Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

“It's tough being a racecar driver and being a Christian and going to church.”

“I like to drive hard, and obviously when you get to this level, especially running for points - you've got to make sure when you have a car that can run 10th, that you run 10th with it. You can't sit here and try to make it go from 10th to a win and end up 30th. That's just something I had to figure out.”

“I really don't get nervous too much.”

“I've never really been worried about being in the spotlight. I could care less.”

“I think to downplay a woman's role in sports is not a good idea because a lot of women love sport, whether they watch it, report on it or work on a team.”

“My granddad was an elder at our church, so it was a big part of my life growing up.”

“It's nice to kind of feel wanted.”

“I feel like what I have learned in my career in racing is that anytime you are happy off the race track it tends to show up on the race track.”

“It's a dangerous sport - we all know that going in.”

“You don't want to put somebody in a bad spot because you'll put everybody in a bad spot.”

“I do my own deal and I don't really care what anybody thinks.”

“To win on a mile-and-a-half is big for me.”

“I got baptized in June of 2001, I think. But I always went to church camp, went to church every Sunday, went to Bible class.”

“I definitely got things to prove and prove people wrong.”

“The cars are always changing. The competition's cars are always getting better. Sometimes when you try to make them better, you make them worse.”

“In NASCAR, we pride ourselves on being accessible to fans.”

“All of our fans are passionate and each driver that they want to cheer for is really respectful of all the other drivers - it's a really cool sport to be around.”

“I go out and drive 100 percent every lap.”

“It's about making sure we're there at the end of races and we get the best possible finish we can. What comes with that is being able to have realistic expectations and not trying to do something more than what the car is capable of, so it's a team effort for sure.”

“I am out there to put on the best performance I can for my sponsors and my team and my fans.”