Roush Yates Performance Products

Mooresville, NC (May 21, 2012) Wins came rolling in from all around the country with drivers finding Victory Lane on dirt and asphalt using their Roush Yates-powered engines.

Chuck “Cobra” Hebing entered Saturday’s Patriot Sprint Tour event at Woodhull, NY as the clear-cut favorite. Looking for his first win in 2012, Hebing used his Roush Yates Ford Sprint 360 engine to move around Bryan Howland on a lap-seven restart and hold off the entire field to win the ASCS Patriot season opener. Hebing started ninth but moved up easily due in large part to the fact that he was the only competitor in the 22 car field that could run the very top of the racetrack in the early stages.

“The track was definitely a challenge tonight,” admitting Hebing in Victory Lane. “The track was interesting but it was tough. We definitely had a lot of power. You couldn’t get near that cushion but I kept getting on it. It was the only way to be fast.”

The win was Hebing’s fifth victory at Woodhull and his 36^th career Patriot Sprint Tour A-main victory.

Buzzie Reutiman had a great weekend at Ocala (FL) Speedway with his Roush Yates 410 Chevy Dirt Modified engine in the Scorpion Racing Products Modified division. Dalton Lanich was leading with 11 laps to go but Reutiman was slowly making ground. With only 5 to go the yellow came out, setting Reutiman up with the lead and the win.

All eyes were on Brandon Sheppard this weekend and the young man made the most of it. Sheppard piloted a new Rocket Chassis house car for the first time Saturday night at Wayne County Speedway in the World of Outlaws Dirt Late Model Series. He had a great run on second place Ron Davies during the closing laps and flew down the back stretch looking to go high. At the last second he dove under Davies with his Roush Yates powered Ford 410 Dirt Late Model engine to get beside him and complete the pass coming off turn four.  On lap eighteen first place Russ King relinquished the lead to Sheppard for the win.

Chub Frank, driver of a Roush Yates Ford 410 Dirt Late Model engine, pulled off a flag-to-flag triumph at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, PA last Friday night. Frank took full advantage of an off weekend from World of Outlaws Late Model Series competition for a visit to Victory Lane.

“It always feels good to get a win,” said Frank. “I don’t care where you’re at – it’s hard to win anytime in these cars anymore.”

Tim Isenberg also experienced Victory Lane this weekend in Darlington with his 410 Ford Dirt Late Model engine.

Chris Buescher brought Roush Yates their first ARCA win of the season at Toledo Speedway on Sunday. Buescher passed nine-time winner Frank Kimmel just after the final restart and held off the veteran for the final 48 laps to score the win. His final margin of victory was 3.514 seconds.

“I had a lot of fun racing with Frank,” said Buescher, development driver for Roush Fenway Racing. “There’s no better way to win here. To get the win from Frank was a blast. Hats off to the Roulo Borthers and the help we get from Roush Fenway and everyone at the engine shop at Roush Yates. It was just a blast all day.”

The victory was the sixth of Buescher’s career.

Ricky Stenhouse, reigning Nationwide Series champion and points leader, won again Sunday at Iowa Speedway. Leading 209 of 250 laps, Stenhouse built a lead on the field of over five seconds at times during the race.

“It almost feels like a hometown race to us now,” said Stenhouse Jr. in Victory Lane. “This is the way you want to win them. You want to go out and dominate.”

Stenhouse Jr. extended his lead in the points standings to 28 over Elliott Sadler.

Mooresville, NC (May 3, 2012) Roush Yates begins a quest to gather 1,000 pair of gently used sneakers in an effort to raise funds for local families with children fighting cancer.   

“Each pair of tennis shoes we collect turns into money for the many needs in the community,” says CEO of Roush Yates, Doug Yates.  “We hope to collect one-thousand pair of used tennis shoes, which translates into one-thousand dollars for local families in need.” 

Throughout the next two weeks, starting on Friday, May 4, Roush Yates Engines and Roush Yates Performance Products employees will be reaching out throughout the Mooresville community in search of the valuable used footwear. Shoes must be of the gently used variety, though they may contain holes no larger than a dime, must have the soles and backs intact, and must include the laces.   

Roush Yates contacted a group called Green Sneakers who makes the program available to organizations needing to raise funds for various causes.  Green Sneakers pays the group up to $.50 a pound for the shoes.  With an average pair of shoes weighing in at about 2 pounds, that’s roughly $1 a pair.  Eventually the shoes go to a sorting facility where Green Sneakers staff process the collection, keeping them from the  local landfill, and making them ready for distribution to other people in need.

Ultimately Roush Yates employees hope to gather at least 1,000 pairs of the sneakers between May 4^th and May 18^th. Residents in the area are encouraged to drop shoes at Roush Yates Performance Products during regular business hours from 7am to 6pm Monday through Friday or 9am to 1pm on Saturdays at 122 Knob Hill Road in Mooresville, NC. 

For additional information on the sneaker drive contact Roush Yates at 704-662-6982.

Mooresville, NC (April 30, 2012)  Roush Yates’ newest engine designs are proving to be the fastest, with cars winning in the United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS) and the DIRTcar Late Models Series this weekend. Chris Buescher also found power in the ARCA Series, winning the pole position in qualifying with his FR9 engine.

Chris Brown earned his fifth career win in the USMTS series on Thursday night at Rice Lake Speedway in Rice Lake, WI. Brown and teammate Kelly Shryock, both drivers of the new Roush Yates USMTS engine, started on the second row. Midway through the race, Brown began to apply pressure to leader Jason Miller and took the lead with only 19 laps to go. From there, Brown was able to cruise to the $4,000 win.

