About
RICKY STENHOUSE JR., DRIVER OF THE NO. 47
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
Mississippi native Ricky Stenhouse Jr. enters his seventh full-time NASCAR Cup Series season behind the wheel of the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro for the newly rebranded Hyakl Motorsports and his 14th overall full-time Cup Series season. He started his racing journey at the age of six in kart racing where he amounted 47 wins and 90 podium finishes prior to moving up to sprint car racing in 2003. He acquired a number
of titles, awards, and wins prior to moving to the ARCA Menards Racing Series in 2008.
From there he climbed the ranks of NASCAR, including earning back to back NASCAR Xfinity Series championships in 2011 and 2012 before moving full time to the Cup Series in 2013. He earned Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors to go along with his four wins, 26 top fives, and 63 top 10s. Fast forward to 2020, Stenhouse joined the No. 47
team as its full time driver. Two of his victories have come with that iconic number: the
2023 Daytona 500 win at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway and his 2024 YellaWood
500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
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.
