Roush Fenway Racing officials have announced the addition of three key members to its competition group as the organization prepares for the 2016 NASCAR season and beyond.
Kurt Romberg, most recently chief aerodynamicist for Hendrick Motorsports, has been named Technical Director of Aerodynamics at RFR. Prior to joining Hendrick, Romberg worked with General Motors and Petty Enterprises. He spent the last 15 years at Hendrick.
Dr. Kent Day has been named Manager of Simulation. Day has more than two decades of experience and has served as technical director at Team Penske and Richard Childress Racing. In his last role, Day specialized in vehicle dynamics while with Michael Waltrip Racing.
Vojin Jaksic worked at RFR from 2005-11 before leaving for stints with MWR and Joe Gibbs Racing. He will serve as research and development/special projects manager in his new role.
“It takes great talent to win in this sport and we are very pleased with the additions we have made on the competition front,” team owner Jack Roush said in a statement announcing the new hires. “We recognize the importance of putting the appropriate personnel into place as we continue our relentless pursuit to put the best and most competitive race teams on the track.”
Roush Fenway Racing captured its eighth NASCAR championship in 2015 with driver Chris Buescher winning the XFINITY Series title. The organization also won Sprint Cup with Matt Kenseth (2003) and Kurt Busch (’04); XFINITY Series titles with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2011-12), Carl Edwards (’07) and Greg Biffle (’02), as well as the Camping World Truck Series championship with Biffle in 2000.
This past season, RFR failed to place a driver in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup for the first time since the format debuted in ’04. Biffle finished 20th in the final points standings, while teammates Stenhouse and Trevor Bayne were 25th and 29th respectively.
Roush Fenway drivers have won 135 Sprint Cup races (third most in the series), 137 in the XFINITY Series and 50 in the Truck Series. The organization has not fielded a Truck entry since ’09.