Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – DRIVE4COPD 300 ADVANCE
Team: No. 6 Blackwell Angus Ford Mustang Crew Chief: Mike Kelley Chassis: RK-665
THE STATS
Date Event S F Laps Status Winnings 2-13-10 DRIVE4COPD 300 10 36 68/120 Accident $52,453 7-2-10 Subway Jalapeno 250 6 3 120/120 Running $52,818
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Money Cumulative 2 0 1 1 $105,271
THE QUOTES
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 Blackwell Angus Ford Mustang: “I’m looking forward to it because I think our cars are better than what they were when we were running the Mustangs last year. I think our motor program is better and I think across the board our team is really, really solid that we kept together from last year. It’ll be a little different with the new surface. I think it’s going to really even the playing field out for everybody. I was kind of looking forward to going back and it being the rough, slick surface that it used to be but it’ll be cool to get on the new Daytona.”
ARE YOU PLANNING TO USE THE SAME CAR THAT RAN AT DAYTONA IN JULY? “It’s a new car. The car we ran in July I think is going to be our backup but like I said we had it built for handling and now we’re going to need to go back with a Talladega package, something that’s just strictly fast.”
DO YOU THINK YOU WILL GET MORE DRAFTING HELP THIS YEAR BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT A ROOKIE? “We really didn’t have too big of a problem at Daytona in July once we started running well and the way we ended running well last year I felt like I got a lot more respect at Homestead and Texas and Kansas than I did in the beginning of the year. Putting together races and us finishing well towards the end of the year helped the respect factor I feel like but I’m not one to jump in and out of line. I just kind of stay in line and do what everybody else does. Generally it turns out alright so hopefully towards the end of the race we can get some good help.”
THE FACTS
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earned 2010 Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year honors by rallying from a 35-point deficit, the largest in NASCAR national series history…Qualified sixth last July in only previous attempt at Daytona (February qualifying was rained out)…Stenhouse Jr. has completed 170 of 222 possible laps in two starts at the 2.5-mile speedway (76.6 percent).
THE TEAM
Name Duties Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Driver Mike Kelley Crew Chief Seth Barbour Engineer Richard Letendre Car Chief Chris Letourneau Front Tire Changer Kyle Coolidge Front Tire Carrier Kevin Kramzer Jack Man Josh Frankos Rear Tire Changer Jon Bernal Rear Tire Carrier Brian Carr Gas Man/Truck Driver CB Gilbert 2nd Gas Can Spotter Mike Calinoff Larry Lally 2nd Truck Driver Edgar Alleman Engine Tuner/Support Lance Allen Pit Support Joe Elliott Pit Support Kenny Deguisto Pit Support Jeff Cordero Pit Support
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