Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Zippo 200 ADVANCE
Team: No. 6 RickyvsTrevor.com Ford Mustang
Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
Chassis: RK-775
THE QUOTES
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 6 RickyvsTrevor.com Ford Mustang: “My thought process is that I’ve got to get used to the track. I’ve never been to Watkins Glen, haven’t made one lap on it other than a video game. That’s really all I’ve done. I’ve got to thank Jack and everyone that’s helping out with that program to get David [Ragan] and I extra laps there so hopefully he can make the Chase and we can make a run at the championship. I’m going to get to drive Jack’s Grand Am car there to get some more laps and try to get up to speed a little quicker. We’re going to take the same plan as what we took to Road America. We want a top-10, no matter if we lose points. We just want a top-10 from both of the road courses and get out of there. Track time is everything and it doesn’t really matter what car you’re in.
IS THE WATKINS GLEN RACE NOW A BIG WILD CARD FOR YOU? “It’s not any more of a wild card than a speedway race, Road America or Montreal. I’m not great at a road course yet but I haven’t had a lot of time at ‘em.”
THE FACTS
Leading the Way! Stenhouse Jr. leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings by 12 points over second-place Reed Sorenson and is 29 ahead of third-place Elliott Sadler…Will be making his NNS Series debut at Watkins Glen in Saturday’s Zippo 200…In three previous road course starts Stenhouse has one top-10, an eighth-place finish earlier this season at Road America (race No. 16)…Chassis RK-775 will make its debut this weekend at Watkins Glen…Scored his second NNS victory in 61 starts one week ago at Iowa Speedway…Victory at Iowa Speedway qualifies Stenhouse for the Nationwide Insurance Dash for Cash, a $100,000 bonus up for grabs Sept. 9 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway…Has scored four consecutive top-five finishes entering Watkins Glen and has claimed seven top-10s in the last eight races…Racked up more bonus points (21) and more top-10 finishes (17) than any other NNS regular this season…Leads NNS regulars in numbers of laps led (421) and miles led (415.79)…Average finish through 22 races this season is 9.2 and his average start is 6.7 and has completed 4081 of 4143 possible laps (98.5 percent).
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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