About
RICKY STENHOUSE JR., DRIVER OF THE NO. 47 CAMARO ZL1 1LE FOR HYAK MOTORSPORTS
DOB: 10/2/1987
HOMETOWN: Olive Branch, MS
NASCAR CUP SERIES ROOKIE YEAR: 2013
HOBBIES: Sprint car racing, listening to country music, playing golf, and working out
NASCAR Cup Series Career Highlights:
Yellawood 500 WIN at Talladega Superspeedway (10/6/2024)
DAYTONA 500 Champion (2/19/2023)
DAYTONA 500 Pole Award (2/9/2020)
Coke Zero 400 WIN at Daytona International Speedway (7/1/2017)
Geico 500 WIN at Talladega Superspeedway (5/17/2017)
2013 NASCAR Cup Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year
Stenhouse Jr.’s path to the NASCAR Cup Series started in the ARCA Racing Series (2008) during Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing’s driver development program. His chance to race a partial schedule during the 2009 NASCAR Xfinity Series season quickly led to a full-time ride in that division with significant accomplishments before his rise to Cup.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Career Highlights:
Back-to-back NASCAR Xfinity Series Championships (2011 and 2012) with crew chief Mike Kelley
In total, scored 8 wins, 40 top-five, 63 top-10 and 8 pole awards
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. played several sports growing up, but watching his dad race sprint cars as a child fueled his love for racing. In addition to Stenhouse Jr.’s NASCAR accolades, he’s decorated with victories in the sprint car racing community where he still competes and is a current owner. Stenhouse Jr. is only one of eight drivers to have won in NASCAR’s premier series as well as the USAC Silver Crown, National Sprint Car, and National Midget Series, alongside drivers like Mario Andretti, Jeff Gordon, and Tony Stewart.