[media-credit name=”daytonainternationalspeedway.com” align=”alignright” width=”272″][/media-credit]Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. – DRIVE4COPD 300 Advance
Team: No. 6 Kelloggs Pop-tart/Rice Krispies Ford Mustang
Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
Chassis: RK-718– primary – New Nationwide Chassis
RK–679 – backup – New Nationwide Chassis
Stenhouse, Jr – Daytona International Speedway:
Race Event St Fin Laps Money Status Led 2/13/2010
DRIVE4COPD 300 10 36 68/120 $ 52,453 crash 0 7/2/2010 Subway Jalapeno 250 6 3 102/102 $ 52,818 running 0 2/19/2011
DRIVE4COPD 300 10 8 120/120 $ 55,603 running 0 7/1/2011 Subway Jalapeno 250 12 27 100/100 $ 21,143 running 5
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Money
Cumulative 4 0 1 2 0 5 $182,017
QUOTES
Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Daytona International Speedway:
“We’re ready for another championship. Our Nationwide Series season starts this week and I think we have worked on a few things that we needed to work on during the off-season and want to start out strong this year. We’ve got Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats and Pop-Tarts on our No. 6 Ford Mustang this weekend. They will stock us up for breakfast and snacks throughout the season.”
Crew chief Mike Kelley on racing at Daytona International Speedway:
“I am ready to head to Daytona. We know we have a bulls-eye on our backs, but I am confident that we are strong enough to go for another championship. We made a few changes to our team but the majority of the championship team is still together. Daytona is always tricky because you have to stay out of trouble because you don’t want to be caught up in the big one. Ricky and I will talk about our strategy, but I feel strongly that we can get this No. 6 Kelloggs Pop-Tarts/Rice Krispies Ford to victory lane.”
FAST FACTS
In 2011, Stenhouse had two wins, 16 top-five, 26 top-ten, three poles and claimed the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver’s championship. Stenhouse’s average start at Daytona is 9.5 Stenhouse’s average finish at Daytona is 18.5 and he has completed 390/442 laps there.