Ricky Stenhouse Jr – Camping World RV 301 Advance
Team: No. 17 Best Buy Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Scott Graves
Primary Chassis: RK- 858- new chassis
Backup Chassis: RK-801 – chassis raced numerous times by No. 99 in 2012.
ADVANCE NOTES
· Stenhouse at New Hampshire
o Stenhouse has three Nationwide career starts, earning two top-five and two top-10 finishes.
o This will be the Sprint Cup rookie’s first Cup start at Loudon but the team tested at NHMS in June to get the rookie some track time.
· The Car
o Chassis RK-858 is a new chassis for the No. 17 team. They brought this machine to the Loudon test last month to get it dialed in for Sunday’s Camping World RV 301.
· Best Buy
o Best Buy joined Roush Fenway Racing and the No. 17 car in 2012.
o After many seasons in the sport, they got their first race win at the 2012 Daytona 500.
o Make sure to follow @BestBuy and use hashtag #BestBuy17 in 2013.
· New Hampshire Natives
o Chris Church and Joey Elliott, mechanics on the No. 17 Best Buy Ford, head to their “home” track this weekend.
o Church, a diehard Boston RedSox fan, grew up in Plaistow, N.H., which is a little over an hour from NHMS.
o Joey Elliott’s hometown of Northwood, N.H is less than 30 minutes from NHMS.
Stenhouse on racing at New Hampshire:
“I’m really looking forward to New Hampshire this weekend. We tested there last month and learned a few things. Our team is determined to get a top-10 this weekend at New Hampshire especially after we were so close last weekend at Daytona. It would be awesome to have a strong showing in our Best Buy Ford with the Fenway Sports Group in attendance.”
Graves on racing at New Hampshire:
”We are bringing a new car that we tested at Loudon a few weeks ago. Despite the weather during the test, we still learned a few things and it gave Ricky some extra seat time. We are still looking for our first top-10 and feel that Loudon could be the track that we finally get it.”
