Roush Fenway Racing's Xfinity Series operation began in 1992 with the No. 60 driven by Mark Martin. The No. 60 team has been dominant throughout its history, amassing many wins with Martin; three driver's championships with Greg Biffle in 2002, Carl Edwards in 2007, and Chris Buescher in 2015; and an owner's championship with Edwards in 2011. The No. 6 team won back-to-back driver's championships in 2011 & 2012 with Ricky Stenhouse Jr.[1] [2] Following the departures of Ryan Reed, Chase Briscoe, and Austin Cindric, Roush's Xfinity program was closed following the 2018 season.
| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 06 | Ford | DAY 7 | CAL 12 | MXC 32 | LVS 21 | ATL 18 | BRI 34 | TEX 21 | NSH 32 | PHO 42 | TAL 27 | RCH 22 | DAR 32 | CLT 9 | DOV 18 | NSH 17 | KEN 17 | MLW 23 | DAY 25 | CHI 18 | NHA 13 | MAR 30 | GTY 13 | IRP 24 | GLN 38 | MCH 37 | BRI 39 | CAL 27 | RCH 36 | DOV 13 | KAN 37 | CLT 18 | MEM 16 | TEX 10 | PHO 18 | HOM 9 | 26th | 3304 | |
| 2007 | Mark Martin | DAY 5 | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI | NSH | TEX 12 | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 61st | 282 | ||
On October 30, 2014, Roush Fenway announced that veteran Elliott Sadler would drive the No. 1 car in 2015, bringing sponsor OneMain Financial from Joe Gibbs Racing. This marked Sadler's reunion with former owner and engine builder Doug Yates, and his fourth stint with manufacturer Ford.[7] Sadler earned four top fives and 17 top tens to finish sixth in points. Sadler and OneMain Financial would leave at the end of the season for JR Motorsports.[8] The No. 1 team was shut down, and around 25 employees were released.[9]
See also: Ricky Stenhouse Jr..
The No. 16 car made its Busch Series debut at Daytona in 2006. Greg Biffle drove the Ameriquest-sponsored car in 20 races, winning once at California Speedway and getting nine Top 5's and 18 Top 10's. For 2007, Biffle drove for 19 races in the No. 16, while driving another 12 in the 37 for Brewco Motorsports. Biffle only garnered three Top 5's and 13 Top 10's. Todd Kluever Drove the No. 16 in fourteen races, getting a best finish of eighth at Darlington Raceway. Travis Kvapil and Colin Braun both drove the 16 in one race that year, both got finishes of 21st and 31st.
In 2008, the No. 16 team, sponsored by Citifinancial and 3M, went winless for the second year in a row, Greg Biffle drove the car for 15 races, while Jamie McMurray started three races, and Colin Braun drove for five races, getting a best finish of second at Indianapolis Motorsports Park. Braun also won two poles wins at Mexico City and O'Reilly Raceway Park. Biffle got four Top 5's and ten Top 10's, McMurray only got one Top 5 and Braun also earned one Top 5.
In 2009, the No. 16 saw Colin Braun, Matt Kenseth, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Greg Biffle make starts. Biffle started 14 races, getting four Top 5's and nine Top 10's, and finally won twice, winning at Las Vegas and Phoenix. Kenseth got six Top 5's and ten Top 10's and won once at Darlington. Stenhouse ran seven races, he won a pole at Iowa Speedway and got one Top 5 and two Top 10's. Colin Braun only ran one race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, he finished 40th after engine troubles.
Colin Braun moved up to the ride full-time in 2010 with Con-way Freight as the sponsor for 18 races.[13] Like his teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Braun struggled, crashing out of several races. After 8 races, he was 25th in points and had 5 DNFs, because of this, Jack Roush benched him for 4 of the next 5 races. Braun was replaced by Matt Kenseth at Richmond and Darlington, and Brian Ickler drove at Charlotte and Nashville. Stenhouse was benched for 2 races that year, but he improved quite a bit, Braun didn't so much, because of this, he was benched for even more races. Matt Kenseth drove for another race at Atlanta, Brian Ickler did another 2 at Daytona and Bristol, and Erik Darnell drove 3 races at Richmond, Dover and Texas.[14] Trevor Bayne also drove a single race at Gateway. Braun had only 5 Top 10's finishes in 24 starts, and was released after the end of the season.[15]
In 2011, Colin Braun was replaced by Trevor Bayne.[16] [17] However, after 8 races, Bayne was hospitalized for various illnesses, and Roush development drivers Chris Buescher and Kevin Swindell filled in for him, Buescher ran at Richmond and Darlington, and Swindell ran at Dover, both finished outside the top 10. Matt Kenseth also filled in for 1 race at Charlotte, in which he led 41 laps en route to a win. Bayne returned later in the season, and scored his first win at Texas in the fall. Bayne in the end earned 1 win, 5 Top 5's, 14 Top 10's and finished 11th in the standings. Bayne's crew moved over to RFR's No. 60 to run a limited schedule, and the 16 team shut down for 2012.
