It’s nearly impossible to think an actor besides John Krasinski playing the role of ‘Jim Halpert’ on the American version of ‘The Office,’ but it may not have happened without the help of Matt Kenseth. Back in 2002 ‘ a full three years before the NBC premiere of inarguably the greatest comedy series of all time, in my opinion, at least ‘ a fresh-faced Krasinski appeared in a commercial with Kenseth that caught the eye of future ‘Office’ executive producer, Greg Daniels. The back-and-forth dialogue between last fall’s grand marshal at Texas Motor Speedway and Kenseth (more back than forth, knowing the stoic Joe Gibbs Racing driver) and wild antics by the now-36-year-old led to an audition and before long, ‘Jim’ was born.(see full article at NASCAR.com)
