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.
The number 06 Ford Fusion was first raced in the Hershey's Kissables 300 at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2006.
Todd Kluever piloted the car, with sponsorship from 3M, for the entire 2006 season,[3] earning four Top 10 finishes and one pole.
This marked Sadler's reunion with former owner and engine builder Doug Yates, and his fourth stint with manufacturer Ford.
Greg Biffle also made 1 start in 2003 at the then called Lowe's Motor Speedway, earning a 12th place finish.
After crashing out of a few early events along with rookie teammate Colin Braun, Roush temporarily benched Stenhouse after he failed to qualify at Nashville in April.
When veteran Mike Kelley took over the pit box, Stenhouse responded with a third-place finish at the fall race at Daytona.
The next year Cargill Meat Solutions sponsored the team for a few races as Citi had left for Kevin Harvick Incorporated.
For 2013, former Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, who had been sidelined in recent years due to illness and lack of sponsorship, drove the car full-time.
In December 2014, it was reported that Truck Series driver and Drive for Diversity graduate Darrell Wallace Jr. had asked for and was granted release from his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing.
[13] Due to lack of sponsorship, Ford EcoBoost and Roush Performance frequently appeared as placeholders on the car, as the brands had done on teammate Chris Buescher's No.
Colin Braun only ran one race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, he finished 40th after engine troubles.
Braun was replaced by Matt Kenseth at Richmond and Darlington, and Brian Ickler drove at Charlotte and Nashville.
Matt Kenseth also filled in for 1 race at Charlotte, in which he led 41 laps en route to a win.
Reed was pushed by teammate Buescher past leader Brad Keselowski on the final lap to take the victory.
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.
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.
O'Quinn had five top-ten finishes and was named Rookie of the Year despite being replaced by David Ragan for two races.
Jamie McMurray then drove the car for the majority of the season sponsored by Dish Network, finishing in the top-ten three times.
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.
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.
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.
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.
At the fall Richmond race, Travis Pastrana drove the car with Ford EcoBoost sponsorship, qualifying fifth and finishing 17th.
[25] 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.
After failing to qualify at Daytona, Buscher had a solid rookie season in spite of Roush Fenway's struggles as an organization.
[27] 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.
[34] 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.
60 car was shared between development drivers Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe, and Ty Majeski, with Mike Kelley as crew chief.