For 2013, the No. 16 car was brought back with Chris Buescher, Billy Johnson, Ryan Reed and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Buescher ran 7 races, getting 2 Top 10's in the process. Johnson ran 2 races, getting 2 15th place finishes at Road America and Loudon. Ryan Reed ran 6 races and only got 1 top 10 at Richmond. Stenhouse only ran 1 race at Texas finishing 17th.
In 2014, Ryan Reed was picked to drive the No. 16 full-time with Lilly and the ADA, running for Rookie of the Year.[18] Reed scored only 1 top 5 finish, a fourth at Daytona in July. Reed finishing ninth in driver points while the No. 16 finished 14th in owner points.[19]
Reed returned to the No. 16 for 2015,[7] and won the first race of the season at Daytona, which was also his first career win. Reed was pushed by teammate Buescher past leader Brad Keselowski on the final lap to take the victory.[20] The win would be Reed's only Top 5 and 10 of the year; he would have an average finish of 16.8 to finish tenth in driver points.
In 2016 Reed went winless but improved, earning 1 Top 5, 7 Top 10's and finished 6th in points. Reed won the season opener at Daytona again in 2017, He also got 2 Top 5's, 7 Top 10's and finished 8th in points. In 2018, Reed failed to win a race but he improved his average finish from a 17.8 to a 16.0. he also got 2 Top 5's and 10 Top 10's. After 2018, Roush shut down their Xfinity operation, layng off Reed and other part time drivers and employees.
The 17 car debuted in 1994 at Darlington with driver/owner Robbie Reiser driving the unsponsored car to 35th after a crash. Reiser ran part-time for a few years. He hired Tim Bender to drive the car in 1997. After Bender was injured, Reiser decided to hire fellow Wisconsinite Matt Kenseth to replace him. Kenseth had seven Top 10 finishes and ended the year 22nd in points. His substitution duty was impressive enough to get him a ride in Reiser's car for the next season. Kenseth won his first race at North Carolina in 1998. Driving with new sponsorship from Lycos, he won three races and finished second in points to Dale Earnhardt Jr. DeWalt Tools became the sponsor in 1999, with Kenseth getting an additional four wins and a third-place finish in points.
The team actually was not part of Roush Racing until 2002; Reiser, the team owner, ran Chevrolets through the 2001 season and since then, the No. 17 car has run part-time with a variety of different sponsors, with Kenseth at least co-driving each time. In 2006, the car ran on a limited basis with sponsorships from Ameriquest and Pennzoil. That year, Kenseth won three races. In 2007, the No. 17 car carried sponsorships from Arby's, Dish Network, and Weyerhauser and Kenseth continued driving it, along with Danny O'Quinn, and Michel Jourdain Jr. The car took two wins at California and Texas. Still in the car, Kenseth finishing 10th in points despite competing only 23 races. For 2008, the car's sponsorship was expected to be the same, with Citigroup coming on board for a few races. In 2009, Kenseth raced it in the Camping World 300 at Daytona with a sponsorship form Ritz. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was tapped to drive the car in the Dollar General 300 at Charlotte in October with Save-A-Lot as the main sponsor. The team did not run again until Kansas in October 2010, when Trevor Bayne drove it in six of the remaining 7 races of the 2010 season after he left Michael Waltrip Racing.[16] [21] The team shut down again for 2011.
