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UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 - Matt Kenseth Notes

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 3/7/04

Matt Kenseth
Team: No. 17 DEWALT Ford Taurus
Owner: Jack Roush/Mark Martin
Crew Chief: Robbie Reiser
Chassis: #20 (Won the Las Vegas event in 2003.)

Matt Kenseth on racing at Las Vegas: "Roush Racing really seems to have this place figured out. That was such a great victory for us last year. It was almost like the car drove itself because it had such good handling. It's a lot of fun for a driver when your car is hooked up like that*kind of like last week at Rockingham. We have some pretty good momentum headed into this race. I think our team is hitting on all cylinders right now with the pit crew having such great stops and the cars performing so well. All I have to do is my part and that's the fun part."

Crew Chief Robbie Reiser on racing at Las Vegas: "This is going to be our first race at one of the mile and a half tracks so it'll be pretty important to see how we perform in practice right off the bat. I think we've got a whole winter's worth of work tied up in how these types of tracks will treat us. I couldn't be prouder of the guys on this team right now. We've got a great group of guys who are hungry to go out every week, lead laps and win races. We hope to defend our race win from last year and get to the top of the point standings."

Fast Facts

Matt Kenseth scored his only victory of 2003 at Las Vegas, giving Roush four of the six victories there. The domination continues with his Busch program at Las Vegas. Over the same period, Roush drivers have won three of the six Busch races: Burton (two) and Martin (one).

Matt Kenseth won last week's Subway 400 at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, NC. It was his eighth career victory and it came in his 150th start. Kenseth won by .010-seconds over Kasey Kahne in the fourth closest NASCAR finish since electronic timing and scoring came about.

Kenseth is also the defending champion of the Daimler-Chrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was his lone victory in 2003.

The average time of the seven stops in the Subway 400 for the No. 17 pit crew was an astounding 13.33-seconds per stop.

Robbie Reiser has been named the Crew Chief of the Year 2003 by RACER Magazine and the WYPALL? Crew Chief of the Week for his performance at Rockingham.

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