Banquet 400 * Kansas Speedway * Sunday, October 5, 2003
Matt Kenseth
Team: No. 17 Roush Racing Ford Taurus
Sponsors: DEWALT
Owner: Jack Roush/Mark Martin
Driver: Matt Kenseth
Crew Chief: Robbie Reiser
Chassis Number: MMR-20 * won at Las Vegas, second at Indy and ninth
at California
Kenseth on racing at Kansas:
"Though this is still a relatively new place on the circuit, it has a
lot of similarities to Chicago and Las Vegas. I'm kind of relieved to
get back to an intermediate track where more of the outcome is in the
driver's hands this week. We're not down on ourselves at all over
what happened last week, we just need to regroup and go out and get the
kind of finishes we've had all year long by doing the same things week
in and week out that have gotten us where we are."
Crew Chief Robbie Reiser on racing at Kansas:
"We're bringing our Vegas and Indy chassis, which has done very
well if you look at the finishes. We really like how it responds to
changes and I think it'll make a great showing for us at Kansas."
ROUSH RACING FAST FACTS:
Mark Martin qualified ninth for last year's race at Kansas.
Martin finished sixth in the inaugural Winston Cup race in
Kansas.
Martin's average finish at Kansas is 15.5. His average start
is 16.
Matt Kenseth now has 22 top-10 finishes in 29 starts, a
league-leading statistic. He also has 10 top-five finishes.
Kenseth's 2003 Winston Cup point lead is now 354 points over
second place Kevin Harvick with just eight races to go.
If Kenseth wins the Banquet 400 event, his Winston-leader bonus
payout would be a record $300,000.
Kurt Busch sits eighth in the 2003 Winston Cup point standings
after 28 events, 211 points out of the fifth and 700 points out of first
place.
Busch's crew chief Jimmy Fennig is tied for winningest active
crew chief in the Winston Cup Series with 24 wins.
Jeff Burton has three top 10 finishes in four races with car
#46. His average starting position in the car is 17.25 while his
average finish in the car is eighth.
In 2002 Burton won the Busch race at Kansas Speedway.
Jon Wood and Carl Edwards will compete in Saturday's Craftsman
Truck Series race at South Boston Speedway. Combined the two drivers
have four wins, two poles, 18 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes.