Gregg Satterlee is a new customer to Roush Yates engines in 2012 and he isn’t wasting anytime collecting wins. Satterlee took the checkers in the Precise Racing Products DIRTcar Late Models feature at Lernerville Speedway on Friday night to collect his third win of the season.  With an aggressive schedule planned for his Roush Yates 410 Dirt Late Model engine this season,  Satterlee is glad to have made the change to Roush Yates power.

Chris Buescher, driving the No. 17 Ford for Roulo Brothers Racing, completed a qualifying lap of 17.06 seconds to win the pole at Salem Speedway in the ARCA Racing Series. Buescher is driving an FR9 Ford Roush Yates engine this season. Saturday’s pole was his fourth in 37 events since 2009 and he finished seventh in Sunday’s Kentuckiana Ford Dealers 200.

Roush Yates engines will continue racing across the country next weekend in NASCAR, Dirt Late Model, Dirt Modified, Off-Road Truck, and Drag racing series. To learn more about Roush Yates engines and performance products, visit www.roushyates.com or call 1-877-798-RYPP.

Mooresville, NC (April 25, 2012)  Wood Brothers Racing and Trevor Bayne brought Roush Yates’ FR9 engine to Victory Lane in one of the sport’s most memorable Daytona 500 races just over one year ago. Now Bayne, along with Eddie, Len, Jordan, Jon, and Keven Wood have officially turned over the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

The Wood Brothers Racing car was inducted on March 23, 2012 into the “Driving America” exhibit next to the Indy 500-winning Lotus that cruised to victory in 1965 behind the quick pit stops designed by Wood Brothers Racing, and Sweepstakes, the car that Henry Ford himself drove to victory against Alexander Winton on Oct. 19, 1901.

“I’m really excited. This is a huge honor for us,” said an elated Bayne. “The drink bottle, everything is exactly where it was in the cockpit and that is special to me.”

The No. 21 Ford Fusion entered the Henry Ford Museum after sitting at the Daytona 500 Speedway exhibit for a year. The red and white race car was unwashed, with confetti still glued to it from the victory bath of now dried Gatorade and Coca-Cola.

“The car is really dirty,” said Eddie Wood. “In fact, it’s nasty. The odd thing about it is there’s no champagne on it like you usually have in Victory Lane because Trevor was 20 at the time, so they didn’t allow it there, which is really cool. It’s a great honor to have our car in here.”

Bayne’s monumental victory not only revived Wood Brothers Racing by giving them their first Sprint Cup Series win in over ten years, but it also provided Ford Racing with their 600^th Sprint Cup victory.

“People often ask me what the most memorable race I have attended was,” Edsel Ford said. “Certainly being with my father at LeMans in 1966, when Ford beat Ferrari, is clearly one of the highlights. But even though I’ve been at many memorable wins for Ford, at LeMans or many Formula One races or Trans Am or NHRA, I think being at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 20, 2011 ranks well above them all.”

Another man that can attest to the exceptional pride that comes from winning the Daytona 500 is Doug Yates, CEO of Roush Yates Engines and engine builder for Wood Brothers Racing.

“The Daytona 500 has always been a special race for me and my family,” said Yates. “Seeing Glen, Leonard, Eddie and Len Wood alongside Trevor Bayne in Victory Lane last year was definitely a highlight for me. It’s a great honor to have the No. 21 with our engine sitting in the prestigious Henry Ford Museum.”

To learn more about all the drivers that use Roush Yates engines every week, visit www.roushyates.com.

(Mooresville, NC) April 23, 2012  - Roush Yates Engines were victorious on dirt tracks this weekend, scoring wins in the Lucas Oil Off-Road Truck Series, the United States Modified Touring Series, and the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.

Brian Deegan captured his first win of the season in the Lucas Oil Off-Road Truck Series Pro 2 race on Saturday night with his Roush Yates Ford 436 Off-Road engine. After a two-year absence from the schedule, Deegan was glad to see the LOORS series return to Southern California’s Lake Elsinore Motorsports Complex. After putting down the fastest laps all weekend, Deegan started on the pole both Saturday and Sunday night’s Pro 2 race.

Kelly Shryock of Fertile, Iowa, blasted past the field to win the Battle Royale at the historic Muscatine County Fairgrounds (West Liberty, IA). Shryock runs a 410 Roush Yates USMTS Spec engine in the United States Modified Touring Series. The seven-time USMTS national champion passed Mike Hejna on lap 13 in the $2,000-to-win feature and never looked back to capture his 27^th main event win of the season.

Scott Bloomquist has been on a much anticipated winning streak, scoring victories in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series for the last two weeks. The 2-time Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series National Champion captured a win Friday night at Roaring Knob Motorsports Complex (Markleysburg, PA) before a record crowd. Bloomquist had a slow start to the season but is gaining ground fast after moving up to fourth in the LOLMDS points standings.

“We decided before Virginia that we needed to start running better, the car has been flawless during the last two weeks and the Roush Yates engine has been spectacular as well.” said Bloomquist. “I have to thank all my sponsors for sticking with us. We are back and it sure feels good.”

“It was a great week for us on the dirt tracks,” said Roush Yates CEO Doug Yates. “I’d also like to congratulate Ricky Johnson and Bryce Menzies for their wins in the Traxxas TORC Off-Road Truck Series in Charlotte this weekend.

Yates added: “Aside from providing many teams with new and refreshed engines throughout the grassroots racing arena, I can’t over emphasize that Roush Yates Performance Products prides itself on providing parts and tuning services for many teams like Menzies Motorsports. Whether we’re supplying engines, service, new and used parts, or just expert advice, it’s always good to see any Roush Yates customer in Victory Lane.”

To learn more about Roush Yates engines, services, and performance products, please visit www.roushyatesparts.com or call 1-877-798-RYPP