Roush Fenway Racing is scheduled to make announcement at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Monday, May 14th for an announcement regarding the new number on Matt Kenseth�s #17 Sprint Cup Ford Fusion, as well as a new multi-year partner for RFR and Kenseth. Kenseth and team co-owner Jack Roush will be on hand for the event.(Roush Fenway Racing), NOTE: the PR doesn ‘t say Kenseth will have a new car number but a new number on the car. And it could be a special number for the All-Star race like last season when Jimmie Johnson ran the #5 in the event.(RFR PR)(5-10-2012)
UPDATE: Remember that advisory about the announcement of a ‘new number’ on the two-time Daytona 500 winner’s Sprint Cup Series Ford Fusions? ‘They did what they wanted to do,’ Kenseth said Friday from Darlington, S.C. ‘They created a big buzz. That’s for sure.’ Kenseth, a Cambridge, Wis., native who won the 2003 Cup title, said he read the news release like everyone else. Just more carefully than most. ‘Everybody’s kind of worked up about it,’ he said. ‘I just read the release at the same time everybody else did, and I didn ‘t read anything in there that said we were changing our car number.’ An explanation of the ‘new number’ and an announcement of a ‘new multi-year partner’ ‘ notice it didn ‘t say anything about a full-time primary sponsor ‘ are scheduled for Monday morning at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)(5-12-2012)
