TALLADEGA, Ala. — On Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. became the 11th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver to earn their first career race win at the 2.66-mile Alabama track.
It took 157 races since his first career start with Wood Brothers Racing in 2011 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but Stenhouse finally broke into Victory Lane after holding off Kyle Busch in Sunday’s GEICO 500.
“Doesn’t get any sweeter,” Stenhouse said. “A lot of hard work from (crew chief) Brian Pattie, Steve (Newmark) and Jack (Rousch) and everybody at the shop to continue to put race cars out there and continue to give us the resources, and man, it’s awesome to finally finish it off.