Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – STP 300 ADVANCE
Team: No. 6 RickyvsTrevor.com Ford Mustang
Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
Chassis: RK-635
THE QUOTES
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 RickyvsTrevor.com Ford Mustang: YOU HAVE RUN WELL IN RECENT WEEKS AND YOUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL MUST BE HIGH. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT? “The confidence is definitely high, but I think it’s because of Jack Roush and everybody at Roush Fenway and Ford Racing sticking behind me. Confidence is huge for us. We were lacking it last year. Obviously, when you crash 12 times in the first half of the season, nobody’s confidence is going to be very high. We started questioning whether we could do this or not, but what I like about it is the great group of guys that are with me right now were with me all through last year. They went through it with us and stuck it out and nobody left or gave up and quit.”
Mike Kelley, Crew Chief, No. 6 RickyvsTrevor.com Ford Mustang: THE STP 300 IS THE FIRST NATIONWIDE SERIES RACE HELD AT CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY IN JUNE. HOW HAS RICKY ADJUSTED TO GOING TO NEW TRACKS AND NEW CONDITIONS? “Ricky is a real quick learner. He’s really progressed on knowing what he wants in a race car, how he wants it to feel, not so much about how fast it is but how he wants it to feel. The weekends that he tells me the car feels really good in practice I don’t even have to look at the time sheets. I know we’re going to have a good run.”
THE FACTS
Stenhouse Jr. is second in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings, one point behind leader Elliott Sadler and one ahead of third-place Reed Sorenson. He leads fourth-place Justin Allgaier by 21 points and fifth-place Aric Almirola by 50…Has racked up three consecutive top-five finishes and four consecutive top-10s entering Chicagoland…Stenhouse has more top-10 finishes (10) and more bonus points (11) than any other NNS regular…Over the last three races he has gained three positions in the series standings and 23 points on the leader…Has 16 top-10 finishes in 35 career superspeedway starts… Has led at least one lap in each of the last three consecutive races and 12 times in eight races this season for 137 total laps…Won Coors Light Pole at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, his third pole in 52 career starts and his second of the 2011 season plus captured his first pole in four starts at Charlotte… Primary car for Chicago finished fifth at Nashville (Lebanon, Tenn.) Superspeedway (race No. 8)…Average starting position for Stenhouse this season is 7.0 while his average finish is 10.2…Has completed 2,515 of 2,576 possible laps (97.6 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 Mike Calinoff Spotter 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 Geoff Doucette 2nd Spotter
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