#17-Matt Kenseth says he has yet to hear from #20-Tony Stewart about last weekend’s incident in the Daytona 500 that sent Kenseth into the wall. “I’m sure we’ll talk eventually,” Kenseth said Friday at California Speedway. “I don’t feel like I need to go talk to him because I didn’t feel I was in the wrong at all. Obviously, he does, but I don’t feel like I did anything wrong.” Stewart ran Kenseth into the grass in turn 3 last weekend. That came after Stewart said Kenseth nearly caused him to spin by taking the air off his spoiler earlier in the race. “He started the whole thing, and I finished it,” Stewart said after last week’s race. NASCAR penalized Stewart for aggressive driving after Kenseth hit the wall. Stewart had to restart at the rear of the field. Series officials did not talk to Stewart about his post-race comments this week and didn’t plan to talk to him this weekend. Kenseth admits the incident has been difficult to forget. Kenseth ran well until the incident. He finished 15th; Stewart placed fifth.(Roanoke Times)(2-25-2006)
UPDATE: Tony Stewart has had a busy weekend even before starting today’s NASCAR Nextel Cup race at California Speedway. Stewart said he talked to Matt Kenseth about last week’s incident at Daytona this weekend and spoke with Kyle Busch for about 90 minutes Friday night. Stewart was one of a few drivers who complained about Busch’s aggressive driving at Daytona. Stewart was upset with Kenseth at Daytona after Stewart nearly spun while running underneath Kenseth. Later, Stewart ran Kenseth down the track and into the grass. Kenseth spun back up the track and hit the turn-3 wall. Stewart declined to reveal details of that conversation. “What we talk about is between Matt and me,” Stewart said.(Roanoke Times)(2-26-2006)
