Matt Kenseth – NSCS ADVANCE
Team: No. 17 Ford EcoBoost Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK-808 (last run at Atlanta)
Kenseth NSCS record at Phoenix International Raceway:
Date Event S F Laps Status Earnings
11/05/00 Checker Auto Parts 500 12 42 53/312 Crash $45,700
10/28/01 Checker Auto Parts 500 38 4 312/312 Running $97,960
11/10/02 Checker Auto Parts 500 28 1 312/312 Running $211,895
11/02/03 Checker Auto Parts 500 37 6 312/312 Running $86,000
11/07/04 Checker Auto Parts 500 16 36 280/315 Engine $101,903
04/23/05 Subway Fresh 500 17 42 164/312 Crash $107,021
11/13/05 Checker Auto Parts 500 16 32 310/312 Running $109,161
04/22/06 Subway Fresh 500 4 3 312/312 Running $168,116
11/12/06 Checker Auto Parts 500 10 13 312/312 Running $86,700
04/21/07 Subway Fresh Fit 500 17 5 312/312 Running $149,766
11/11/07 Checker Auto Parts 500 18 3 312/312 Running $172,291
04/12/08 Subway Fresh Fit 500 27 38 269/312 Running $111,466
11/09/08 Checker Auto Parts 500 34 15 313/313 Running $117,291
04/18/09 Subway Fresh Fit 500 17 27 311/312 Running $113,440
11/15/09 Checker Auto Parts 500 28 18 311/312 Running $115,765
04/10/10 Subway Fresh Fit 600 27 6 378/378 Running $154,651
11/14/10 Kobalt Tools 500 15 7 312/312 Running $130,101
02/27/11 Subway Fresh Fit 500 24 12 312/312 Running $114,986
11/13/11 Kobalt Tools 500 1 34 238/312 Crash $108,986
03/04/12 Subway Fresh Fit 500 26 13 312/312 Running $122,836
Races Wins Top 5s Top 10s Poles Earnings
Cumulative 20 1 5 8 1 $2,426,035
Kenseth on racing at Phoenix International Raceway:
“Phoenix is a place that we’ve been working on to get our cars handling how we need them to at the shorter flat tracks. With the repave at Phoenix, the track was pretty slick to begin with, but I feel that it’s been coming around the more we run laps there. We’ve struggled at short tracks in the past, but I really feel like we’ve made a lot of improvements in our program lately. Even though we’re out of the title hunt, we’ve been striving to keep improving our position in the standings. Jumping up three positions in the points after last weekend was a big boost with two races remaining.”
Crew chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Phoenix International Raceway:
“We struggled at Phoenix earlier this year, but I feel like we’ve learned a lot since the start of the season, and our goal is to apply what we’ve learned all season long to improve on our efforts this weekend. In the spring, we just couldn’t get the car to turn in the middle for Matt and the car got tighter as the race went on with less grip so those are all the things that we’ll work on going into this weekend. The car we’re bringing was last run at Atlanta and it’s one of our newer cars that we made into a short-track car, and it’s a car I feel confident in.
FAST FACTS:
• Kenseth has an average starting position of 20.6 and an average finishing position of 17.8 at Phoenix
• In 20 starts, Kenseth has achieved one win, five top-five and eight top-10 finishes, and one pole at Phoenix in the Sprint Cup series
• Kenseth has completed 5,747 of 6,310 (91.1 percent) laps at Phoenix and led for a total of 212 laps
• This weekend at Phoenix, Kenseth will pilot the No. 17 Ford EcoBoost Fusion
• Entering this weekend, Kenseth is currently fifth in the NSCS Chase driver point standings
