Ricky Stenhouse Jr – Hollywood Casino 400 Advance
Team: No. 17 Cargill/Sam’s Club Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
Primary Chassis: RK- 902– last ran at Michigan – finished 15th.
Backup Chassis: RK-877 – last raced at Loudon – finished ninth.
ADVANCE NOTES
· Stenhouse at Kansas
o Stenhouse has three Sprint Cup career starts at Kansas with an average starting position of eight and average finishing position of 21.0.
o Stenhouse is currently 27th in the Sprint Cup standings.
o Stenhouse has one top-five and five top-10 finishes this 2014 season.
· The Car
o Chassis RK-902 is the same chassis that the No.17 team ran at Michigan where Stenhouse Jr. consistently ran in the top-15 for a majority of the race and took the checkered flag in the 15th position.
· Last time at Kansas
o Stenhouse Jr. battled an ill-handling Zest Ford for a majority of Saturday night’s race forcing the two-time champion to settle for a 22nd-place finish.
· Cargill Beef
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.
o Cargill previously partnered with Stenhouse and NASCAR champion crew chief Mike Kelley during the duo’s back-to-back NASCAR Nationwide Series Championships in 2011 and 2012. Cargill first joined Roush Fenway Racing during the 2010 season.
Stenhouse on Kansas:
“We have been working hard on our mile-and-a-half program and showed some improvement at Chicago so I am really looking forward to Kansas this weekend. Kansas is a fast, smooth track, which I like. We led there last year so I feel confident that we can have a strong run this weekend in our Cargill/Sam’s Club Ford.”
Mike Kelley on Kansas:
“We’ve been testing at a lot of mile-and-a-half tracks lately working on our intermediate program. We felt we made gains at Chicago so I feel that should translate into this weekend at Kansas. We will have a lot of people from Cargill in attendance so it would be great to have a strong showing for them this weekend.”
