Team: No. 6 Fastenal Ford Mustang
Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
Chassis: RK-785
THE QUOTES
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 Fastenal Ford Mustang: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ROAD COURSES IN GENERAL? “It’s definitely foreign to me, but, then again, it’s a lot of fun. Sometimes it gets frustrating just because you have some of these guys that come in and are just really, really good at it and it frustrates you when you can’t go up and run with them, but it’s a lot of fun still. It’s something new and something different and you always learn no matter what right down to the checkered flag, so I enjoy that.”
COMMENT ON RACING AT CIRCUIT GILLES VILLENEUVE. “We had some decent speed at Montreal last year. We pitted and thought we were going to be on a good pit sequence. We were just going to kind of ride around and came around the blind corner there, Turn 5 I think, and they were stopped and we got in a wreck. Hopefully we can keep from doing that but felt like we had a top-10 car there so we’re looking forward to going back.”
IS MONTREAL THE MOST CHALLENGING ROAD COURSE? “I think so for me. I’d been to Road America before last year and I was really comfortable there. Last year was my first time at Montreal was the first time I went to last year and it’s pretty difficult with the braking zones and stuff like that. Montreal is probably one of the toughest ones.”
THE FACTS
Leading the Way! Stenhouse Jr. leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings by 10 points over second-place Reed Sorenson and is 24 ahead of third-place Elliott Sadler…Has led the series standings for three consecutive races…Chassis RK-785 will make its debut at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve…In four previous road course starts Stenhouse has one top-10, an eighth-place finish earlier this season at Road America (race No. 16)…Competed in the Canadian Tire 200 Grand-Am race Aug. 13 at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International to prepare for this weekend’s race in Montreal. Teamed with David Ragan to post a 12th-place finish in the GT class…Has scored four top-five finishes in the last five races entering the NAPA Auto Parts 200 and has claimed seven top-10s in the last nine races…Racked up more bonus points (21) and more top-10 finishes (17) than any other NNS regular this season…Leads NNS regulars in numbers of laps led (421) and miles led (415.79)…Average finish through 23 races this season is 9.4 and his average start is 6.9 and has completed 4,165 of 4,228 possible laps (98.5 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 Will Sturgill Jack Man Josh Frankos Rear Tire Changer Jon Bernal Rear Tire Carrier Brian Carr Gas Man/Truck Driver 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 Jonathan Dhein Pit Support Geoff Doucette 2nd Spotter
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