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Kenseth talks about Martinsville contact with Gordon:

  • Is Matt Kenseth still upset with Jeff Gordon over getting bumped out of the way during the green-white-checkered flag finish at Martinsville? During an interview in Arlington, Texas on Wednesday, Performance Racing Network and Texas Motor Speedway announcer Brad Gillie asked Kenseth about the incident. Kenseth chuckled and said “He never likes the way I race him so’¦I don’t know’¦he’s honestly taken me out of three top-three finishes now and he still went on to finish third. I barely bumped into him at Martinsville and got under him and tried to go for a win and I thought we were gonna race side-by-side for the win on the last lap and instead he decided to wreck me and deliberately try to ruin my day. So, it’s in the past and I’m just gonna move on and just start over the next week. He’s gonna have to race how he wants to race and he’s gonna have his opinions and I’m gonna have my opinions on things and we’ll just go on from there.” Kenseth took part in NASCAR’s winners circle program at the International Bowling Hall of Fame and museum Wednesday to help promote the upcoming races at Texas Motor Speedway.(PRN Garage Pass)(4-8-2010)