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Motorsports Brands - Roush-Yates Engines Light Up The Weekend


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Mooresville, NC (June 18, 2012) Roush Yates engines fired up around the country this weekend powering drivers to Victory Lane on dirt and asphalt. In all, eight wins were recorded by seven different drivers in six different series. All racers were running a Ford or Chevrolet configuration of Roush Yates' high performance engines and parts.

Jack Dover - US 36 Raceway - ASCS Midwest-Warrior Series - Ford Sprint 360 engine

Chuck Hebing - Lebanon Valley Speedway - Empire Super Sprints - Ford Sprint 360 engine
Jeremy Payne - Lucas Oil Speedway - USRA Series - 410 Chevy Modified engine
Johnny Allen - Humboldt Speedway - USRA Series - 410 Chevy Modified engine
Terry Phillips - Valley Speedway - MLRA Series - 436 Ford DLM engine
Terry Phillips - Thunder Hill Speedway - MLRA Series - 436 Ford DLM engine
Davey Johnson - Lernerville Speedway - 410 Ford DLM engine
Chris Buescher - Michigan International Speedway - ARCA Series - Ford FR9 engine
Marcos Ambrose - Michigan International Speedway Pole - Sprint Cup

"It's great to see technology from the NASCAR circuit trickle down and benefit racers running our grass root engine programs," said Doug Yates, CEO of Roush Yates Engines. "Our engineers have done an excellent job designing and improving specific parts for the engines and chassis of Saturday night racers. As we continue to develop new products I look forward to seeing more racers win with Roush Yates technology."

Marcos Ambrose, driver of the No. 9 Stanley car for Richard Petty Motorsports, scored his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup pole position on Saturday at Michigan International Raceway with the fastest speed of any driver in the sport in 25 years. Ambrose will go down in history as the new track record holder and officially the fastest man in NASCAR using his Roush Yates FR9 Ford engine.

Roush Yates engines have scored 70 wins in 2012 in multiple series of racing. To learn more about Roush Yates engines and performance products, please visit www.roushyates.com or call 1-877-798-RYPP today.