The No. 26 Ford debuted as the No. 50 at Daytona in 2006. Danny O'Quinn was the driver, with primary sponsorships from World Financial Group and Stonebridge Life Insurance Company, members of the Aegon group, after beginning the season with sponsorship from Roush Racing only. Drew Blickensderfer was the crew chief. O'Quinn had five top-ten finishes and was named Rookie of the Year despite being replaced by David Ragan for two races. The team switched to the No. 26 for 2007, with Greg Biffle driving at Daytona with the Oreo sponsorship. Jamie McMurray then drove the car for the majority of the season sponsored by Dish Network, finishing in the top-ten three times. Todd Kluever drove twice with a best finish of nineteenth. This team did not return in 2008.
| Year | Driver | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | Pts | |
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| 2006 | 50 | Ford | DAY 18 | CAL 31 | MXC 26 | LVS 25 | ATL 25 | BRI 11 | TEX 32 | NSH 14 | PHO 14 | TAL 38 | RCH 20 | DAR 38 | CLT 22 | DOV 24 | NSH 10 | KEN 23 | MLW 7 | DAY 41 | CHI 31 | NHA 29 | MAR 22 | GTY 24 | IRP 6 | GLN 25 | MCH 20 | BRI 26 | RCH 14 | KAN 18 | CLT 5 | MEM 9 | TEX 30 | PHO 32 | HOM 35 | 25th | 3312 | |||
| David Ragan | CAL 41 | DOV 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Greg Biffle | 26 | DAY 10 | CAL | MXC | LVS | 36th | 1851 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jamie McMurray | ATL 14 | BRI | NSH | TEX | PHO 17 | TAL | RCH | DAR | MCH 11 | BRI 9 | CAL 8 | RCH 12 | DOV 40 | KAN 5 | CLT 38 | MEM 7 | TEX | PHO 9 | HOM 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Todd Kluever | CLT 15 | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | GTY 26 | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danny O'Quinn Jr. | NHA 22 | DAY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also: Mark Martin, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and Chris Buescher.
The centerpiece and original car of Roush Racing's Busch operation debuted at the opening race of the 1992 Busch Series season at Daytona. Mark Martin was driving with Winn-Dixie as the sponsor, finishing seventh in that race. For the next several years, this was Martin's personal Busch car and he won enough races to surpass Jack Ingram as the all-time leader of wins in the Busch Series (since surpassed by Kyle Busch). During this time, he and several other Winston Cup drivers came under steep controversy for running the Busch Series as well as Cup. These drivers earned the nickname "Buschwackers."
After the 2000 season, Martin abbreviated his Busch Series schedule, and Winn-Dixie left NASCAR as a sponsor. His replacement was one of Roush's Truck Series drivers Greg Biffle, who brought sponsor W.W. Grainger with him. Biffle had a phenomenal rookie season, winning five times and even leading the championship standings at one point in the season before falling to Kevin Harvick. Biffle returned in 2002, winning four more times and the championship by a wide margin before moving on to Winston Cup, bringing Grainger with him.
For 2003 Roush hired Hollywood stuntman Stanton Barrett, who to that point was a journeyman driver, to drive the No. 60 with OdoBan sponsoring. Despite winning two consecutive poles, the car lost its sponsor and folded before the end of the season. Charter Communications began sponsoring the car in 2004 and Biffle returned to drive the car full-time, winning five times and placing third in the series points standings.
In 2005, Busch Series rookie and Cup Series regular Carl Edwards moved into the 60 car, winning five races en route to finishing third in points, and earning Rookie of the Year honors. Edwards returned to drive the Ameriquest-sponsored Ford for a full-time schedule in 2006, winning four more times and was runner-up for the championship. Edwards continued to pilot the car in 2007, with rotating sponsorship from Scotts, World Financial Group, and others. Edwards and the No. 60 team went on to win the 2007 Busch Grand National Series Championship by a very wide margin over David Reutimann. In 2008 he won five races and finished second in points behind Clint Bowyer in the inaugural Nationwide Series season. Edwards finished second in points again in 2009, finishing behind Kyle Busch. In 2010, Edwards ran for the Nationwide Series Championship again with co-sponsorship from Fastenal and Copart. Despite winning at Road America Gateway, and Texas, Edwards finished runner-up to Brad Keselowski. Edwards drove the No. 60 again in 2011 with only half of the season sponsored by Fastenal.[22] Despite being unable to compete for the drivers championship, as well as missing Road America, Edwards scored a career-high eight wins in 2011 and won the Owners Championship for Jack Roush. With the departure of crew chief Mike Beam to Kyle Busch Motorsports, Edwards announced that he would not contest the Nationwide Series owners championship the next season.
