Roush Fenway Racing announced today that Erik Darnell will pilot the No. 16 3M Ford in three NASCAR Nationwide Series races during the 2010 season starting at Richmond International Raceway next weekend. Darnell is also scheduled to participate in the Nationwide events at Dover International Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway. Darnell, 27, began his Roush Fenway Racing career in the Camping Worl... more.

Matt Kenseth is set to make his third Nationwide Series start this season for Roush Fenway Racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway driving the No. 16 World Financial Group (WFG) Ford. The Atlanta-based WFG began their partnership with Roush Fenway Racing in 2004 and they are making their first on-track appearance since winning with Carl Edwards at Phoenix International Raceway in 2008. World Financial... more.

NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was injured, but walked away from a plane crash in Wisconsin, Roush Fenway Racing president Geoff Smith tells The Associated Press. "There are injuries. Possible surgery," Smith said in a text message to AP. "But he walked out of the plane." Read More on That's Racin... more.

Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 60 Copart.com / Fastenal Ford in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, will be in his home state of Missouri this week to race at Gateway International Raceway Saturday night, and Edwards’ primary NASCAR Sprint Cup Series sponsor, Aflac will be riding with him as the primary sponsor. At this point Aflac has now participated in every form of motorsports entr... more.

Roush Fenway Racing has named Rick Viers as the crew chief of its No. 16 Nationwide team. Viers assumes the duty immediately and will lead the team this weekend at Road America (Wis.). "I'm thrilled with the opportunity I have to come over and lead the No. 16 team here at Roush Fenway Racing," Viers said.  "Just being here for a very short period of time, I can see there are a ton of resources... more.

Sirius NASCAR Radio’s Sirius Speedway with Dave Moody has learned that Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., may not drive the #6 Roush Fenway Racing Nationwide Series Ford this weekend at Kentucky Speedway, and could be demoted to a part-time schedule or removed from the ride entirely. Stenhouse failed to qualify for last weekend’s race at Nashville Superspeedway, dropping to 25th place in the Nationwide ... more.

Mike Kelley has been named the new crew chief for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and the No. 6 CitiFinancial Ford team. Kelley, who started the season on top of the No. 60 pitbox before Drew Blickensderfer’s reassignment, replaces Ben Leslie. Kelley most recently served as competition director for Roush Fenway Racing’s Nationwide Series program. Given Stenhouse’s slow start to the season, the cha... more.

“We are satisfied that NASCAR fairly considered all the circumstances in its decision to discipline Carl (Edwards). We look forward to meeting with NASCAR, Roger (Penske) and Brad (Keselowski) in Bristol next weekend and it is our hope to put this behind us at that time. Missed in all of this was a really strong performance by Roush Fenway – and the Ford teams in general – at Atlanta last we... more.

Bryan Davis Keith, lead Nationwide Series writer for Frontstretch.com and a contributing writer for THL, had a chance to sit down with Roush Racing driver Colin Braun to discuss his rookie season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Bryan Davis Keith: You've got a lot of help on the Nationwide Series side. You've got a fellow rookie in Ricky Stenhouse Jr. who's making his full-time debut in the ser... more.

While the weekend started off slow for the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing team, it got fast in a hurry as Ricky Stenhouse Jr. qualified his Ford Fusion seventh for the Sam’s Town 300. After rain delayed the start of the event for nearly two hours, the rookie showed tremendous poise as he was steadily running in the top-15 for the first half of the race. But on lap 117, Stenhouse slipped up the track ... more.

It was a weekend that truly was like night and day for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and the No. 6 team.  After fighting a tight car in both practices on Friday, the crew loosened up the CitiFinancial Ford Fusion for Saturday’s time trials.  Stenhouse qualified 26th and was optimistic that his machine would come to life in the Stater Bros. 300.  However, the rookie was a victim of someone else’s misf... more.