Matt Kenseth News

Testing at Las Vegas:

Testing at Las Vegas:

January 7, 2002
Testing at Las Vegas: 49 drivers are scheduled to attend Las Vegas Motor Speedway's annual "Test in the West" Jan. 28-31. Cup champ #24-Jeff Gordon will be among 32 Cup drivers and 17 BGN drivers slated to test over the four-day period in preparation for the March

Cup spotter to field race team:

Cup spotter to field race team:

January 3, 2002
Cup spotter to field race team: NASCAR Spotter, Mike Calinoff, will take on the role of Car Owner this year, as he announces the formation of MJ Motorsports. The team will field Fords out of their new Mooresville, NC shop in the NASCAR-sanctioned Late Model Truck Series

Schuler in the #34?

Schuler in the #34?

January 3, 2002
Jason Schuler could drive a limited number of 2002 BGN races for the Welliver-Jesel Motorsports #34 team. Schuler ran 13 BGN races over the last two seasons with limited success. Initially he made 11 starts in 2000 for team owner Robbie Reiser in the races regular

Roush Contribution:

Roush Contribution:

November 21, 2001
Roush Contribution: NASCAR team owner Jack Roush, was one of the charitable individuals that has shown his support in acknowledgement of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on New York City and Washington, DC. Roush elected to make a contribution to the Uniformed

DeWalt and Watch The Bulls, Win the Tools:

DeWalt and Watch The Bulls, Win the Tools:

November 15, 2001
DeWalt and Watch The Bulls, Win the Tools: DeWalt Industrial Tools has partnered with the Professional Bull Riders Association (PBR) and NBC Sports to create the "Watch The Bulls, Win the Tools" promotion. DeWalt will use its NASCAR Winston Cup sponsorship of the #

Tim Sauter to announce 2002 plans at Homestead UPDATE:

Tim Sauter to announce 2002 plans at Homestead UPDATE:

November 13, 2001
Tim Sauter and the #19 AP Performance team will announce their 2002 NASCAR Busch Series plans in a Press Conference to be held in the Infield Media Interview Room at Miami Homestead Speedway on Friday(11-8-2001) UPDATE: AP Performance Racing, which won the ASA championships

Nemecheck wins at Homestead:

Nemecheck wins at Homestead:

November 10, 2001
One week after scoring his second Winston Cup victory, #87-Joe Nemechek returned to victory lane, this time in Saturday's BGN race at Homestead. Nemechek's win was his third at the track on which his younger brother John died in a wreck in a NASCAR CTS race in 1997

Pit Crew Competition at the Rock UPDATE #17 WINS and results:

Pit Crew Competition at the Rock UPDATE #17 WINS and results:

November 4, 2001
Pit Crew Competition at the Rock UPDATE #17 WINS and results: The annual Union 76/Rockingham World Pit Crew Competition will be held Saturday, November 3rd at North Carolina Speedway, and Jeff Burton along with his #99 Citgo SUPERGARD Ford crew are preparing to defend

Kenny Wallace wins at Rockingham – Harvick wins the BGN title:

Kenny Wallace wins at Rockingham – Harvick wins the BGN title:

November 3, 2001
#48-Kenny Wallace came away a winner and #2-Kevin Harvick a Grand National series champion at Rockigham. On a restart with one lap remaining in Saturday's Sam's Club 200 at North Carolina Speedway, leader #10-Jeff Green suddenly fell off the pace, which allowed Wallace

More Dyno Testing:

More Dyno Testing:

October 29, 2001
More Dyno Testing: NASCAR officials tested nine cars on a chassis dyno after the race. The dyno measures horsepower. NASCAR did the same thing after last weekend's race at Talladega. Sunday, NASCAR officials tested the cars of #12-Mike Wallace, #2-Ricky Rudd, #24-Jeff

Spencer wins pole at Phoenix:

Spencer wins pole at Phoenix:

October 25, 2001
Spencer wins pole at Phoenix: #1-Jimmy Spencer won the pole for Saturday's BGN race at Phoenix (3:00pm/et, TNT) with a track record lap at 131.339mph. #2-Kevin Harvick was second and #17-Matt Kenseth third.(10-25-2001)

Testing at Homestead:

Testing at Homestead:

October 16, 2001
Testing at Homestead: Winston Cup testing sessions at Homestead-Miami Speedway will be open to the public beginning Tuesday, October 16. Testing runs from 9:00am - 5:00pm. Admission to the testing sessions is free to the public. Driver participation is subject to change

Roush Team Intact for 2002:

Roush Team Intact for 2002:

October 14, 2001
Roush Team Intact for 2002: [#6-Mark] Martin is not retiring, moving on, slowing down or considering the end of his career. He is spending next season racing with Roush Racing teammates Jeff Burton and Matt Kenseth. According to Martin, neither is considering leaving

Kenseth Testing:

Kenseth Testing:

October 10, 2001
Kenseth Testing: #17-Matt Kenseth completes a two-day test at Rockingham today(Roanoke Times)(10-10-2001)

Spotter on TV?

Spotter on TV?

October 10, 2001
Spotter on TV? Mike Calinoff, spotter for Matt Kenseth, has joined Charlotte's NBC 6 "On Track from Lowe's Motor Speedway" a weekly.half-hour.television show covering NASCAR. Calinoff will begin filming his "Miked Up" segment, which will feature the lighter side of

Checking Temps at RIR UPDATE:

Checking Temps at RIR UPDATE:

September 26, 2001
Checking Temps at RIR UPDATE: Mark Martin and Matt Kenseth will have new additions to their respective pit crews next weekend at Richmond. The additional pit workers will concentrate on how the drivers replace the fluids they lose during a race, as well as the cars

Spencer wins caution filled Richmond race:

Spencer wins caution filled Richmond race:

September 7, 2001
Spencer wins caution filled Richmond race:#1-Jimmy Spencer completed a sweep of the BGN races this season at Richmond, taking a win in Friday night's wild, caution-filled Autolite/Fram 250. Spencer, who won the May race at Richmond, beat fellow Winston Cup driver #

Cup drivers do double duty in the BGN race at Richmond:

Cup drivers do double duty in the BGN race at Richmond:

September 5, 2001
Cup drivers do double duty in the BGN race at Richmond: #26-Jimmy Spencer (#1 Chevy in BGN) #29-Kevin Harvick (#2 Chevy) #7-Mike Wallace (#4 Chevy) #99-Jeff Burton (#9 Ford) #14-Ron Hornaday (#11-Chevy) #17-Matt Kenseth(#17-Chevy) #1-Kenny Wallace (#48-Chevy) #33-Joe

3 drivers knocked out of 2002 The Winston?

3 drivers knocked out of 2002 The Winston?

September 3, 2001
3 drivers knocked out of 2002 The Winston? as far as I can tell by my calculations, with Ward Burton winning on Sunday, three drivers got knocked out of the 2002 The Winston: Matt Kenseth, 5/2000(Coca Cola 600); Jeremy Mayfield, 6/2000(Pocono); Jerry Nadeau, 11/2000

Checking Temps at RIR:

Checking Temps at RIR:

September 3, 2001
Checking Temps at RIR: Mark Martin and Matt Kenseth will have new additions to their respective pit crews next weekend at Richmond. The additional pit workers will concentrate on how the drivers replace the fluids they lose during a race, as well as the cars' onboard