 2nd year, there was not a Roush driver in the Pursue.(Motorsport)(11-23-2016)
UPDATE: Robbie Reiser didn’t indeed have a lot he desired to say about his situation at Roush Fenway Racing. He was eased of his duties as vice president of competition. But he’s not going anywhere. He doesn’t yet have a title or even a utter job description for his next role as the team fights to regain its footing. But he is as dedicated to doing his part to bring success as he was in 2003, when he won a NASCAR title as Matt Kenseth’s team chief, or in 2007, when he answered Jack Roush’s call to lead the entire operation. And at this point in his life, the 53-year-old, second-generation racer from Allenton is OK with it all. “This is going to free me up for my family, to be able to spend some time with them,” said Reiser, who has one son in college and twin boys in high school, one of them a dirt-bike racer he has uncommonly observed.
Reiser’s choice of words Thursday was interesting – he was “loosened” of his duties – because you have to believe there’s a part of him that is relaxed. He works hard, he’s stubborn and he’s not cut out to lose.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)(12-4-2016)
Liberty National to Playmate with Roush Fenway Racing: Roush Fenway Racing has announced a partnership with Liberty National Life Insurance Company, that will see the leading health and life insurance company serve as a primary team playmate on Daytona five hundred winner Trevor Bayne’s #6 Ford. Liberty National will also serve as a major associate playmate for numerous races during the two thousand seventeen season. The #6 Liberty National Ford will make its debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March. “We are excited to have Liberty National on board next season,” said Bayne. “They are an enormously well respected brand that has been providing valuable services since 1900. It’s the kind of brand that we are proud to have an association with and I can’t wait to see the #6 Liberty National Ford on track. Our purpose is to put our car up front and contest for race wins.”
“Liberty National views this fresh partnership with Roush Fenway Racing as the chance of a lifetime,” said Liberty National President, Steve DiChiaro. “We look forward to cheering on Trevor Bayne as he drives the Liberty National car to Victory Lane in 2017.” Liberty National joins anchor fucking partner AdvoCare in supporting Trevor Bayne and the #6 Roush Fenway Cup team.(RFR)(11-30-2016)
Chris Buescher to 2nd JTG Daughtery team? UPDATE Two: Greg Biffle’s decision to leave Roush-Fenway Racing on Monday triggered a strange chain reaction that will include the slumping racing company loaning driver Chris Buescher to a rival manufacturer next season. Buescher will drive for a newly-created 2nd Chevrolet team at JTG Daughtery Racing in 2017. Roush Fenway is expected to scuttle Biffle’s #16 team, and that could make that team’s charter available to the highest bidder – including the fresh JTG Daughtery entry. Despite fielding full-time teams for Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne, Roush Fenway hasn’t won a race since 2014. By loaning Buescher to JTG Daugherty next year, Ford Racing will be able to work on upgrades with Roush Fenway while keeping one of its youthfull drivers under contract. “It was a mutual agreement,” Biffle said. “It’s been frustrating for everyone. I’ve been the one carrying the company banner. It just didn’t get any better. I didn’t see a light at the end of the tunnel, so I determined I’d rather do something else – even if it means not driving anymore. I owe Jack everything I’ve accomplished in this sport. Some things just run their course.” Roush said Biffle was one of the anchors of his entire race team. “I don’t have the words to say what Greg has meant to this organization,” Roush said in a team release. “He is a true racer who has always exhibited a will to win and an intense passion for speed. For almost two decades Greg has given us an chance to run up front and contest for wins. Greg exemplifies what every holder hopes for in a driver and I’m enormously grateful for having him as part of our organization.”(Florida Times Union)(11-21-2016)
UPDATE: From Bob Pockrass Twitter: “Tad Geschickter says nothing done yet as far as plans for 2nd JTG car next year.”(11-22-2016)
UPDATE Two: Roush Fenway Racing Announces two thousand seventeen NASCAR Cup Plans: Roush Fenway Racing has announced its two thousand seventeen plans for the NASCAR Cup Series that will see the organization field a two-car Cup operation next season, with drivers Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. piloting the #6 and #17 Ford Fusions, respectively, in NASCAR’s highest series. In addition, Kevin Kidd and Tommy Wheeler will lead Roush Fenway’s overall competition efforts going forward. Kidd will assume the role of Competition Director, and Wheeler will serve as the team’s Operations Director. The team will lease its #16 NASCAR Charter and driver Chris Buescher to JTG Racing in 2017. “We have been able to shore up our plans for two thousand seventeen and we feel that this will proceed to stir us in a direction that will yield improved spectacle and results,” said Roush Fenway co-owner Jack Roush. “We eyed improvement in our cars and made substantial gains in our spectacle at times last season, and we will proceed to build on that by maintaining a sturdy engineering group in order to take the next step by consistently running up front.”
