Matt Kenseth – NSCS ADVANCE
Team: No. 17 National Breast Cancer Foundation Ford EcoBoost Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK-793 (Last run at Daytona)
Kenseth NSCS record at Talladega Superspeedway:
Date Event S F Laps Status Earnings
04/16/00 DieHard 500 42 18 187/188 Running $50,260
10/15/00 Winston 500 36 10 188/188 Running $65,100
04/22/01 Talladega 500 40 19 188/188 Running $58,395
10/21/01 EA Sports 500 24 4 188/188 Running $77,550
04/21/02 Aaron’s 499 37 30 180/188 Running $80,905
10/06/02 EA Sports 500 8 14 188/188 Running $67,295
04/06/03 Aaron’s 499 27 9 188/188 Running $104,730
09/28/03 EA Sports 500 37 33 158/188 Engine $61,125
04/25/04 Aaron’s 499 31 42 59/188 Engine $112,298
10/03/04 EA Sports 500 7 14 188/188 Running $116,973
05/01/05 Aaron’s 499 23 11 194/194 Running $136,586
10/02/05 UAW-Ford 500 11 3 190/190 Running $179,511
05/01/06 Aaron’s 499 12 6 188/188 Running $159,841
10/08/06 UAW-Ford 500 19 4 188/188 Running $167,216
04/29/07 Aaron’s 499 17 14 192/192 Running $137,641
10/07/07 UAW-Ford 500 25 26 171/188 Running $120,066
04/27/08 Aaron’s 499 13 41 150/188 Running $125,741
10/05/08 AMP Energy 500 31 26 173/190 Crash $121,091
04/26/09 Aaron’s 499 13 17 188/188 Running $136,315
11/01/09 AMP Energy 500 14 24 191/191 Running $121,790
04/25/10 Aaron’s 499 2 28 196/200 Running $127,901
10/31/10 AMP Energy Juice 500 27 16 188/188 Running $130,099
04/17/11 Aaron’s 499 25 36 139/188 Crash $117,211
10/23/11 Good Sam Club 500 11 18 188/188 Running $121,836
05/06/12 Aaron’s 499 10 3 194/194 Running $225,701
Races Wins Top 5s Top 10s Poles Earnings
Cumulative 25 0 4 7 0 $2,923,177
Kenseth on racing at Talladega Superspeedway:
“For the first time in my career I’m really looking forward to going to Talladega. Our restrictor plate stuff has been extremely strong this year and I think we’ve led a lot of laps at all three plate races. We were leading all three green-white-checker finishes at the superspeedways this year, but unfortunately we lost the last two. I messed up both of them and didn’t do the right things, but we’ve had really fast cars. The No.16 and us have been really fast. We’ve been able to work together and stayed up front the whole time. Hopefully we can do that again and, if there is some trouble, take advantage of that for Greg (Biffle) and I to gain some points.”
Crew chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Talladega Superspeedway
“The car we’re bringing this weekend to Talladega is the same car that we earned the pole with at Daytona in July. We have worked on the car a bit since then so I’m hoping for a good result since I think the car has good speed in it. We’re going to race and our plan is not to just ride around in the back of the field. We want to be able to be at the right place at the right time when it comes down to the finish on Sunday.”
FAST FACTS:
• In 25 Cup starts at Talladega, Kenseth has completed 4,442 of 4,735 laps (93.8 percent) and led for 261 laps
• Kenseth has an average starting position of 21.7 and an average finishing position of 18.6 at Talladega
• Kenseth has achieved four top-five and seven top-10 finishes at Talladega in the Cup series
• This weekend at Talladega, Kenseth will pilot the No. NBCF Ford EcoBoost Fusion
• Entering the weekend at Talladega, Kenseth is currently 12th in the Chase driver point standings
