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Matt Kenseth
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Matt Kenseth Bio
Matthew Roy Kenseth (born March 10 1972 in Cambridge, Wisconsin) is an American stock car driver. Matt currently drives the #17 DeWalt Ford in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for Roush Fenway Racing. Kenseth started racing on several short tracks in Wisconsin and he won track championships at Madison International Speedway, Slinger Super Speedway and Wisconsin International Raceway. He moved to the ARTGO, American Speed Association, and Hooters Late Model touring series before getting a full-time ride in the NASCAR Busch Series (now Nationwide Series) for his former Wisconsin short track rival Robbie Reiser. After finishing second and third in the Busch Series, he moved up in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series). He won the series' Rookie...
Stats Summary
Sprint Cup
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Nationwide Series
| Races | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Avg. Finish | ||
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| This Season | 36 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 15.4 | ||
| Career Stats | 364 | 18 | 95 | 174 | 15.0 |
Top Matt Kenseth Headlines
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Busch wins first title in style by taking the finale
Edwards Jeff Burton Joey Logano Denny Hamlin David Reutimann Ryan Newman Steve Wallace Scott Speed
NASCAR · Nov. 22, 2009
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Roush Fenway Hoping To End Season the Way It Started: With a Victory
... the end of an era for
BleacherReport Nascar · Nov. 21, 2009
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However, Matt Kenseth was able to get a solid restart and get away. Kenseth cruised to the win with Kurt Busch in pursuit. Top Ten Matt Kenseth...
AboutHot Nascar · 2 hours ago
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Martin Truex Jr. finished ninth (2 ) Jen Preston (-327 ) NO PICK SENT (2 ) James Broomhead (-404 ) Matt Kenseth finished 13th (3 ) SM Napier...
BleacherReport Nascar · 9 hours ago
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I think that he is very deserving of what he has.” MATT KENSETH – No.
SpeedwayMedia.com · 13 hours ago
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Top Questions & Answers about Matt Kenseth
Matt Kenseth's crew chief Robbie Reiser
http://burningrubber.livejournal.com/
KEVIN HARVICK: I think in the garage it will definitely be a popular win. I think Matt's obviously a pretty stand-up person and a great racecar driver, accomplished a lot in this sport. I think a lot of us can relate to Matt for kind of goi...
http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=54379
The Milwaukee race is difficult to do double duty with. It comes on the same weekend as Infineon in Sonoma, CA. Usually only the drivers running for the NNS title do double duty. It is hard flying that far and the schedule makes it hard to ...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080705145910AAopTBx
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Career Stats
Sprint Cup
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Nationwide Series
| Year | Rank | Starts | Pts. | Winnings | Wins | Poles | Top 5 | Top 10 | Laps Led | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish | ||
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| 2009 | 14 | 36 | 4389 | $7,081,632 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 245 | 21 | 15 | ||
| 2008 | 11 | 36 | 6184 | $5,526,944 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 604 | 16 | 16 | ||
| 2007 | 4 | 36 | 6298 | $6,485,629 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 912 | 20 | 13 | ||
| 2006 | 2 | 36 | 6419 | $6,608,919 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 1132 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 2005 | 7 | 36 | 6352 | $5,790,774 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 1001 | 17 | 15 | ||
| 2004 | 8 | 36 | 6069 | $6,223,892 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 477 | 22 | 16 | ||
| 2003 | 1 | 36 | 5022 | $4,038,124 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 354 | 21 | 10 | ||
| 2002 | 8 | 36 | 4432 | $3,888,847 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 693 | 18 | 16 | ||
| 2001 | 13 | 36 | 3982 | $2,234,839 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 100 | 28 | 19 | ||
| 2000 | 14 | 34 | 3711 | $2,131,897 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 162 | 25 | 19 | ||
| 1999 | 49 | 5 | 434 | $143,561 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 26 | ||
| 1998 | 57 | 1 | 150 | $42,340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
Matt Kenseth's Official Site
The Offical Web Site of NASCAR Superstar Matt Kenseth
www.mattkenseth.com
Quotes from Matt Kenseth
I thought I did a bad job and thought I ran into about everything
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For us, that's pretty good here (Martinsville)
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Talladega is a lot like going to a 200 miles per hour go-cart track. Everyone's cars ...
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We knew we were short on fuel and when we got tires and fuel with 25 to go we thought...
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Quotes about Matt Kenseth
I think the way the 17 [of Kenseth] ran at Charlotte, we ran fairly well at Martinsville,...
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But in my heart, I knew I had the better car and Matt would race clean, and I went back...
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It's just a cycle of things. ... Hopefully next year we'll be back on top."After...
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65 to Matt Kenseth's victory in 2004. Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough ...
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