Matt Kenseth – Ford EcoBoost – Michigan Advance

[media-credit name=”www.mispeedway.com” align=”alignright” width=”175″][/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

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SpeedwayMedia.com

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