Matt Kenseth News

Rumblings [Notes] – Darlington:

Rumblings [Notes] – Darlington:

May 13, 2006
Greg Biffle finally broke through tonight at Darlington Raceway as he held off a charging Jeff Gordon to take the Dodge Charger 500. Biffle led the most laps (7 times for 170 circuits) and takes his second straight victory at this hallowed oval.....his first win of

Testing at Lowe’s Monday-Wednesday: Wednesday UPDATE 3:

Testing at Lowe’s Monday-Wednesday: Wednesday UPDATE 3:

May 9, 2006
Lowe's Motor Speedway will be the site of the final scheduled test session of 2006 for the NASCAR Busch Series today through Wednesday. This year, NASCAR set a schedule for when and where each of its national series tests at tracks that host NASCAR events. Those tests

Earnhardt Jr. wins at Richmond:

Earnhardt Jr. wins at Richmond:

May 6, 2006
#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead with 43 laps to go and held on to win the Crown Royal 400 at Richmond International Raceway, for his first win of 2006, 1st in 28 races [last year at Chicago in July] and 17th of his career. #11-Denny Hamlin finished 2nd for his

Rumblings – Richmond:

Rumblings – Richmond:

May 6, 2006
Some questionable pit strategy by the dominant car (Kevin Harvick) led to a four car battle in the closing laps and Dale Earnhardt Jr emerged victorious tonight at Richmond International Raceway. He captured the Crown Royal 400 by a little over half a second over Denny

Rumblings – Talladega:

Rumblings – Talladega:

May 1, 2006
We had an early melee (a 13 car job on Lap 10), green flag pit stop mishaps (missing lugs.....catch can making laps), 56 lead changes and 22 different leaders. That can only mean one thing.....we're at Talladega Superspeedway. Jimmie Johnson survived a wild 9-lap shootout

Sadler wins pole at Talladega:

Sadler wins pole at Talladega:

April 29, 2006
#38-Elliott Sadler won the Budweiser pole for the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway with a lap of 188.511mph, for his 2nd straight pole at Talladega, 1st of 2006 and 7th of his career. #20-Stewart will start 2nd, followed by #99-Carl Edwards, #88-Dale Jarrett

Phoenix Race Notes:

Phoenix Race Notes:

April 22, 2006
• Kevin Harvick won the Subway Fresh 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, scoring his sixth NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 186th career start. He also won the NASCAR Busch Series race at Phoenix. Harvick’s last victory came at Bristol in April 2005, 39 races ago

Rumblings – Race Notes – Phoenix:

Rumblings – Race Notes – Phoenix:

April 22, 2006
It what turned out to be a "fuelish" event tonight at Phoenix International Raceway, Kevin Harvick passed Greg Biffle on lap 303 and led the final 10 circuits to capture the Subway Fresh 500....with probably only a little gas to spare. Harvick got the weekend sweep

Phoenix Qualifying Notes:

Phoenix Qualifying Notes:

April 20, 2006
• Kyle Busch won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Subway Fresh 500, lapping Phoenix International Raceway in 26.917 seconds at 133.744 mph. Ryan Newman holds the track-qualifying record of 26.499 seconds, 135.854 mph - set Nov. 5, 2004. • This is Busch

Ramblings – Phoenix:

Ramblings – Phoenix:

April 20, 2006
Kyle Busch sped around the one mile oval that is Phoenix International Raceway tonight in 26.917 (133.744 mph) to grab his second ever Bud Pole for Saturday Night's Subway Fresh 500. The only other driver under 27 seconds was Greg Biffle and they'll lead 'em to the

#40 Crew Chief change? UPDATE:

#40 Crew Chief change? UPDATE:

April 17, 2006
hearing that Steve Lane has taken over crew chiefing the #40 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge for rookie driver David Stremme, no word on plans to crew chief Jeff Vandermoss who was the crew chief. Vandermoss moves over to the #41 Target team and driver Reed Sorenson as the

Crew Chief Changes at Roush UPDATE Edwards comments:

Crew Chief Changes at Roush UPDATE Edwards comments:

April 15, 2006
Roush Racing sources told NASCAR.com on Thursday that two of its Nextel Cup teams will have new crew chiefs at Phoenix next week. Bob Osborne will assume crew chief duties for the #26 team and driver Jamie McMurray. Osborne moves from the #99 car, where he helped Carl

Fennig Takes Over as Kenseth’s Crew Chief:

Fennig Takes Over as Kenseth’s Crew Chief:

April 13, 2006
Jimmy Fennig will oversee Roush Racing's Busch program in its entirety taking on the job of senior crew chief. Fennig will also assume crew chief duties for the #17 Ameriquest/Pennzoil Ford driven by Matt Kenseth. Chad Norris is currently serving his four week NASCAR

Richmond testing – Day 2:

Richmond testing – Day 2:

April 13, 2006
#29-Kevin Harvick was fastest in the morning session on Day 2 of testing at Richmond International Raceway testing, with a lap of 126.505mph, followed by #21-Ken Schrader, #5b-Kyle Busch, #6b-Mark Martin and #42-Casey Mears. Afternoon: #5b-Kyle Busch was the fastest

Norris Suspended for Rules Violation:

Norris Suspended for Rules Violation:

April 11, 2006
NASCAR announced today that Chad Norris, crew chief of the #17 Ford driven by Matt Kenseth in the NASCAR Busch Series, has been fined $10,000 and suspended from NASCAR until May 3, 2006 following rule violations at Texas Motor Speedway on April 8, 2006. Norris' suspension