Team: No. 17 Fifth Third Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Brian Pattie
Twitter: @Stenhouse17Team, @stenhousejr, and @roushfenway
ADVANCE NOTES
Stenhouse Jr. at Martinsville Speedway
Stenhouse has 11 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) starts at Martinsville with an average starting position of 23.2.
Out of his 11 starts, Stenhouse has scored two top-10 finishes, both coming last season.
Last time at Martinsville
After having to go to a backup car, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was stifled by a starting position at the rear and could not advance through the field in Monday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Martinsville Speedway, ultimately finishing 37th in the 263-mile event.
Virginia Natives
Two members of the No. 17 team grew up close to Martinsville Speedway. Engine tuner Jonathan Salmons was raised in Bassett, Virginia, which is approximately 15 miles north of Martinsville Speedway. Veteran truck driver DeWayne Zirkle is from Roanoke, Virginia which is approximately an hour north of the track.
On the Car
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of Dec. 31, 2016, the Company had $142 billion in assets and operates 1,191 full-service Banking Centers, including 94 Bank Mart® locations, most open seven days a week, inside select grocery stores and 2,495 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth Third operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and Wealth & Asset Management.
Stenhouse Jr. on racing at Martinsville:
“Martinsville has always been a tough track for me. Last year we were able to score two top-10 finishes so we will go back and look at those notes for this weekend. We struggled there in the spring but we found the issue when we got back to the shop. Hopefully we can have a good weekend at Martinsville and close out these final four races strong.”
