NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series: Pocono 500, Pocono International Raceway, 06/13/04
Matt Kenseth
Team: No. 17 DEWALT Ford Taurus
Owner: Jack Roush/Mark Martin
Crew Chief: Robbie Reiser
Chassis: #20 (won at Vegas in 2003 and 2004)
Matt Kenseth on racing at Pocono International Raceway:
“Pocono has been a pretty good track for us
lately-we should have had both races in the top-five last year but we got caught up in a fuel mileage
game at the end of the second race. We’ve got
some great notes at this place and I think we’ll be able to bring home a decent finish for this DEWALT
team. Last week was a tough break for us, but we have to move on and concentrate on doing the best
job we can this week.”
Crew Chief Robbie Reiser on racing at Pocono International Raceway:
“We’re bringing probably our most
familiar car here this weekend. Ol’ 20 has quite a story behind it. It’s won both Vegas races [2003 &
2004] and it’s our best flat track car.
It’s also the same car that got destroyed at Kansas in practice last year, but Matt had us rebuild it for him.
It’s already paid off for us and I hope it does again this weekend.”
Fast Facts
Kenseth remained third in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup standings despite a bitterly disappointing
22nd place finish at Dover one week ago. He is now 179 points out of first place. Kenseth has spent 48
straight weeks inside the “NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
Top 10”-the longest active streak.
In past events at Pocono, Matt Kenseth has two top-fives and four top-tens in 8 starts at the
triangular 2.5-mile track. He has led in four events here.
