Matt Kenseth – NSCS ADVANCE
Team: No. 17 Crown Royal Black Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK-694 (last run at Atlanta)
Kenseth NSCS record at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
Date Event S F Laps Status Earnings
05/30/10 Coca-Cola 600 16 10 400/400 Running $153,451
10/17/09 NASCAR Banking 500 4 2 334/334 Running $240,915
05/25/09 Coca-Cola 600 30 10 227/227 Running $160,965
10/11/08 Bank of America 500 9 41 194/334 Crash $110,796
05/25/08 Coca-Cola 600 12 7 400/400 Running $163,341
10/13/07 Bank of America 500 7 34 282/337 Accident $115,516
05/27/07 Coca-Cola 600 5 12 400/400 Running $156,241
10/14/06 Bank of America 500 11 14 332/334 Running $115,466
05/28/06 Coca-Cola 600 6 5 400/400 Running $180,366
10/15/05 UAW-GM Quality 500 18 26 326/336 Running $113,561
05/29/05 Coca-Cola 600 3 37 254/400 Accident $131,456
10/16/04 UAW-GM Quality 500 36 11 334/334 Running $113,803
05/30/04 Coca-Cola 600 37 3 400/400 Running $222,478
10/11/03 UAW-GM Quality 500 29 8 334/334 Running $82,425
05/25/03 Coca-Cola 600 18 2 276/276 Running $206,500
10/13/02 UAW-GM Quality 500 7 34 254/334 Engine $62,680
05/26/02 Coca-Cola 600 21 2 400/400 Running $170,600
10/07/01 UAW-Quality GM 500 32 12 334/334 Running $52,440
05/27/01 Coca-Cola 600 40 18 334/334 Running $65,630
10/08/00 UAW-Quality GM 500 26 9 334/334 Running $50,100
05/28/00 Coca-Cola 600 21 1 400/400 Running $200,950
10/11/99 UAW-Quality GM 500 27 40 231/334 Accident $19,680
Races Wins Top 5s Top 10s Poles Earnings
Cumulative 22 1 6 11 0 $2,889,360
Kenseth on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
“Track position has been really important at Charlotte since the introduction of this car with the spoiler. The pavement has a lot of grip and even though the track gets pretty wide, it’s a real fast track and kind of hard to pass so track position is really important. You’ve got to be in position the last couple of stops in order to have a successful finish. I really don’t feel like there’s a big difference between the spring race and this race, but our Crown Royal Black team really just needs to have a solid race for all 500 miles Saturday night.”
Crew chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway:
“It may not show in our results lately, but recently we’ve been running a lot better at intermediate tracks, so I’m hopeful that we can continue along those lines and win Charlotte. Matt really likes racing at Charlotte and he’s had a lot of good races there. Even though there are two different grooves at Charlotte, track position is still very important, so we’ll look to qualify well and have fast pit stops Saturday night as well.”
FAST FACTS:
• Kenseth earned his first career Sprint Cup series win at Charlotte on May 28, 2000
• Kenseth has an average starting position of 18.9 and an average finishing position of 15.4 at Charlotte
• Kenseth has achieved one win, six top-five’s, and eleven top-10’s at Charlotte in the Cup series
• Kenseth has completed 7,236 of 7,782 (93.0 percent) laps at Charlotte and led for a total of 305 laps
• This weekend at Charlotte, Kenseth will pilot the No. 17 Crown Royal Black Ford Fusion
• Entering this weekend, Kenseth is currently eleventh in the NSCS driver point standings
