Billy Johnson will drive the No. 60 Ford Mustang of Roush Fenway Racing when the NASCAR Nationwide Series visits Montreal. It will be the third career start in the Nationwide Series (NNS) for the 25 year old Johnson. The car will carry the “Roush 25 Winning Years” logo according to Johnson. Johnson previously drove in [...]
Matt Kenesth will not be driving the No. 17 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing (RFR) in 2013 but no one has gotten the driver to open up about where he will be next season. Many believe that Kenseth will drive a car for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) with the likely seat being the No. 20 [...]
Bob Osborne, the crew chief of Carl Edwards stepped down today citing medical reasons. Osborne will remain with the organization as a senior member of the organization’s management team and steering committee. ”I have had the pleasure of working with Carl Edwards for the past nine years and, during that time, my focus has been [...]
Matt Kenseth hasn’t announced his plans for 2013 yet but well let’s face it we all know where he is going. I mean I haven’t spoken to Matt or anything but I did think about sending him a direct message on twitter but figured why waste his time on something so trivial? So here goes. [...]
The latest news is the decision for the split between Matt Kenseth and Roush Fenway Racing was the drivers. Kenseth is expected to join Joe Gibbs Racing and drive the #20 Home Depot car under the Toyota banner. Kenseth had spent his entire Cup career (save on start) with Roush Fenway Racing driving the #17 [...]
Considering all the warnings maybe we should have seen the departure of Matt Kenseth from Roush Fenway Racing coming. Being first in the point standings and winning four races since the start of 2011 was not enough to garner the sponsorship dollars that owner Jack Roush seeked. In fact Roush had went as far as [...]
UPDATE: ROUSH FENWAY RACING AND MATT KENSETH HAVE PARTED WAYS. CLICK HERE FOR UPDATED STORY At Sonoma Matt Kenseth wasn’t interested in talking about his potential options for 2013. Nor were Penske Racing or Joe Gibbs Racing, both who are believed to be interested in the services for the 13 year Sprint Cup veteran. Most [...]
The new number Matt Kenseth is to get on his car comes in the form of a multi-year partnership between Roush Fenway Racing and Fifth Third Bank. Fifth Third Bank will sponsor Kenseth in four races this season with additional races for future seasons to be announced at a later date. Kenseth’s #17 Ford Fusion [...]
The number 17 has been with Matt Kenseth since he became a full time race car driver at the NASCAR Sprint Cup level. In fact it was also the number of his Busch Series ride prior to Jack Roush purchasing the team. Now there is word that a press conference is coming that may announce [...]
All that is separating Ricky Stenhouse Jr from a season in the #6 NASCAR Sprint Cup car of Roush-Fenway Racing car is sponsorship. Team owner Jack Roush recently said that he would bring back the car as soon as sponsorship was found. “As soon as I can find sponsorship for it, he’s good to go. [...]
