 Stenhouse at the NASCAR Cup Series Food City practice at the Bristol Motor Speedway in April 2018 | ||
| Born | October 2, 1987 Memphis, Tennessee | |
| Awards | 2x NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year 2013 Cup Series Rookie of the Year | |
| NASCAR Cup Series career | ||
| Car No.-Team 47 – JTG Daugherty Racing | ||
| 2020 pts finish | 24th | |
| Best pts finish | 13th (2017) | |
| First race | 2011 Coca-Cola 600 | |
| First win | 2017 GEICO 500 | |
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | ||
| Wins 8 |
Top 10's 63 | |
| Best pts finish | 1st (2011, 2012) | |
| First race | 2009 Nashville 300 | |
| First win | 2011 John Deere Dealers 250 | |
| Last race | 2016 Ticket Galaxy 200 | |
| stats at racing-reference.info profile at nascar.com | ||
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (born October 2, 1987) is an American NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #47 Chevrolet Camaro for JTG Daugherty Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Career[]
Stenhouse began racing 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, KY. He had two wins in 21 races and finished fourth in the season ranking as a rookie.[1]
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.[2]
In 2017 in the Monster Energy Nascar Cup Series Stenhouse got his first and second wins at Talladega for the Talladega Geico 500 and The Daytona Coke Zero 400.
Career history[]
| ARCA Menards Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years | Car No. | Team | |
| 2008 | 99 | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Xfinity Series | |||
| Years | Car No. | Team | |
| 2009 | 16 | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| 2010-2012 | 6 | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Cup Series | |||
| Years | Car No. | Team | |
| 2011 | 6 | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| 2012-2019 | 17 | Roush Racing | |
| 2020-present | 47 | JTG Daugherty Racing | |
External links[]
- ↑ "2008 ARCA driving statistics". Racing-reference. Retrieved on 2009-07-19.
- ↑ "2009 Nationwide Series results". Racing-reference. Retrieved on 2009-07-19.