2023 Daytona 500 champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has agreed to a multi-year contract extension with Hyak Motorsports, protecting him as the driving force of the No. 47 Chevrolet.
“Ricky has been an enormous a part of what we’re constructing at Hyak Motorsports, and we’re proud to proceed this partnership for years to return,” mentioned Gordon Smith, proprietor of Hyak Motorsports. “He brings expertise, management, and a aggressive mindset each weekend, and we imagine there’s nonetheless rather a lot forward for this workforce with Ricky within the No. 47.”
Stenhouse has practically 500 begins and 4 victories within the NASCAR Cup Collection — all at superspeedways. The 2-time NASCAR O’Reilly Collection champion spent the primary few years of his Cup profession with RFK Racing. He grew to become the driving force of the No. 47 in 2020 when it was often called JTG Daugherty Racing, turning into Hyak forward of the 2025 season.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 47 Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet
Picture by: Chris Graythen – Getty Photos
“I’m thrilled to lastly get this contract extension carried out. It’s one thing we’ve been engaged on for some time, and I’m actually grateful to everybody at Hyak Motorsports, particularly Gordon,” mentioned Stenhouse. “His imaginative and prescient for this race workforce and the eagerness he brings to it each single day is particular. Lots of people could not know Gordon that effectively but, however he actually cares about motorsports, NASCAR, and this No. 47 workforce, and that exhibits in the whole lot he does. Together with Gordon, Brad, Mark, Ernie, and everybody at Hyak Motorsports, I really feel like we’re persevering with to enhance week after week. It’s by no means straightforward being a single-car workforce, however the expertise we’re gaining and the pocket book we’re constructing helps us get higher and higher. Greater than something, this workforce looks like one huge household. On and off the racetrack, we’re constructing one thing that has me actually enthusiastic about the way forward for Hyak Motorsports and what we will accomplish collectively transferring ahead.”
Hyak Motorsports is among the few full-time groups remaining in NASCAR that operates as a one-car operation, with the others being the Haas Manufacturing facility Group, Rick Ware Racing, and Wooden Brothers Racing (though they’re carefully aligned with Group Penske).
Stenhouse at present sits twenty seventh within the championship standings, along with his finest outcome coming within the season-opener as he completed second within the 68th operating of the Daytona 500.
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