NASCAR Brian Pattie

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Stenhouse Fights Adversity for Best Finish of the Season

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the driver of the #17 SunnyD Ford, leads a pack of cars during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 15, 2018, in Bristol, Tennessee. Photo – Jerry Markland/Getty Images

It may have been the hardest effort Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has ever had to put in for a fourth-place finish. But the result at Bristol Motor Speedway Monday afternoon, his first top-five of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup season made every clutch decision, every zig and every zag worth it for Stenhouse and his Roush-Fenway Racing team. Continue reading

Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Sees a Points Path into Round of 8

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the driver of the #17 SunnyD Ford, looks on from on top of his hauler during practice for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 6, 2017, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo – Mike Comer/Getty Images

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. survived the Round of 16 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff by the thinnest of margins—he grabbed seven stage points at Dover to edge Ryan Newman by two points for the final berth in the Round of 12. Continue reading