Chicagoland Speedway, July 9-11, 2004
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Tropicana 400, Sunday, 2:30PM
Matt Kenseth
Team: No. 17 DEWALT Ford Taurus
Owner: Jack Roush/Mark Martin
Crew Chief: Robbie Reiser
Chassis: #29 (finished sixth at Atlanta)
Matt Kenseth on racing at Chicagoland Speedway:
“Chicago is still such a relatively new speedway for us that we don’t have a whole lot of notes to go on, but we have a pretty good race car that we’re taking this weekend. It’s a pretty fun track to drive, but you really need to have a good setup that works for you right off the bat. A lot of times this place is famous for some pretty long green-flag runs and not a lot of cautions.”
Crew Chief Robbie Reiser on racing at Chicagoland Speedway:
“We’re bringing chassis 29 to the track with us this weekend. It did a good job for us earlier this year [at Atlanta], so we’ll see what we can come up with this time around. With the long green flag runs you get here, pitting under green is going to be important and I think it’s going to play a major factor in the outcome of the race.”
Fast Facts
Matt Kenseth fell to fifth place in the point standings following a 39th place finish at Daytona last week. He is now 356 points out of first place. Kenseth has spent 52 straight weeks inside the “NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Top 10”—the longest active streak.
Kenseth has 10 top-10 finishes in the first 17 races of the 2004 season. He is one of four drivers to remain in the top-10 in points for the entire season so far.
Last year, Kenseth finished 12th at Chicagoland Speedway.