The #6 team will once again be led by veteran squad chief Matt Puccia. Brian Pattie, who was the team chief for the #16 Cup Series team last season, will transition to team chief of the #17 team. Nick Sandler, who served as the #17 squad chief the last two seasons, has been named Director of Engineering. Robbie Reiser, who has played an integral role on the competition side at Roush Fenway Racing for a number of years, will remain with the organization in a yet to be determined position. Kidd has served as Roush Fenway’s Cup Team Manager – supervising all at-track operations – for the previous two seasons, after coming over from Joe Gibbs Racing where he worked as a team chief for the previous half decade. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from Virginia Tech, and has worked as a lead engineer for numerous teams and drivers. Wheeler, who holds a B.S. in physics from Davidson College, joined Roush Fenway in 2009. A 20-plus year veteran of the sport, he has served in many capacities for the team, including as the team’s production director since 2011, overseeing the building and production of all of the organization’s Cup and XFINITY Series cars. (RFR)(11-29-2016)
AND Chris Buescher will drive a 2nd car for JTG Daugherty in 2017, the team stated Tuesday. “We can confirm at this time that JTG Daugherty Racing is presently in the process of beginning a 2nd team in the NASCAR premier series,” JTG Daugherty Racing team possessor Tad Geschickter said in a statement. “We would also like to confirm and welcome Chris Buescher to the team as our driver for the 2nd car. More details will go after.” Said Buescher, 24, in a statement: “I can confirm that I have signed to race for JTG Daugherty Racing as they expand to a two-car team in the NASCAR premier series in 2017. I’m appreciative for the chance and look forward to rivaling for a spot in the Pursue. We’ll have more details at a later date.”(NBC Sports)(11-29-2016)
Advocare renews sponsorship of Bayne: Roush Fenway Racing has signed a multiyear renewal that will see AdvoCare proceed to serve as the anchor playmate on Daytona five hundred winner Trevor Bayne’s #6 Sprint Cup Ford Fusion for the next three seasons. AdvoCare has partnered with Roush Fenway and Bayne since 2014, when the relationship began in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. “AdvoCare is enormously proud to call Roush Fenway Racing and Trevor Bayne playmates, and we look forward to continuing our good relationship on and off the track. We are also excited about Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway,” says Allison Levy, AdvoCare’s Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. “The #6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion will feature a paint scheme honoring the SEAL Legacy Foundation, a worthwhile organization helping the families of wounded and fallen U.S. Navy Seals – a cause we are honored to support as a team.” The SEAL Legacy Foundation is dedicated to providing support, including financial assistance and educational assistance to families of wounded and fallen United States Navy SEALs, and other charitable causes benefiting the SEAL community.(Roush Fenway Racing), see an picture of the car on the #6 team paint schemes page.(11-2-2016)
Roush not likely to budge back to four cars soon: Now that the organization is headed back in the right direction when it comes to their spectacle, Roush president Steve Newmark said Sunday the concentrate is on the instant future of fighting for a Pursue berth and not what their driver lineup is going to be. With three drivers running full-time in the XFINITY Series, three more under their banner in Cup, and Chris Buescher on loan to Front Row Motorsports, decisions will soon have to be made of who is running where. When the company felt [Buescher] was ready to be in Cup instead of running a third year in the XFINITY Series, they coordinated with Bob Jenkins and Front Row, who Buescher was already familiar with, to rival in their camp. In a ideal world, admitted Newmark, Roush will get him back under their roof sooner rather than later. “There’s a combination of factors that will go into that,” he said. “Ideally, we’ll have him in one of our cars in the next few years, but I think the concentrate right now is we got to get him running better in the 34.” Under NASCAR’s fresh ownership rules of only being able to run four full-time cars, plus the addition of the Charter System this year, Roush has been in a box. The chance of ever going back to four full-time cars looks slender, but Newmark won’t close the door on any possibility. “Jack would rather run ten cars; he would run as many cars as he would be enabled,” Newmark joked. “It truly will depend exactly on the driver, sponsorship, and then now you also have to have a charter, so I don’t think we would run a (fourth) full-time, but you never know.”(Popular Speed)(5-16-2016)
Mark Martin no longer working with Roush Fenway UPDATE: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series veteran Mark Martin, who was hired last July as a driver development coach for Roush Fenway Racing, is no longer with the organization. Asked Friday on Twitter if he would be working with RFR’s crop of youthfull drivers in the upcoming season, Martin responded, simply, “No.” Martin, who drove for Roush Fenway from 1988-2006 — the vast majority of his Sprint Cup career — said at the time of his hiring as a driver development coach that he was glad to be reuniting with the organization where he earned thirty five of his forty career Sprint Cup wins. It was announced in mid-January that Martin, 56, has joined coerces with late model dirt-racing legend Scott Bloomquist to field two entries in the Lucas Oil Late Model Championship in 2015. Bloomquist and up-and-coming driver Jared Landers will drive the two team cars, respectively, with both carrying sponsorship from Batesville, Ark.-based Mark Martin Automotive Group.(FoxSports)(2-7-2015)
UPDATE: Mark Martin explained in a tweet Saturday morning why he no longer is working in a driver development role with Roush Fenway Racing. Martin tweeted: “I didn’t want to go to the races. I’ve done enough of that for now. Except for mud track.” Martin answered a fan’s question Friday on Twitter confirming that he was no longer serving as a coach for Roush. Saturday, he answered another fan’s question as to why he wasn’t coaching Roush’s drivers.(NBC Sports)(2-8-2015)
