Ricky Stenhouse Jr. takes shot at Richard Childress after getting wrecked by Kyle Busch: ‘Maybe Richard will hold my watch’

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is not happy with Kyle Busch and is ready to confront him once the NASCAR All-Star race is over. After being eliminated from the race due to a wreck by Busch, Stenhouse spoke to Jamie Little of Fox Sports about the accident.

“We passed him. We left the middle open there,” Stenhouse said. “Short race, you’re trying to get all you get. We passed him, and I guess [Busch] was mad. Parked my car in the pit box. I figured he would do something like that. Maybe Richard [Childress] will hold my watch after the race.”

"Maybe Richard will hold my watch after the race." – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. pic.twitter.com/IxWg6K2SQm

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Stenhouse is referring to an incident that involved Childress and Busch getting into an altercation back n in 2011. Per The Athletic: “After a 2011 NASCAR Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway, team owner Richard Childress was livid over how Kyle Busch had made contact with Joey Coulter — who was then driving a Richard Childress Racing entry.
“Childress infamously told grandson Austin Dillon to ‘Hold my watch,’ because you wouldn’t want to mess up a nice timepiece in a fight. Then, according to witnesses, the much older man proceeded to place Busch into a headlock and punch him in the head several times before Busch fell to the ground. Childress was later fined $150,000 by NASCAR.”

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. signs contract extension with JTG Daugherty Racing

The 2024 Cup Series season has been challenging for Stenhouse. He has not won a race and only has two top-10 finishes. The 2023 Daytona 500 winner has been with JTG Daugherty Racing since 2020 and signed a three-year contract extension earlier this month.

“When I joined this team in 2020, I knew both the team and I were capable of putting the No. 47 in Victory Lane,” Stenhouse said. “Although I wish it came sooner, winning the Daytona 500 last year proved that we can win together. We have a fantastic group of guys at the shop, great management, solid partners, and an ever-improving program. I’m very excited to continue my relationship with the team. I think everyone will be pleasantly surprised to see what we have in store for the future.”

“I am looking forward to continuing with Ricky as our driver of the No. 47,” team owner Gordon Smith said in a release. “He has been an asset to our team on and off the race track since joining us in 2020. Winning the Daytona 500 was a huge accomplishment for our small team, and I know we have more trips to Victory Lane in our future with Ricky at the wheel.”