Matt Kenseth News

Last weekend for 2008 owners points: UPDATE:

Last weekend for 2008 owners points: UPDATE:

April 4, 2009
The O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway is the last time owner points from 2008 will be used to line up the 30 guaranteed spots in the field. Next week, the points from 2009 will be used when the Nationwide series heads to Nashville. Coming into TMS, the #61 Ford

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series:

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series:

March 31, 2009
Racing Resources Says "¦Sprint Cup Series: * Jimmie Johnson won the Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. * Johnson became the fourth different race winner in 2009. Matt Kenseth won the first two races (Daytona and California). Kyle Busch won at Las

UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Martinsville race 6 of 36]:

UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Martinsville race 6 of 36]:

March 29, 2009
UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Martinsville race 6 of 36]: 1) #24-Jeff Gordon 959 2) #33-Clint Bowyer 870 -89 3) #2-Kurt Busch 827 -132 [1 win] 4) #48-Jimmie Johnson 817 [1 win] 5) #11-Denny Hamlin 811 -148 6) #18-Kyle Busch 800 -159 [2 wins] 7) #14-Tony

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series

Racing Resources Says “¦Sprint Cup Series

March 24, 2009
Racing Resources Says "¦Sprint Cup Series * Kyle Busch won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. * Busch, who started 19th, became the second repeat race winner in 2009. Busch also won at Las Vegas. He joined Matt Kenseth, who won the first two races in 2009

UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Bristol race 5 of 36]:

UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Bristol race 5 of 36]:

March 22, 2009
UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Bristol race 5 of 36]: 1) #24Jeff Gordon 794 2) #2-Kurt Busch 718 -76 [1 win] 3) #33-Clint Bowyer 715 -79 4) #18-Kyle Busch 709 -85 [2 wins] 5) #99-Carl Edwards 665 -129 6) #9-Kasey Kahne 639 -155 7) #14-Tony Stewart 633 -161

Bristol could be last race for #28 UPDATE – done:

Bristol could be last race for #28 UPDATE – done:

March 22, 2009
Bristol could be last race for #28 UPDATE - done: Sources at Yates Racing confirmed that Sundays Food City 500 will be the last race in the foreseeable future for the #28 Ford driven by Travis Kvapil. Last year, the team was able to piecemeal enough sponsorship together

Biffle out of Nationwide race because of injured ribs:

Biffle out of Nationwide race because of injured ribs:

March 20, 2009
Greg Biffle has pulled out of the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway because he bruised his ribs. Biffle says he was hurt while boating with friends. He says he jumped from the dock to the boat, and his foot slipped on a wet spot on the dock. He says

Biffle out of Nationwide race because of injured ribs:

Biffle out of Nationwide race because of injured ribs:

March 20, 2009
Biffle out of Nationwide race because of injured ribs: Greg Biffle has pulled out of the Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway because he bruised his ribs. Biffle says he was hurt while boating with friends. He says he jumped from the dock to the boat, and

Testing at “Little Rock”

Testing at “Little Rock”

March 18, 2009
Testing at "Little Rock" Getting ready for the next two weeks of short track racing at Bristol and Martinsville, no less than eight Sprint Cup teams tested this week at "Little Rock". That's the nickname of the half-mile oval with concrete turns that was built adjacent

Blickensderfer makes surprise appearance to support Dad:

Blickensderfer makes surprise appearance to support Dad:

March 15, 2009
Blickensderfer makes surprise appearance to support Dad: Macon Meridian coach Jack Blickensderfer wishes he hadn't been so hard on his son, Drew, growing up. Drew Blickensderfer wouldn't have had it any other way. "He never let me win at anything," the younger Blickensderfer

How you start the season, important to make the Chase:

How you start the season, important to make the Chase:

March 14, 2009
How you start the season, important to make the Chase: People have caught on to how important a good start is in the Chase format, but right here is where you first read about that. We noticed it two years ago and the trends have not changed. Of the 54 drivers who'

Kenseth battles ill-handling car:

Kenseth battles ill-handling car:

March 9, 2009
Kenseth battles ill-handling car: #17-Matt Kenseth battled and ill-handling race car for the majority of Sundays 325-lap Kobalt Tools 500, but managed a 12th-place finish in the fourth race of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Despite never finding adequate grip

UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Atlanta race 4 of 36]:

UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Atlanta race 4 of 36]:

March 8, 2009
UNOFFICAL Driver Points Standings [after Atlanta race 4 of 36]: 1) #24Jeff Gordon 634 2) #33-Clint Bowyer 591 -43 3) #2-Kurt Busch 588 -46 [1 win] 4) #99-Carl Edwards 547 -87 5) #17-Matt Kenseth 546 -88 [2 wins] 6) #14-Tony Stewart 521 -113 7) #18-Kyle Busch 514 -120

Winningest drivers in the COT:

Winningest drivers in the COT:

March 8, 2009
Winningest drivers in the COT: Sixteen drivers have won races in the Car Formerly of Tomorrow since they were partially implemented in 2007. The big winners are #48-Jimmie Johnson, who has won 12 races in the new car; #99-Carl Edwards (11); and #18-Kyle Busch (3).

Engine problems had different causes:

Engine problems had different causes:

March 3, 2009
Engine problems had different causes: The president of Toyota Racing Development says the engine failures incurred by the three Roush Fenway Racing teams during Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway were unrelated to the problems five Toyota teams experienced