Matt Kenseth News

Kurt Busch wins at Bristol:

Kurt Busch wins at Bristol:

March 26, 2006
#2-Kurt Busch won the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, booting #17-Matt Kenseth out of the way with 4 laps to go to win his 1st race of 2006, his first in the #2 Dodge, his 5th at Bristol and 15th career win. It is the first win for the #2 Penske Racing Dodge

Rumblings – Bristol:

Rumblings – Bristol:

March 26, 2006
One good gauge as to how entertaining a race has been is by how many upset drivers we have at the end of the event. Today, we had 42 ticked off and one happy.....by all accounts, that makes this the best race of the year. Kurt Busch put the "bump and run" on former

Norris Fined for Unapproved Jacking Bolt:

Norris Fined for Unapproved Jacking Bolt:

March 22, 2006
NASCAR announced today that Chad Norris, crew chief of the #17 Ford driven by Matt Kenseth, has been penalized due to rules violations at Atlanta. Norris was fined $5,000 for violating Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental to stock car racing) and 12-4-Q (car, car parts

USG Scheme for #17 at Bristol:

USG Scheme for #17 at Bristol:

March 22, 2006
For the first of three times in 2006, Matt Kenseth will pilot the #17 USG Sheetrock Ford Fusion. USG Sheetrock will also be the primary sponsor for the USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in July and the November race at Phoenix International Raceway.(Roush Racing

Rumblings – Atlanta:

Rumblings – Atlanta:

March 21, 2006
a day late but Kasey Kahne certainly wasn't a dollar short today at Atlanta Motor Speedway as he captured the Golden Corral 500 by daylight. Kasey's win from the pole (he's the first driver to do that since Matt Kenseth accomplished that feat at Bristol last August

Atlanta Race Notes:

Atlanta Race Notes:

March 20, 2006
• Kasey Kahne won the Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, scoring his second career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 76th career start. Kahne won from the Bud Pole. • Kahne’s last victory came at Richmond, 29 races ago. He also won that race from the Bud Pole

Johnson’s 3 race run historical:

Johnson’s 3 race run historical:

March 13, 2006
#48-Jimmie Johnson has two wins and a second-place finish in the first three races of the season - the best start in NASCAR history. In the process, he became the 16th driver to win two of the first three races to start the season. The only reason he doesn't have a

Johnson beats Kenseth at Vegas:

Johnson beats Kenseth at Vegas:

March 12, 2006
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a last lap pass during a Green-White-Checkered finish, beating #17-Matt Kenseth by 1/2 a car length. Kenseth led 146 of the 270 laps and Johnson led 1, the most important one, the final

Las Vegas Race News and Notes:

Las Vegas Race News and Notes:

March 12, 2006
• Jimmie Johnson won the 2006 UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, scoring his 20th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 150th career start. • Johnson won the $30,000 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Leader Bonus for winning the race and leading the points. •

Stockcarfans.com – Rumblings – Las Vegas:

Stockcarfans.com – Rumblings – Las Vegas:

March 12, 2006
That banking can't come soon enough.... We had a race that went 270 laps today....and the only two laps that were worth watching were the two we weren't supposed to see. Jimmie Johnson got by Matt Kenseth on the outside of turn 4 on the final lap today to win the UAW

GWC factoid:

GWC factoid:

March 12, 2006
There have been 15 green-white-checkered [GWC] finishes in NASCAR [Nextel Cup] history, and only four times has the leader lost the lead on those final two laps. #17-Matt Kenseth led 146 laps at Las Vegas in 2006, #48-Jimmie Johnson passed him at the line and won by

California Penalties Announced:

California Penalties Announced:

February 28, 2006
NASCAR announced today that four penalties have been issued to two NASCAR Busch Series teams, as a result of rules violations this past weekend at California Speedway. Three penalties were assessed to the #17 Ford team for violations of Sections 12-4-A (actions detrimental

Truck Series News and Notes:

Truck Series News and Notes:

February 28, 2006
Joey Miller (#12 Curb Records Toyota) has a couple of goals in mind for the 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. One will follow the other. Miller hopes to join Darrell Waltrip Motorsports teammate David Reutimann (#17 Team Tundra Toyota) as the Raybestos Rookie

California Notes:

California Notes:

February 26, 2006
• Matt Kenseth won the 2006 Auto Club 500 at California Speedway, scoring his 11th NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 222nd career start. Kenseth won from 31st, the deepest a race winner has started at California Speedway. • Kenseth scored his 100th career NASCAR NEXTEL

Kenseth and Stewart…still no speak UPDATE speak:

Kenseth and Stewart…still no speak UPDATE speak:

February 26, 2006
#17-Matt Kenseth says he has yet to hear from #20-Tony Stewart about last weekend's incident in the Daytona 500 that sent Kenseth into the wall. "I'm sure we'll talk eventually," Kenseth said Friday at California Speedway. "I don't feel like I need to go talk to him