Ricky Stenhouse Jr Uncharacteristically Slow This Year, but May Regress to the Mean
5 months agoRicky Stenhouse Jr starts 13th at New Hampshire, a track where he has earned two top-10 finishes but none since 2016. Stenhouse led three laps in last year's race after staying out of the pits during the first caution, but he was immediately passed by William Byron on the restart. Stenhouse is still on pace for his slowest season since 2014 so far and short speedways have not been one of his better track types, but he did finish fifth last week at Iowa, where he had his best driver rating of the season, so it is possible that he may be having something of a return to form (although, admittedly, his Iowa result was heavily dependent on strategy, which isn't something a team can necessarily rely on). However, Stenhouse has been so much slower than usual that a regression to the mean may be expected. Perhaps it's beginning now.
Source: Racing Reference
Source: Racing Reference