#97 - Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (Olive Branch, MS)

4th Chili Bowl Appearance

Chili Bowl Main Event Starts: 0

2007 Chili Bowl Results:

Friday: 4th in Heat 7; 4th in Qualifier 4; 2nd in B Main 1; 13th in A Main 

Saturday: 19th in B Main 1

The young gun opened the 2007 season by sweeping both the USAC Sprint Car and Silver Crown portions of Manzanita Speedway's Copper on the Dirt in February and went on to score seven more wins to run his season total to nine.  Ricky added a USAC Sprint Car win at Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, PA, and a Silver Crown score in the Tony Bettenhausen 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, with five more victories coming in Midget action, including Knoxville's King Doodlebug event, Junction Motor Speedway's Cornhusker Midget Nationals, an Indiana Midget Week win at Kokomo and a Four Crown Nationals score at Eldora.

Ricky's strong season, which included 24 top-fives and 39 top-tens in 66 overall feature starts, netted third in USAC Midget points and sixth in USAC Sprint Car points.

Recently signed to the Roush Fenway Racing team and set to tackle the ARCA/ReMax series in 2008, Ricky joins forces with the Keith Kunz Motorsports camp as he tries to crack Saturday night's Chili Bowl championship main event for the first time after making it as far as a "B" Main last year.

Car Owner:  Keith Kunz Motorsports

Chassis:  Bullet

Engine:  Esslinger

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Photo: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., topped Junction Motor Speedway's Cornhusker Midget Nationals on July 25. (TWC Photo)