In the hours following a harrowing crash at Daytona, a visibly emotional Ricky Stenhouse Jr. sat before the media, the weight of the moment clear in his voice. While the outcome of his race remained unspoken in that tense early moment, the undercurrent was unmistakable, with playoff fate hanging by a thread. The Hyak Motorsports driver reflected on the long grind that led to one defining night, knowing the balance between triumph and heartbreak in NASCAR can shift in an instant.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s season unravels under the lights

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. pinpointed Nashville as the moment the season shifted. “I definitely can look at our graph and say Nashville on down was kind of our turning point. I just seemed to like get really behind after that. When we had good runs, we ended up g

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