Roush Fenway Racing moves into this week’s showdown in the desert of Phoenix, looking to maintain its point leads in both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series and become the first time to ever win NASCAR’s two most prized trophies in the same season. In addition, the team is also closing in on its historic 300th victory, needing just one win in the ‘Valley of the Sun’ to hit the high-mark of NASCAR elite.
Roush Fenway launched its NASCAR operation via Liberty, N.C., in 1988 and scored its landmark first victory in the fall of 1989 at Rockingham Speedway. Along the way there have been numerous milestone wins as the team approaches 300, including the 100th NASCAR win scored in dominating fashion at Las Vegas in 2000.
Roush Fenway Racing dominated Las Vegas Motor Speedway from the drop of the green flag at the track in 1998; winning the first three Sprint Cup races and two of the first three Nationwide Series races. So it came as little surprise when Roush Fenway led 145 of 200 laps with Jeff Burton besting Mark Martin in an RFR one-two finish for Roush Fenway’s 100th victory on March 4, 2000. Ironically Roush Fenway would score win number 101 the following day in the Sprint Cup event, with the ‘dynamic’ duo leading 89 of 148 laps and Burton pulling the sweep for the victory and the Winston No Bull Million dollar bonus.
Roush Fenway’s 299 wins have been accomplished over a performance driven 24 seasons, across all three of NASCAR three major divisions and will 17 different drivers. Currently Roush Fenway has 125 Sprint Cup wins, 124 Nationwide wins and 50 wins in NASCAR’s Truck Series.
Roush Fenway Milestone Wins
1st – Mark Martin – Rockingham, Cup, 10-22-89
25th – Mark Martin – Talladega, Cup, 4-30-95
50th – Joe Ruttman – Heartland Park, Trucks, 7-27-97
75th – Mark Martin – Rockingham, Cup, 2-21-99
100th – Jeff Burton – Las Vegas, NNS, 3-4-00
125th – Jeff Burton – Charlotte, Cup, 5-27-01
150th – Matt Kenseth – Phoenix, Cup, 11-10-02
175th – Carl Edwards – Bristol, Trucks, 8-25-04
200th – Carl Edwards – Texas, Cup, 11-6-05
225th – Carl Edwards – Bristol, NNS, 3-25-07
250th – Carl Edwards – Michigan, Cup, 8-17-08
275th – Carl Edwards – Road America, NNS, 6-19-10
299th – Trevor Bayne – Phoenix, NNS, 11-5-11
Roush Fenway All-Time NASCAR Winners:
Trevor Bayne
Matt Kenseth
Kurt Busch
Greg Biffle
Carl Edwards
David Ragan
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Mark Martin
Jeff Burton
Jamie McMurray
Joe Ruttman
Mike Bliss
Jon Wood
Ricky Craven
Erik Darnell
Travis Kvapil
Colin Braun
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