Matt Kenseth – NSCS Advance
Team: No. 17 Ford EcoBoost Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK-806 (Last ran at Loudon)
Kenseth NSCS record at Martinsville Speedway:
Date Event S F Laps Status Earnings
04/09/00 Goody’s 500 31 21 498/500 Running $38,625
10/01/00 NAPA Autocare 500 37 34 447/500 Running $32,700
04/08/01 Virginia 500 25 6 500/500 Running $57,750
10/15/01 Old Dominion 500 22 36 459/500 Rear End $37,725
04/14/02 Virginia 500 26 2 500/500 Running $97,165
10/20/02 Old Dominion 500 17 19 499/500 Running $55,875
04/13/03 Virginia 500 34 22 499/500 Running $66,725
10/19/03 Subway 500 14 13 500/500 Running $68,400
04/18/04 Advance Auto Parts 500 29 8 500/500 Running $113,728
10/24/04 Subway 500 25 16 500/500 Running $108,203
04/10/05 Advance Auto Parts 500 18 11 500/500 Running $118,186
10/23/05 Subway 500 25 12 500/500 Running $116,461
04/02/06 DirecTV 500 16 24 493/500 Accident $113,491
10/22/06 Subway 500 20 11 500/500 Running $118,716
04/01/07 Goody’s 500 33 10 500/500 Running $130,266
10/21/07 Subway 500 24 5 506/506 Running $147,916
03/30/08 Goody’s 500 28 30 496/500 Running $117,066
10/19/08 Tums 500 11 8 504/504 Running $123,416
03/29/09 Goody’s 500 10 23 499/500 Running $119,715
10/25/09 Tums 500 32 14 501/501 Running $120,290
03/29/10 Goody’s Fast Relief 500 2 18 508/508 Running $118,951
10/24/10 Tum’s Fast Relief 500 32 15 500/500 Running $120,951
04/03/11 Goody’s Fast Relief 500 24 6 500/500 Running $123,461
10/30/11 Tum’s Fast Relief 500 2 31 477/500 Running $106,461
04/01/12 Goody’s Fast relief 500 21 4 515/515 Running $152,821
Races Wins Top 5s Top 10s Poles Earnings
Cumulative 25 0 3 8 0 $2,525,064
Kenseth on racing at Martinsville Speedway:
“I’ve always felt that throughout my whole career that Martinsville has always been one of my weakest links that I’m just not very good there. It’s been a place that has been difficult for me to tell the guys exactly what I need from the car in order to run well there. Our performance has been a lot better there lately for the past three or four times we’ve raced pretty competitively, so I’m hoping to go there this weekend and get another decent run for our team and be able to keep improving upon our finishes at Martinsville.”
Crew chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Martinsville Speedway:
“We are testing at Little Rockingham this week to look at some different geometry on the front end of the car as we prepare for Martinsville. We’re trying to get our cars a little bit better there because we’ve been able to run in the top ten at Martinsville, but we just need to get our cars rolling through the middle of the turns better. Matt always races well there, but we just need to make sure that we give him everything in the car so that he has the best set-ups in the car to earn the finishes we deserve.”
FAST FACTS:
• In 25 Cup starts at Martinsville, Kenseth has completed 12,401 of 12,534 laps (98.9 percent) and led for 72 laps
• Kenseth has an average starting position of 22.3 and an average finishing position of 16.0 at Martinsville
• Kenseth has achieved three top-five and eight top-10 finishes at Martinsville in the Cup series
• This weekend at Martinsville, Kenseth will pilot the No. 17 Ford EcoBoost Fusion
• Entering the weekend at Martinsville, Kenseth is currently ninth in the Chase driver point standings
