Meet Madyson Goodfleisch, wife of Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr as pair dubbed ‘cutest couple’ in NASCAR
FOR the third time in his career, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is a NASCAR Cup Series winner.
The 35-year-old held Joey Logano and Christopher Bell at bay on Sunday to win the 2023 Daytona 500.
And watching on from the Daytona International Speedway as he recorded his first Cup Series win since the Coke Zero 400 in 2017, also in Daytona, were his wife Madyson Goodfleisch, and their Goldendoodle, Ruby.
Currently working as a communications manager for the Drivers Advisory Council, Goodfleisch has a history of working in the racing world.
According to her LinkedIn, she previously spent three years at Richard Childres Racing, as a licensing and retail manager, before becoming a partner licensing and marketing manager.
She also runs the Slide Job Ranch with Stenhouse Jr. where they look after four miniature longhorns and as many miniature donkeys, according to their website.
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According to a 2018 article by NBC Sports, his sister also lives on the ranch, while there is also somewhere for his parents to move to when his mom retires.
The winners of the "Cutest couple award" - according to a follower on Instagram that is - Stenhouse Jr. and Goodfleisch met in 2020, announcing their engagement in November 2021, and tied the knot in October 2022.
He popped the question at Cathedral Rock in the Coconino National Forest in Arizona.
Stenhouse Jr. announced the news on Twitter with a series of stunning shots from the remarkable sandstone landmark along with the caption: "Yesterday was an amazing day, got to get some new hikes in together and now get to spend the rest of our life together.
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"Madyson said YES!!!"
And their wedding ceremony was equally picturesque, taking place outdoors, overlooking the Ashley River in Charleston, South Carolina.
Goodfleisch told PEOPLE that she "grew up going to Lake Cumberland in Kentucky, so the water is very special to me.
"We knew we wanted to get married on the water."
Multiple NASCAR drivers joined them for their special day, including Kyle Larson such as Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, and Todd Gilliland among others.
And it seems that the couple were meant to be, with Stenhouse Jr. telling PEOPLE: "We enjoy a lot of the same things.
"We love dirt racing, we love good country music, and we love playing golf together."
They are also both devout Christians, with Stenhouse Jr. explaining: "Our lives are ever-changing, but we just know that we have the one constant and that is our faith and our belief in God.
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"That's what we stick to because we have a lot of bad days at the track. The good days are few and far between.
"It's hard to win races and it's hard to have good runs these days with the competitiveness. So, it's our faith that we try to stick to."
