It's that time again. The carousel of changes in the NASCAR world is happening once again right after the season has ended. Once again Roush Fenway was in the news yesterday afternoon with a huge announcement.
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| Greg Biffle and Robbie Reiser both are out at RFR |
Long-term Roush Fenway member Robbie Reiser has been relieved of his general manager duties after serving the role since the 2008 season when he stepped down from being the crew chief of Matt Kenseth. Reiser won Roush Fenway's first Sprint Cup (then Winston Cup) with Kenseth in 2003.
Word is that Reiser was offered a position in car production but has yet to decide where his future will be in the sport. This could be the first of many moves to move Roush Fenway Racing in a different direction since neither Trevor Bayne nor Ricky Stenhouse Jr finished in the top-20 in the points standings and failed to win a race in 2016.
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Stenhouse and Bayne have been teammates
Since 2010 in the Xfinity Series |
For the last two seasons the organization has made critical hires to try to help the improvement of its cars and the atmosphere of the shop. While both Bayne and Stenhouse did show improvement on the track in their statistics, the struggles on track were still clear that there needed to be more changes made to the organization to help improve them for the future and possibly get back to 3 cars.
The two drivers finished 10 points apart in the final standings in 21st and 22nd and looked to be making improvements on the season until mid-August when the series left Bristol. It appeared after Chris Buescher won the race at Pocono for Front Row Motorsports things slid backwards for both Bayne and Stenhouse. The two drivers did make huge improvements on where they were
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