Ricky Stenhouse Jr – Camping World RV Sales 301 Advance
Team: No. 17 Cargill Beef/Wegman’s Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
Primary Chassis: RK- 877- last raced at Richmond – finished 38th.
Backup Chassis: RK-888 – last raced at Bristol- finished second.
ADVANCE NOTES
· Stenhouse at New Hampshire
o Stenhouse has two Sprint Cup career starts at New Hampshire with an average starting position of 27.0 and average finish position of 29.0.
· The Car
o Chassis RK-877 is the same chassis that the No. 17 team raced at Richmond when Stenhouse Jr. was running lap times faster than the leader before suffering a blown right front tire on his No. 17 Ford, forcing the 2013 Rookie of the Year to settle for a 38th-place finish.
· Cargill
o Cargill provides food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services to the world. Together with farmers, customers, governments and communities, they help people thrive by applying their insights and nearly 150 years of experience. Cargill has 143,000 employees in 67 countries who are committed to feeding the world in a responsible way, reducing environmental impact and improving the communities where they live and work. Cargill is also one of the largest beef producers in the U.S. For more information, visit Cargill.com and News Center.
· New Hampshire Native
o Chris Church, a diehard Boston RedSox fan, grew up in Plaistow, N.H., which is a little over an hour from NHMS.
Stenhouse on racing at New Hampshire:
“I’m looking forward to racing at New Hampshire this weekend. I can’t think of a better track to turn our season around since it is the home track for the Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Group. We have had some solid runs this year at the short tracks so hopefully we can get a top-10 finish this weekend in our Cargill Beef/Wegman’s Ford.”
Kelley on racing at New Hampshire:
“New Hampshire is a fast one-mile track that Ricky had success at in Nationwide days. This is Fenway Sports Group’s home track so we want to have a strong run this weekend. We have had some bad luck lately so we need to leave New Hampshire this weekend with a top-10 finish.”
