Do you guys think the Roush Nationwide 6 team can win the championship this year?
Or is it too early in the season to say? Driver's Nationwide performance looks like this. Part-time in his first Nationwide season 2009 (15 races), he had a pole, 34 laps led and 2 top 10's, 7th was his best finish, I thnk. Full-time season in 2010 and led 99 laps, scored three consecutive poles, 11 top-10's, 6 top-5's and his best finish was 3rd. He was 7th in points overall (2nd best Nationwide regular) Ran all but 5 races in 2011(:(sick), 5th in points, 4 points back (as there was a lead share) before he got sick, 14 top-10's, 6 top-5's, got his first win in the series, led 114 laps, no poles but he was on the outside pole a few times, 11th in points, highest of all Nationwide regulars not in every race and second best average finish among Nationwide regulars. Ran 6 races last year ,4th in points after the first 5 races but only ran once more due to sponsor woes, 3 top-10's, 1 top-5, 74 laps led and one pole. This year, one pole and 1 top-5, which is his 1 top-10 as well, currently in 11th, tied in points with 10th place Alex Bowman. Career totals are 1 win, 13 top 5's, 31 top-10's, 6 poles and 324 laps led with 56 lead lap finishes over 87 races. This came from www.racing-reference.com. Keep Cup drivers' Nationwide presence in mind, as this affects the stats, I'm sure. Hope this helps. I can't rule out the possibility as he's a good driver (his team said so in October 2011 and plenty of other folks have too) but he needs more Phoenix types runs and to run every Nationwide race. I'm gotta admit I'm totally biased as this is my Nationwide driver.