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Before that, he and his father, Roy, had an agreement: Roy would buy a car and race, while Matt worked on it until he was old enough to drive. [1] “Neither of us knew much, and it was a learning experience,” Kenseth recalled. [2] Kenseth's first car, a 1981 Camaro previously driven to championships by Todd Kropf, proved successful.
At Atlanta, Kahne controlled the final 15 laps of the race. With three laps to go, it seemed like he lost it when a caution came out. He lost four spots on pit road, but after two more cautions, sped by Matt Kenseth and won the race to clench a spot in the Chase. It was his first only win of 2014.
The final race of the 2003 season — a race that didn’t matter for the title because Matt Kenseth had clinched the championship a week before — had over 7.3 million viewers.
The playoff system has been referred to as "the Matt Kenseth Rule" as a result of Kenseth's championship in 2003, the year prior to NASCAR adopting the playoff system. In 2003, Kenseth won the championship with just one race win (the third race of the year, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway) along with 25 top-ten finishes with him leading the championship for 33 races throughout the season, while ...
Matt the Brat (Matt Kenseth). It's a nickname he picked up as a short-track racer before the Cambridge native went on to a successful NASCAR career. Cujo (Curtis Joseph).
In 2010, Biffle qualified for the third year in a row for the Chase despite spotty performance in the regular season. He won twice at Pocono and Kansas. In 2011, Biffle's season improved, thanks in part to the implementation of Ford's new FR9 engine. However, crew chief Greg Erwin was replaced after Kentucky by Matt Puccia. The addition of ...
Comedian Matt Rife isn't the only celebrity who lives in Rhode Island — it turns out a lot of big names own homes in the Ocean State. RI Celebrities: Some of these you know. Some you won't. 10 ...
Blickensderfer took over crew chief duties for the No. 17 car in Sprint Cup, driven by Matt Kenseth, in December 2008 after Chip Bolin returned to be the team engineer. [1] [2] He won in his first race as a Sprint Cup crew chief in the 2009 Daytona 500 on February 15, 2009. [3]