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[/media-credit]Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – VFW Sports Clip Help a Hero 200
Team: No. 6 Cargill Beef Ford Mustang
Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
Chassis: RK-740 – primary – last ran at Vegas- finished first.
RK–672 – backup – last ran at Dover – finished first.
Stenhouse, Jr – Darlington Raceway:
Race Event St Fin Laps Money Status Led
5/7/2010 Royal Purple 200 14 37 64/147 $ 19,568 crash 0
5/6/2011 Royal Purple 200 8 10 147/147 $ 20,643 running 0
Races Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Led Money
Cumulative 2 0 0 1 0 0 $40,211
QUOTES
Stenhouse, Jr. on racing at Darlington Raceway:
“I really enjoy racing at Darlington. We were running really strong there last year, passing for third late in the race and got in the wall which messed up our race but we were really fast. I look forward to getting back there. I think we will have another strong top-five run hopefully or even go for the win. I think Darlington is a place that every driver wants to win at. It is a driver’s race track where you can drive your car really hard and up by the fence. It is my kind of race track. We have to make sure we don’t make any mistakes and we should have a shot at the win in our No. 6 Cargill Beef Ford.”
Crew chief Mike Kelley on racing at Darlington Raceway:
“Darlington can be a tough track for a driver which makes the races exciting. Last year we were running fourth and got the famous “Darlington stripe” which damaged our car slightly. We are bringing the same car that we won with at Las Vegas. This is one of Ricky’s favorite tracks. If we can execute on pit-road, I feel confident that we will have another strong performance in our No. 6 Cargill Beef Ford.”
FAST FACTS
So far in 2012, Ricky has two wins, six top-five, and seven top-ten.
Stenhouse is currently the point leader in the NASACAR Nationwide point standings; 5 points ahead of second place Elliott Sadler.
At Darlington, Stenhouse will pilot the No. 6 Cargill Beef Ford.
Stenhouse has not finished outside the top-six in the past 7 races.
