Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has spent his entire life behind the wheel, but his path to NASCAR wasn’t a straight one. Long before he became a Daytona 500 winner, Stenhouse was deep into the dirt world, busy in go-karts and outlaw circuits where he built his name.

NASCAR wasn’t even a part of his plan, not even in the back of his mind. He was busy chasing legends in USAC and the World of Outlaws. And yet, one moment, one decision, opened the doors to NASCAR that he didn’t see coming.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. never saw stock cars coming

Growing up, Stenhouse always stayed laser-focused on the present, just like he explained in a chat with Chase Holden . “I am always super kind of focused on whatever I’m doing at that moment,” he said. “When I was racing go-karts, it was racing go-karts, and that was

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