Layoffs at Roush Racing

With its Nationwide program contracting and the need for fabricators shrinking, Roush Fenway Racing has decided to lay off as many as 60 employees, a source close to the situation told Sporting News.

Roush will run three Nationwide teams next year, full-time entries for Carl Edwards (No. 60) and Trevor Bayne (No. 16) and what the company hopes will be a full-time ride for 2010 series rookie of the year Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (No. 6), pending sponsorship.

Roush ran four full-time Nationwide cars in 2010. In addition, with Roush affiliate Richard Petty Motorsports contracting from four teams to two next year, Roush is overstaffed when it comes to building the cars it supplies to RPM.