Matt Kenseth Advance
Lowe’s Motor Speedway
October 13th-15th Nextel Cup Series
UAW-GM Quality 500, Saturday, 7:00PM
Matt Kenseth
Team: No. 17 Carhartt/DEWALT Ford Taurus
Crew Chief: Robbie Reiser
Chassis: RK-59 (finished second at Chicago and third at Michigan)
Matt Kenseth on racing at Lowe's Motor Speedway:
"Charlotte has always been one of my favorite tracks, partly because I got my first Cup win there. But the track was definitely different when we raced there in the spring after they redid the surface. We had a hard crash that night and that's certainly something that we don't want to repeat. We bringing a strong car that we've had success with this season, so we should be competitive."
Crew Chief Robbie Reiser on racing at Lowe's Motor Speedway:
"We're looking forward to this weekend racing here at home. It's always an exciting race for the fans and we're bringing one of our best cars. Some of our teammates tested at Lowe's a few weeks ago with mixed results. Matt's Busch team tested there also and had a good run. So we'll see what we're dealing with once practice gets going."
Fast Facts
Matt Kenseth scored his first NASCAR Cup Series career victory in the Coca-Cola 600 at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in 2000.
In his twelve Cup starts at Lowe's, Kenseth has one win, four top-five's and six top-ten finishes.
Matt Kenseth will be sporting the copper and black colors of the No. 17 Carhartt/DEWALT Ford Taurus on Saturday at the Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Kenseth will be running car number 39 in the UAW-GM Quality 500. This car has seen a lot of action this season with memorable finishes of second and third at Chicagoland and Michigan II, respectively.
Kenseth will be competing in the Busch Series event Friday night at the Lowe's Motor Speedway. He will be competing in the No. 9 Pennzoil Platinum Ford Taurus for the first of two races. The other race will be in Texas.
Kenseth will be running car number 45 in the Busch Series event. This car won in Darlington in the spring.
In his 13 Busch starts at Lowe's, Kenseth has two wins, two poles, seven top-five's and eight top-ten finishes.
Matt Kenseth's Cup Record at Charlotte:
Date Event S F Laps Reason
10/11/99 UAW-GM Quality 500 27 40 231/334 Crash
05/28/00 Coca-Cola 600 21 1 400/400 Running
10/08/00 UAW-GM Quality 500 26 9 334/334 Engine
05/27/01 Coca-Cola 600 40 18 399/400 Running
10/07/01 UAW-GM Quality 500 32 12 334/334 Running
05/26/02 Coca-Cola Racing Family 600 21 2 400/400 Running
10/13/02 UAW-GM Quality 500 7 34 254/334 Engine
05/25/03 Coca-Cola 600 18 2 276/276 Running
10/11/03 UAW-GM Quality 500 29 8 334/334 Running
05/30/04 Coca-Cola 600 37 3 400/400 Running
10/16/04 UAW-GM Quality 500 36 11 334/334 Running
05/29/05 Coco-Cola 600 3 37 245/400 Crash
Totals Races Wins Top 5's Top 10's Poles
Cumulative 12 1 4 6 0
