Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – U.S. Cellular 250 ADVANCE
Team: No. 6 RickyvsTrevor.com Ford Mustang
Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
Chassis: RK-645
THE QUOTES
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 RickyvsTrevor.com Ford Mustang: “Iowa is a fun racetrack. Obviously we had a good run the last time we were there. It’s a racy racetrack and the bump in one and two makes it really fun. We’re taking a new car so I’m excited about that with a new body with new updates on it. Hopefully we’ll be faster than what we were last time. We’d like to lead a lot of laps and win hopefully we can do that.”
IS IT A LITTLE BIT OF GAMBLE TO BRING A NEW CAR BACK TO IOWA SINCE YOU RAN SO WELL THERE BACK IN MAY? “No, not at all because everybody else is making their cars better so we’ve got to make ours better. If you show up at the racetrack with the same car that you had last time everybody else is going to be better and you’re going to be about the same. We passed a lot of race cars last time we were at Iowa so hopefully we can have a really good night in the pits, have a really fast car and keep it up front.”
Mike Kelley, Crew Chief, No. 6 RickyvsTrevor.com Ford Mustang: IOWA LOOKS LIKE A CARBON COPY OF RICHMOND. “Iowa is a seven-eighths mile short track but it carries so much more speed than Richmond. It races almost like an intermediate car. You’ve got to have a good aero-balance on the car. I feel really good about going there. It’s a great racetrack. For a stand-alone Nationwide event the fans are excited about having us there it makes everyone race a little harder.”
THE FACTS
Leading the Way! For the third time in 2011, Stenhouse Jr. leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings. He has a three-point edge over second-place Reed Sorenson and leads third-place Elliott Sadler by 24…Has rallied from a 31-point deficit after Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway (race No. 17) to lead the series standings…Holds track records at Iowa Speedway for BOTH qualifying (135.135 mph for his pole winning effort at the inaugural event in 2009) and average speed of a race (106.132 mph following his victory there in May)…Chassis RK-645 has competed in three races this season with a best finish of second-place at Michigan International Speedway (race No. 15); also ran at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway (race No. 2) and Richmond (Va.) International Raceway (race No. 9)…Led the most laps for the first time in his career in the Kroger 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway (Clermont, Ind.), holding the top spot for 189 of 204 laps…Won the pole last weekend at Lucas Oil Raceway, his third of the 2011 season and fourth in 60 NNS races…Has collected scored more bonus points (17) and more top-10 finishes (16) than any other NNS regular this season…Has won two pole positions (Bristol and Lucas Oil Raceway) in four previous short track races this season and started ninth or better in those events…Has led 260 total laps in four short track races and led at least one lap in each race…Leads NNS regulars in numbers of laps led (396) and miles led (393.92) this season…In 21 races this season, Stenhouse has an average start of 6.8 while his average finish is 9.6 and has completed 98.4 percent of the total possible laps (3,831 of a possible 3,893).
THE TEAM
Name Duties Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Driver Mike Kelley Crew Chief Seth Barbour Engineer Richard Letendre Car Chief Chris Letourneau Front Tire Changer Kyle Coolidge Front Tire Carrier Will Sturgill Jack Man Josh Frankos Rear Tire Changer Jon Bernal Rear Tire Carrier Brian Carr Gas Man/Truck Driver Mike Calinoff Spotter Larry Lally 2nd Truck Driver Edgar Alleman Engine Tuner/Support Lance Allen Pit Support Joe Elliott Pit Support Kenny Deguisto Pit Support Jonathan Dhein Pit Support Geoff Doucette 2nd Spotter
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