Matt Kenseth
Two-mile California Speedway
Fontana, CA
Saturday, Feb. 24
NBS: Stater Bros. 300 - 7:30 PM Eastern - ESPN2/MRN
Matt Kenseth - NBS Advance
Team: No.17 Dish Network Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Drew Blickensderfer
Chassis: RK- 360 Last ran Homestead – finished first
Kenseth on racing in the Busch Series at California Speedway:
"Fontana will always be special place for me, mostly because of the success we enjoyed out there with Robbie (Reiser) and his dad John. We won three Busch races and then finally we broke through with a Cup win last February at Fontana. It's just a great race track. It's big and fast, smooth and wide. You can run several different grooves and try some different things to make your car work better through the turns. You don't have to have a perfect handling racecar because there are some different things you can try on the entry and exit of the turns to make your car work better. We were good here last year in the Busch Series, but not quite good enough to compete for the win at the end. I'm sure Drew (Blickensderfer) and the guys have done a great job setting the car up and if the Vegas Busch test is any indication, we should be able to compete for the win this weekend."
Crew Chief Drew Blickensderfer on racing at California Speedway:
“We are taking the car that last ran at Homestead and was really strong and it tested well at Las Vegas this year. California has been good to Roush Fenway Racing and we always look forward to going out west. This is the first down force race this year, so we are excited to see how all the things we have been working on this winter will work out on the track.”
