Matt Kenseth won the 2006 Auto Club 500 at California Speedway, scoring his 11th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 222nd career start. Kenseth won from 31st, the deepest a race winner has started at California Speedway.
Kenseth scored his 100th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup top-10 finish. It was his fifth top-10 finish in nine races at California Speedway.
Kenseths last victory came at Bristol in August 2005, 14 races earlier.
It was Kenseths first California victory in nine races there.
Nine of 11 Kenseths victories have come on superspeedways.
Kenseth moved into 49th on NASCARs all-time winners list.
Kenseth finished seventh in the 2005 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings and now ranks third after two races.
Kenseth led four times for 40 laps including the final 33. He did not lead the most laps.
Team owner Jack Roush scored the first triple since Phoenix in October 2001 when Jeff Burton won the Busch and Cup races and Biffle won the Truck race. Mark Martin won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck race here on Friday. Greg Biffle won the Busch race on Saturday with Kenseth giving him the triple with his victory today.
This was team owner Jack Roushs 90th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory.
Roush has scored two NASCAR Craftsman Truck victories, five NASCAR Busch Series victories and four NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victories at California Speedway.
Kenseth has won at least one race each season 2002 2006, five consecutive years.
Jack Roush has won at least one race each season 1997-2006, 10 consecutive years.(NASCAR Statistical Services)(2-26-2006)
