Ricky Stenhouse Jr – Quaker State 400 Advance
Team: No. 17 Fifth Third Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Scott Graves
Primary Chassis: RK- 791 – last raced at Sprint Showdown/All-Star race – finished 2nd in Showdown
Backup Chassis: RK- 811 – chassis raced numerous times by No. 99 in 2012.
ADVANCE NOTES
· Stenhouse Jr. at Kentucky Speedway
o Stenhouse has four Nationwide career starts at Kentucky Speedway earning three top-10 finishes.
o Stenhouse is currently 19th in the Sprint Cup standings; 47 points out of 10th.
· The Car
o Chassis RK-791 is the same chassis that Stenhouse raced his way into the All-Star race by finishing second in the Sprint Showdown. After getting some damage to his Best Buy Ford, Stenhouse battled back to a 16th-place finish in his first All-Star race.
· Fifth Third Bank
o Fifth Third Bank will be on the No. 17 Ford the next two races, Kentucky and Daytona.
o To find the nearest Fifth Third Bank branch near you – visit www.53.com/atm/branchatm
o Win a trip to Las Vegas for the 2013 NASCAR Awards’ Banquet. Go to 53.com/Racing to enter.
Stenhouse Jr. on racing at Kentucky:
“I love racing at night so I am excited to race at Kentucky under the lights. Kentucky is my style of track. It is a 1.5-mile rough track and it is close to home so it will be good to see some family and friends. After a road course race, I’m definitely ready to get back to an oval track. I feel strongly we can get our first top-10 finish at Kentucky.”
Scott Graves on racing at Kentucky:
“We feel the strongest at 1.5-mile tracks so we are looking forward to Kentucky. Rough 1.5-mile tracks really suit Ricky’s racing style. We will work on getting our Fifth Third Ford dialed in but we practice during the day and race at night so we will need to make sure we don’t over adjust during those practice sessions. I feel if we can make our Ford better throughout the race and stay up front that we can leave Kentucky with our first top-10 finish of the season.”
