Ricky Stenhouse Jr. News

The No. 17 Fifth Third Ford Fusion show car will make a pit stop at Fifth Third Bank 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at 8100 Burlington Pike, Florence.

Stepping into the No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford this season, Trevor Bayne knew there was going to be a lot of pressure on him to perform.

"Now I'm looking forward to reversing that role by helping Cowboys fans understand how they can better protect the things that matter most to them through Nationwide Insurance."

Hamlin's grind toward a Chase for the Sprint Cup championship wild-card berth continued with an eighth-place finish Sunday at Pocono.

NEWTON, Ia. - Graduating to NASCAR's highest level came with one drawback for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. It removed Iowa Speedway from his regular schedule.

One driver has never put down a lap at Iowa. The other driver takes over for a driver who won three consecutive races at the 0.875-mile track in Newton, Iowa.

Three-time Daytona 500 winner Dale Jarrett is a 32-time winner on the series now known as Sprint Cup, a newly inducted member of NASCAR's hall of fame and an analyst for ESPN.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won't be in Newton this weekend. That means that Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 at Iowa Speedway is wide open.

You bet. Danica Patrick readily admits she was miffed at her boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

"It seems like a neat place," she said after spending five laps on the track in a practice session for the June 9 "Party in the Poconos 400 presented by Walmart," the first of NASCAR's two summer stops in Monroe County.

Danica Patrick said Sunday night's Coca-Cola 600 wreck with boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Danica Patrick 's boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse Jr. collided with her car during Lap 319 of the Spring Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, causing Patrick's vehicle to crash into Brad Keselowski's before skidding against the wall.

Here's some of what's trending online today in sports headlines: Serena Williams moved on in the 2013 French Open with a victory on Sunday morning, 6-0, 6-1 in just 51 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier.

Tony Stewart said he loves rookie Ricky Stenhouse Jr. "like he's family," but is fed up with how Stenhouse and other young drivers are racing.

A trio of late crashes have turned a relatively tame Coca-Cola 600 into a demolition derby.

Danica Patrick would like to think that running the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway last year would help her as she enters NASCAR's longest event a year later.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished 12th in the season-opening Daytona 500, a result that would come to define his consistent rookie season.

Tom Sorensen has been a columnist at The Observer for 20 years and has been at the paper for 25, writing about nearly every sport in the Carolinas.