Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – MyAFibStory.com 400 Advance
Team: No. 17 Ford Ecoboost Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
Primary Chassis: RK- 929 – new chassis
Backup Chassis: RK-877 – last ran at Loudon – finished ninth.
ADVANCE NOTES
· Stenhouse at Chicagoland
o Stenhouse made his first career Sprint Cup start at Chicagoland one year ago where he had a solid qualifying effort of fifth and went on to earn a top-10 finish.
o Stenhouse has five career Nationwide Series starts at Chicagoland where he has one win, two top-five and three top-10 finishes. His average starting position in the Nationwide series is 4.8 with an average finishing position of 8.8.
o Last time Mike Kelley was at the reigns for Stenhouse Jr. at Chicagoland, the pair found victory lane for their fifth win of the 2012 NNS season.
· The Car
o Chassis RK-929 is a 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.
Stenhouse on Chicagoland:
“I’m looking forward to Chicago this weekend. We had a really good test at Chicago last month which should help us this weekend. Since we didn’t make the Chase, we will take the final ten races and keep building on our program and take that momentum into the off-season.”
Mike Kelley on Chicagoland:
“Ricky and I have had a lot of success at Chicago in our Nationwide days. We had a really good team test last month that should help our team this weekend. Our group as a whole has really been working hard on our mile-and-a-half program and we feel we are making gains. We are bringing a new car so hopefully we can leave Chicago with a top-10 finish and carry that momentum through the end of the season.”
