#17-Matt Kenseth won the pole for last weekends Sprint Cup event at Kansas Speedway, but he didnt get to reap any of the benefits, after NASCAR penalized his team for using an underweight connecting rod in the engine of the #20 Toyota. The sanctioning body told Kenseth that his pole wouldnt count toward eligibility for the 2014 Sprint Unlimited , the preseason exhibition race at Daytona for 2013 polesitters and previous winners of the race. #99-Carl Edwards, who lost the pole to Kenseth by .017 seconds, figured Kenseths penalty might make him eligible for the 2014 Sprint Unlimited, but NASCAR president Mike Helton had a different point of view. ‘When I saw the news, I texted Mike Helton right away, and I said, ‘All right, cool, were in the (Unlimited) next year, right? We got the pole,'” Edwards said. ‘And he sent back, ‘LOL! I didnt think it was that funny, but he thought it was funny. I think (Roush Fenway general manager) Robbie Reiser proceeded to ask him, and then (crew chief) Jimmy Fennig, and he got a good laugh out of it.”( NASCAR Wire Service ), Kenseth won the pole at Richmond to put him back into the 2014 Sprint Unlimited .
