Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Richard Lynn "Ricky" Stenhouse, Jr. (born October 2, 1987, in Olive Branch, Mississippi, United States) is a motorsport driver who has driven the Chevrolet No. 47 for JTG Daugherty Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series, having won two victories, 14 top 5s and two pole positions. He has been champion in 2011 and 2012 in NASCAR Nationwide Series, where he disputed 108 races, where he achieved 8 victories, 40 top 5, and 8 poles.

Career
In 2008 he made his debut in the ARCA Series. Driving a Ford, he won two races, and managed 10 top-5s to finish fourth in the drivers' championship. Stenhouse debuted in 2009 at the Nashville Superspeedway in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Roush Fenway Racing. He participated in seven races that year and won his first pole position at the Iowa Circuit and achieved 1 top 5 and 2 top 10.

In 2010 he played most of the season with a Ford of Roush Fenway on Nationwide; Although he had a bad start to the season (1 top 10 in the first 13 races), he obtained 3 top 5 and another 7 top 10 to finish 16th in the championship and obtained the category Rookie of the Year award. In 2011, continuing for Roush at Nationwide, he had his first two wins in the category, both at Iowa Speedway; In addition, he obtained 16 top 5, 26 top 10 and 3 poles, to become champion of the category. In 2012, he successfully defended the Nationwide title won last year, with 6 wins, 19 top-5s, and 4 poles. In addition, between 2011 and 2012, he played five Sprint Cup races.

In the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. became the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series titular driver at Roush Fenway Racing, replacing Matt Kenseth. Stenhouse achieved 1 top 5 and 3 top 10, to finish 19th in the championship, so that it took the title of Rookie of the Year in the category. On the other hand, he played a Nationwide race for that team.

The following year, Stenhouse took second place and an additional 4 top-10s in the NASCAR Cup Series but several negative results relegated the driver to 27th place in the championship. He did not fare much better in the 2015 season, finishing 25th in the championship with three top-10s. In 2016, Stenhouse harvested 4 top-5s to finish 21st in the championship. On the other hand, he achieved a third place in his only participation in NASCAR Xfinity Series.

In 2017, Stenhouse triumphed for the first time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in the Talladega spring race, beating Jamie McMurray by just 0.095 seconds. He achieved his second victory in the 2017 Coke Zero 400. With a total of four top 5s and nine top 10s, he finished 13th in the championship. In 2018 Stenhouse achieved 3 top 5 and did not advance to the postseason, being 18th in the championship.

In 2020 he moved to the JTG Daugherty Racing team to participate with the No. 47 car.

Personal life
Stenhouse had Danica Patrick as a girlfriend from 2012 to 2017.