Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 - Matt Kenseth Notes

Carolina Dodge Dealers 400, Darlington Raceway, 3/21/04

Matt Kenseth
Team: No. 17 DEWALT Ford Taurus
Owner: Jack Roush/Mark Martin
Crew Chief: Robbie Reiser
Chassis: #29 (Previously raced last week at Atlanta Motor Speedway to a sixth place finish.)

Matt Kenseth on racing at DARLINGTON RACEWAY: “I don’t know what to think about this weekend yet. Darlington is a tough track and that’s probably why I like it as much as I do. I think we’re all going to have a bit of a curve ball with the SAFER barrier cutting into the room on the track—but don’t get me wrong, I’m in favor of it. It’s just going to make getting around there even more tougher than usual. I think you’re going to see teams put a real premium on as much of the practice time as they can utilize to get comfortable. The rest will be up to the driver to not make mistakes lap after lap. That’s pretty much the way it always is here so we’ll see.”

Crew Chief Robbie Reiser on racing at DARLINGTON RACEWAY: “We’re taking the same car we used last week as it’s been a pretty good piece for us. Matt likes the chassis so I had the guys turn the car around on a real quick timetable this week so we could use it two weeks in a row.”

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