Matt Kenseth – NSCS ADVANCE
Team: No. 17 Best Buy Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK-826 (last run at Kansas)
Kenseth’s NSCS record at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
Date Event S F Laps Status Earnings
11/12/00 Penzoil 400 38 21 264/267 Running $50,500
11/11/01 Penzoil 400 21 27 266/267 Running $49,430
11/17/02 Ford 400 13 40 223/267 Engine $54,550
11/16/03 Ford 400 37 43 28/267 Engine $62,665
11/21/04 Ford 400 30 19 271/271 Running $104,203
11/20/05 Ford 400 17 3 267/267 Running $219,711
11/19/06 Ford 400 19 6 268/268 Running $141,991
11/18/07 Ford 400 4 1 267/267 Running $359,941
11/16/08 Ford 400 3 25 266/267 Running $119,341
11/22/09 Ford 400 34 13 267/267 Running $118,015
11/21/10 Ford 400 13 9 267/267 Running $122,176
11/20/11 Ford 400 6 4 267/267 Running $173,736
Races Wins Top 5s Top 10s Poles Earnings
Cumulative 12 1 3 5 0 $1,576,279
Kenseth on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
“We had a really fast car last year at Homestead and we were able to finish fourth. Homestead is one of my favorite tracks on the circuit and it’s a great place to end the season. I think that with the banking they put in a few years ago, Homestead has really become one of the best tracks that we race at. There’s enough banking that we can run side-by-side, and the groove ends up being along the top line. I just think it’s a place that creates great racing, so I’m looking forward to this weekend and would love to get a win for this No. 17 team.”
Crew chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
“We’re looking to get a win for Matt (Kenseth) this weekend. Our team is hoping to close out the season and Matt’s time here at Roush doing all we could for him. The car we’re bringing this weekend is our winning car from Kansas and I feel it’s a really good car. We need to make sure that we can get our Best Buy Ford to drive well in the corners, because our car last year at Homestead was fast, but we couldn’t get the handling perfect to win.”
FAST FACTS:
• Kenseth has an average starting position of 19.6 and an average finishing position of 17.6 at Homestead
• Kenseth has achieved one win, three top-five, and five top-10 finishes at Homestead in the Cup series
• Kenseth has completed 2,921 of 3,209 laps (91.0 percent) at Homestead and led for a total of 303 laps
• This weekend at Homestead, Kenseth will pilot the No. 17 Best Buy Ford Fusion
• Entering this weekend, Kenseth is currently sixth in the Sprint Cup Series driver point standings
