Matt Kenseth
- Height: 5-9
- Weight: 150
- Born: Mar 10, 1972, Cambridge, WI
News and Notes
Oct 8
This week: Kenseth, 245 points back, has won once at Lowe's, in the 2000 600-miler. It is one of his five top-five and eight top-10 finishes in 18 starts there. He was 34th in this race last year and 12th in this year's 600. "You know, I've always enjoyed racing at Charlotte," Kenseth said. "It will always be a special place for me. It's where I got my first Cup win, we won the All-Star race there in '04 and we've picked up a couple of Nationwide wins there, too. The racing is always a lot of fun and since we tested fairly well there a couple of weeks ago, I feel like we should be competitive."
Last week: Kenseth was the third Roush Fenway driver who was involved in the "Big One" at Talladega. He finished 26th. "After the disaster we experienced last week at Talladega, we really need to work on making up some points," Kenseth said. "We just need to concentrate on finishing as high as we can, lead as many laps as we can, get as many points as we can every week and not really worry about what anybody else is doing. There's still a lot of racing to go, and hopefully we can climb back in it."
Etc: Kenseth will drive RK-550, which has been raced five times this year and has finished in the top 10 every time and the top five twice. Because of that, crew chief Chip Bolin said, "I am fairly confident the car will be decent and we should be competitive from the get-go. We experienced a major setback last week at Talladega, but we knew the race there would be a crapshoot. This week we're heading to a track where we feel very confident -- we've run well there many times. I know that we have one of the best drivers and pit crews out there, so if we all do our jobs and take care of business on Saturday night, we should be around with a shot at the end."
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