Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Texas Advance
Team: No. 17 Ford Ecoboost Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
Primary Chassis: RK- 899 – new chassis
Backup Chassis: RK-860 – last raced at Texas 2013 – finished 16th
ADVANCE NOTES
· Stenhouse at Texas
o Stenhouse has two Sprint Cup career starts with an average starting position of 13.0 and average finishing position of 28.0.
o Stenhouse is currently 24th in the point standings, with one top-five and two top-10 finishes.
· Car
o Chassis RK-899 is a brand new chassis for the No. 17 team.
· Ford Ecoboost
o Delivering up to 20 percent better fuel economy than conventional engines, EcoBoost uses smaller overall size combined with turbocharging and gasoline direct injection to bring customers the power they want and the fuel economy they need.
· Texas Native
o Underneath mechanic on the No. 17 team Kenny Deguisto is from Garland, TX which is about 50 miles from Fort Worth.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on Texas:
“Texas is one of my favorite tracks. The past two weekends have been tough for our team but I think we are all looking forward to getting to Texas and being competitive. We had a solid run at Las Vegas earlier in the year, another mile-and-a-half track, so I am really looking forward to this weekend and seeing the new big screen.”
Mike Kelley on Texas:
“I am looking forward to Texas after two rough weekends. Ricky and I had success there in the Nationwide series so we hope to build on that this weekend. We’ve been strong at mile-and-a-half tracks this year so hopefully we can rebound this weekend and have a solid top-10 finish.”