In 2012, Trevor Bayne's No. 16 crew moved over to the No. 60 and ran the first five races with the intent of running the full season. They ended up being sidelined by a lack of sponsorship. Later in 2012, the 60 returned with Edwards at Watkins Glen with Subway sponsoring. Edwards would subsequently win the race. At Montreal, the car was fielded for Roush road course driver Billy Johnson, who finished 8th. The team returned with Bayne at Bristol with backing from the Pat Summit Foundation. At the fall Richmond race, Travis Pastrana drove the car with Ford EcoBoost sponsorship, qualifying fifth and finishing 17th.[23]
Pastrana would drive the No. 60 for the full season in 2013. his first full season of NASCAR competition. While he often showed speed, including a pole at Talladega, Pastrana struggled in his transition from Rally cars to heavier stock cars which led to several crashes.[24] On November 11, 2013, Pastrana announced that he would be leaving full-time NASCAR competition in 2014 due to the performance struggles and lack of sponsorship. He finished the season 14th in points with four top tens.[25]
2012 ARCA champion Chris Buescher began driving the No. 60 in 2014 and competed for the Rookie of the Year award against a strong rookie class. After failing to qualify at Daytona, Buscher had a solid rookie season in spite of Roush Fenway's struggles as an organization.[26] Buescher finished 9th at Las Vegas, 7th at Richmond, 2nd at Talladega, 9th at Charlotte, 11th at Dover, 10th at Michigan, and 12th at the July Daytona race. Buescher finished fifth at New Hampshire to earn a spot in the second Nationwide Dash 4 Cash race at Chicagoland;[27] he would finish 8th at Chicago and 11th at Indianapolis. Fastenal returned to sponsor the 60 at Iowa,[28] where Buescher finished 14th. Cup sponsors Kellogg's and Cheez-It sponsored the car at Watkins Glen.[29] Buescher scored his first career victory at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200, the third rookie to win season and the only win for Roush in the Nationwide Series in 2014.[26] Buescher would finish 7th in points with 14 top tens, and the No. 60 would finish 11th in owners points.
Buescher returned to the No. 60 in 2015.[7] Cup sponsors Fastenal, Cheez-It, Safety-Kleen, and AdvoCare came on to sponsor several races, along with Bit-O-Honey and Salted Nut Roll manufactured by the Pearson's Candy Company.[30] [31] Buescher finished second in the Daytona season-opener behind teammate Ryan Reed.[20] [32] He scored his first victory of the season at Iowa in May, on a green-white-checkered finish.[33] He scored his second win later in the month at Dover, after pit-stop strategy and contact with pole sitter and teammate Darrell Wallace Jr. racing for the lead.[34] [35] After 24 consecutive weeks as the points leader, Buescher won his first Xfinity Series title and the eighth for Roush, with 11 top fives, 20 top tens, and an average finish of 8.4.[36] [37] [38]
The No. 60 returned on a part-time basis for 2016. Trevor Bayne drove one race at Waltkins Glen with sponsorship AdvoCare. Gray Gaulding drove two races beginning at Bristol in August.[39] Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove the car at Phoenix in November, with a sponsorship from SunnyD.[40]
For the 2018 season, the No. 60 car was shared between development drivers Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe, and Ty Majeski, with Mike Kelley as crew chief.[41] It was the team's worst full-time season, as the car was involved in 28 spins or crashes out of the 33 races.[42] The team finished the season 22nd in points and a combined five top-10 finishes with the best finish being a 7th by Majeski in Iowa and had 11 DNFs with a combined average finish of 23.3. Following the season, Roush Fenway Racing shut down its Xfinity program. Cindric has since moved to the Team Penske No. 2 Cup team, scoring his first win in the 2022 Daytona 500 in his 8th Cup Series start while Briscoe drives the No. 14 Cup car for Stewart-Haas Racing, scoring his first win at Phoenix in 2022 in his 40th Cup Series start and is set to move on to Joe Gibbs Racing driving the No. 19 in 2025 replacing Martin Truex Jr. As of 2024, Majeski drives the No. 98 Ford F-Series for ThorSport Racing in the Truck Series.
See main article: Yates Racing.
As part of the breakup of Yates Racing following the 2009 season, Jack Roush purchased the No. 98 Nationwide Series team. Paul Menard briefly drove for the team with sponsorship from Menards. Menard and his sponsor moved to Richard Childress Racing for 2011 and the team ceased operation.