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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Fun Facts
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (born October 2, 1987)[1] is an American NASCAR driver. He currently drives the 6 Blackwell Angus Beef Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Stenhouse was the 2010 Nationwide Rookie of the Year.
Stenhouse began racing stock cars in ARCA in 2008 for Roush Fenway Racing. On May 10, 2008, in only his sixth race in a stock car, Stenhouse, Jr. won his first ARCA RE/MAX Series event at the Drive Smart! Buckle Up Kentucky 150 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. He had two wins in 21 races and finished fourth in the season ranking as a rookie.
For 2009, he began competing in partial schedule in the Nationwide Series at events that conflicted with the Sprint Cup schedule. He had his first Top 10 finish at Kentucky Speedway when he finished ninth. At the following race in Milwaukee, he led 46 laps in the later stages of the race and finished fifth.
2010 was a up and down year for Stenhouse. After crashing out of four out of the first ten races of the season, Stenhouse was replaced by Brian Ickler for three races and Billy Johnson drove at Watkins Glen. After taking on veteran Mike Kelly as crew chief, Stenhouse immediately responded with a third place finish at Daytona. He proceeded to take seven top tens and was locked in a tight battle for Rookie of the Year (ROTY) with Brian Scott. With Scott struggling after his release from Turner Motorsports, Stenhouse took the ROTY award after a fourth place finish at Homestead.
On May 22, 2011, Stenhouse held off charges from Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski for the final 18 laps to claim his first win in the John Deere Dealers 250 at Iowa Speedway, his 51st start in the Nationwide Series.
Stenhouse made his Cup Series debut at the 2011 Coca-Cola 600 substituting for fellow Roush teammate and Trevor Bayne. Ricky finished 11th in the Wood Brothers Racing entry.
