Found 20 minutes ago on Speedway Digest - Home for NASCAR News: Yardbarker Blogger Network
  Just before Ricky Stenhouse Jr. embarks on a full-time career in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, he remains on the verge of a whale of a parting gift -- his second straight NASCAR Nationwide Series title. Stenhouse carries a 20-point lead over championship rival Elliott Sadler into Saturday's season-ending Ford EcoBoost 300 (4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2), meaning he'll need to finish 16th or better to hoist the Nationwide trophy. Stenhouse led Sadler by a much more comfortable 41 points heading into last season's finale. "The 20-point lead makes us feel good," Stenhouse said after running third last weekend at Phoenix, "but we've given up 20 points in one race so it's not over till it's over. We still have some work to do at Homestead, but it feels pretty good." For Sadler, heavy crashes in the third turn at Phoenix have been his late-season nemesis for the past two seasons. Last Sunday was no different, leaving him plenty of catching up to do at H...
THE BACKYARD
BEST OF MAXIM
AROUND THE WEB
RELATED ARTICLES

Fifth Third Bank and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. lend support to Stand Up To Cancer at Ford EcoBoost 400 Race

Fifth Third Bank and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., driver of the No. 6 Fifth Third Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing, will be lending their support to Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) by featuring the SU2C logo on Stenhouse's Ford during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finale of 2012 held at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18, 2012. "Every year cancer claims the lives of more than...

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Ford EcoBoost 300 Race Preview

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. comes into the season’s final race, the Ford EcoBoost 200, at the Homestead-Miami Speedway with a 20 point lead in the standings. He is poised to win his second NASCAR Nationwide Series title in as many years. In two previous starts at the track he has two top 10 finishes, so everything looks good going into the race for his title chances. -So far in 2012,...

Jimmy Fennig to be Carl Edwards crew chief in 2013

With Matt Kenseth’s move to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2013, his current crew chief Jimmy Fennig will move over to the No.99 of Carl Edwards in 2013. The 59-year-old Fennig will be [...]

Edwards and Fennig to Team Up for Championship Run in 2013; Graves to Lead Stenhouse Jr. Rookie Effort

Roush Fenway Racing has announced that veteran crew chief Jimmy Fennig will lead Carl Edwards and the No. 99 Roush Fenway Sprint Cup team in its championship run in 2013. In addition, up and coming crew chief Scott Graves will lead the No. 17 team and defending Nationwide Series Champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. during his rookie campaign next season. “We are excited about this change...
THE NASCAR HOT 40
Today's Best Stuff
For Bloggers

Join the Yardbarker Network for more promotion, traffic, and money.

Company Info
Help
What is Yardbarker?

Yardbarker is the largest network of sports blogs and pro athlete blogs on the web. This site is the hub of the Yardbarker Network, where our editors and algorithms curate the best sports content from our network and beyond.