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[/media-credit]Matt Kenseth – NSCS ADVANCE
Team: No. 17 Ford EcoBoost Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK-808 (brand new chassis)
Kenseth NSCS record at Michigan International Speedway:
Date Event S F Laps Status Earnings
08/21/11 Pure Michigan 400 2 10 203/203 Running $128,511
06/19/11 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 3 2 200/200 Running $170,436
08/15/10 Carfax 400 7 5 200/200 Running $134,351
06/13/10 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 39 14 200/200 Running $129,551
08/16/09 CARFAX 400 25 14 200/200 Running $131,340
06/14/09 LifeLock 400 16 20 200/200 Running $124,590
08/17/08 3M Performance 400 14 5 200/200 Running $134,516
06/15/08 LifeLock 400 16 3 203/203 Running $155,066
08/21/07 3M Performance 400 21 4 203/203 Running $152,491
06/17/07 Citizens Bank 400 26 42 78/200 Accident $117,611
08/20/06 GFS Marketplace 400 3 1 200/200 Running $221,091
06/18/06 3M Performance 400 20 13 129/129 Running $121,416
08/21/05 GFS Marketplace 400 13 3 200/200 Running $148,371
06/19/05 Batman Begins 400 21 4 200/200 Running $138,261
08/22/04 GFS Marketplace 400 5 8 200/200 Running $117,343
06/20/04 DHL 400 18 7 200/200 Running $199,093
08/17/03 GFS Marketplace 400 33 9 200/200 Running $76,540
06/15/03 Sirius 400 21 4 200/200 Running $93,275
08/18/02 Pepsi 400 21 11 200/200 Running $65,340
06/16/02 Sirius Satellite Radio 400 20 1 200/200 Running $154,100
08/19/01 Pepsi 400 33 4 162/162 Running $70,050
06/10/01 Kmart 400 31 15 200/200 Running $54,040
08/20/00 Pepsi 400 28 8 200/200 Running $42,490
06/11/00 Kmart 400 23 17 193/194 Running $37,650
08/22/99 Pepsi 400 25 14 200/200 Running $25,040
Races Wins Top 5s Top 10s Poles Earnings
Cumulative 25 2 11 16 0 $2,942,563
Kenseth on racing at Michigan International Speedway:
“Michigan is one of my favorite tracks throughout the season and I always look forward to going to Michigan since it’s in the Midwest. It’s really important to have a good-handling car at Michigan since it’s a big sweeping track. We participated in the tire test here in April and saw some pretty quick lap times. There was a ton of grip, and I assume it would be a little faster as the track gets dusted off and rubbered in, so speeds should pick up a bit. When we were in race trim, we were almost four seconds faster than we were racing last year, which is quite a difference. Racing at Michigan is a big weekend for us since the area is the headquarters for Roush Industries and Ford Motor Company.”
Crew chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Michigan International Speedway:
“We are going to start this weekend off at Michigan with our notes from the tire test we participated in back in April. With the new pavement, we really won’t use a lot of our notes beyond the repave, but we do have a plan to try some various set-ups during Thursday’s test session. Of course we hope to find a few things that we can use for this weekend’s race in our EcoBoost Ford. We’ll see how the track has changed since April because when we first got out there it was pretty loose and then tightened up as the test went on.”
FAST FACTS:
• Kenseth has an average starting position of 19.4 and an average finishing position of 9.5 at Michigan
• Kenseth has achieved two wins, 11 top-five and 16 top-10 finishes at Michigan in the Cup series
• At Michigan, Kenseth ranks second for the best average finishing position with a 9.5 average. Roush Fenway teammate, Carl Edwards, has the best average finish among current drivers with a 8.2 average
• Kenseth has completed 4,771 of 4,894 (97.5 percent) laps at Michigan and led for a total of 262 laps
• This weekend at Michigan, Kenseth will pilot the No. 17 Ford EcoBoost Fusion
• Entering this weekend, Kenseth is currently leading the Sprint Cup Series driver point standings
