Matt Kenseth – NSCS ADVANCE
Team: No. 17 Fifth Third Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK-808 (last raced at Michigan)
Kenseth on racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
“I really feel like Indy is the second biggest race of the year and everyone wants to have the chance to be able to win that race, win the trophy, and kiss the bricks there. Indy is one of the most unique tracks that we visit on the circuit. With our time on track there being so limited without any testing and just a few practices, you really just unload and try to get up to speed on things as soon as you can to tune in your car.”
Crew chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
“Indianapolis is one of the races that I’ve always wanted to win because of the history associated with motor racing there. Matt runs really well at Indy and he’s had a lot of strong runs there including our race last year where he earned his best starting position and finished in the top five. Indy is a tough track to win at because it’s such a narrow track so it’s a challenge to pass there. Track position is so important each and every week, but especially at these tracks where they don’t have the wide multiple lanes to advance through the field.”
FAST FACTS:
• Kenseth has five top five and seven top-10 finishes at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
• Kenseth has finished inside the top 10 in seven of the last 10 starts at IMS
• Kenseth posted his career best starting position (ninth) at Indy in 2011
• Kenseth has an average starting position of 20.5 and an average finishing position of 14.2 at Indy
• Kenseth has finished second twice at Indianapolis (2003 and 2006)
• Kenseth has completed 1,746 of 1,921 career laps (90.9 percent) at Indy and led for a total of 38 laps
• This weekend at Indianapolis, Kenseth will pilot the No. 17 Fifth Third Ford Fusion
• Entering this weekend, Kenseth is currently leading the Sprint Cup Series driver point standings
