Matt Kenseth News

Gillette Marketing Campaign:

Gillette Marketing Campaign:

October 20, 2003
Gillette is "close to taking the wraps off a new NASCAR sponsorship" and will have a marketing campaign featuring "Young Gun" drivers Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman and Jimmie Johnson, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal reports. "

Gordon sweeps 2003 Martinsville races, winning the Subway 500:

Gordon sweeps 2003 Martinsville races, winning the Subway 500:

October 19, 2003
#24-Jeff Gordon won the Subway 500 at Martinsville Speedway, his 2nd win of the 2003 season, both coming at Martinsville. It is Gordon's 63rd career Cup win which is 7th all time. #48-Jimmie Johnson was 2nd, followed by #20-Tony Stewart, #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., and #

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Martinsville:

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Martinsville:

October 19, 2003
Break out the brooms....we've got another sweeper! #24-Jeff Gordon completed the Martinsville Speedway sweep in today's Subway 500 in dominant style. He led 311 of the 500 laps and made it a Hendrick Motorsports 1-2 by finishing a little over one second ahead of teammate

Drivers on game show:

Drivers on game show:

October 18, 2003
Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray, Jeremy Mayfield and Christian Fittipaldi are scheduled to appear on the game show "Pyramid" next month. The show, hosted by Donny Osmond, will match the drivers with regular contestants. The NASCAR-themed shows are scheduled

Short Track Success:

Short Track Success:

October 15, 2003
Bobby Labonte has earned 757 points in five short-track races, more than any other driver. He also has three top-five short track finishes, more than any other driver. Kurt Busch is the only driver with two short-track victories (both Bristol races) this season. Winston

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Cgarlotte:

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Cgarlotte:

October 12, 2003
Now, that's the way racing is supposed to be. We [SCF] used to call this formful....the fastest car (and the one that led the most laps) won, and the runner-up and 3rd place finishers were the cars that led the next most laps. Maybe a trend? (Well, for one week anyway

Postponed:

Postponed:

October 11, 2003
the Little Trees 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway has been postponed until 11:00am/et on Saturday, October 11th, for a unique double headers, a Busch and a Cup race on the same day. Wonder if a the drivers running both races will do so, eleven drivers are scheduled to

Special Scheme for Kenseth

Special Scheme for Kenseth

October 8, 2003
add another scheme for the Lowe's Motor Speedway Cup race, Matt Kenseth will run the #17 Carhartt scheme, they are an associate sponsor for the team.( Roush Racing PR ), see image of the scheme on my 2003 Winston Cup Paint Schemes - Car #'s 0-23 page.(10-8-2003)

Martinsville Testing this week:

Martinsville Testing this week:

October 6, 2003
Several teams are scheduled to test at Martinsville Speedway this week in preparation for the Oct.19 Subway 500 race there. #12-Ryan Newman is scheduled to test today and Tuesday. Series points leader #17-Matt Kenseth, #97-Kurt Busch, #45-Kyle Petty, #57-Jason Leffler

Newman wins at Kansas:

Newman wins at Kansas:

October 5, 2003
#12-Ryan Newman won the Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway, for his 8th win of the year and 9th of his 74 race career [12%]. #9-Bill Elliott, who let the most laps [115] ended up 2nd, with #19-Mayfield 3rd and #20-Stewart and #24-Gordon rounding out the top five. #17-Matt

Stock Car Fans Newsletter – Rumblings – Kansas:

Stock Car Fans Newsletter – Rumblings – Kansas:

October 5, 2003
If you thought the rumblings about the #12 car's fuel mileage was loud before, get ready for a deafening roar this week! Ryan Newman stretched his fuel (yet again) for a smooth 78 laps today and held off Bill Elliott to take his 8th victory of the Winston Cup season

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – Kansas:

StockCarFans.com – Ramblings – Kansas:

October 3, 2003
#48-Jimmie Johnson shattered the track record today and captured his second Bud Pole of the season for Sunday's Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway. His time of 29.938 (180.373 mph) was over 1/10th of a second quicker than #01-Mike Skinner. In fact, if you wanted to start

Kenseth contributes:

Kenseth contributes:

October 2, 2003
Winston Cup points leader #17-Matt Kenseth finished a season-worst 33rd at the EA Sports 500 last Sunday, but still donated $25,000 to the Recording Artists/Actors/Athletes Against Drunk Driving (RADD) program. Kenseth was to donate $250 to RADD for every lap he led

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Talladega:

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Talladega:

September 28, 2003
It was a wild one....it was a plate race....and it was Talladega! What more can be said? In a rough race (both on the track and in the pits) Michael Waltrip prevailed in a four lap sprint to the finish today at Talladega Superspeedway in the EA Sports 500, holding

Dallenbach to run some Busch races UPDATE 4:

Dallenbach to run some Busch races UPDATE 4:

September 28, 2003
It appears the deal that former Winston Cup crew chief and current FOX Sports broadcaster Larry McReynolds and driver/broadcaster Wally Dallenbach have been trying to put together to compete in the Busch Series will happen. Dallenbach, the former SCCA Trans-Am champion