Niece Motorsports has introduced Ricky Stenhouse Jr. as the motive force of the No. 45 Chevrolet Silverado within the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Collection season-opener at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.
Stenhouse is a veteran of the NASCAR Cup Collection with over 400 begins and 4 wins — all at superspeedways. He received the summer season Daytona race in 2017, however his crowning achievement got here in 2023 because the winner of the Daytona 500.Â
The 38-year-old additionally had loads of success within the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Components Collection, profitable back-to-back titles there in 2011 and 2012. Regardless of almost 600 begins between the highest two divisions, the Olive Department, Mississippi, native has by no means truly made a begin within the Truck Collection.Â
“I’ve at all times wished to run a truck, however by no means had the chance to place one thing collectively,” mentioned Stenhouse Jr. “When Cody (Efaw) known as me, I undoubtedly had a whole lot of curiosity to see what all they’ve been constructing right here at Niece Motorsports, particularly their stage of competitors. With it being at Daytona, clearly profitable the five hundred was superior, and I would like to win a Truck Collection race there, too. I’ve at all times wished to race a truck, however I wished it to be aggressive – and this checks all of these packing containers.”
J.F. Electrical will again Stenhouse’s effort. Niece additionally plans to run Stenhouse within the second race of the yr at one other drafting observe — EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta).Â
“We’re all very excited to welcome Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to our workforce for his first time racing within the Truck Collection,” mentioned Cody Efaw, Niece Motorsports CEO. “I’ve identified Ricky for a number of years now courting again to our time at Roush (now RFK Racing), and he is at all times been a pure on tremendous speedways. I imagine he may have a real shot at contending for the win at each Daytona and Atlanta.”
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