by Bill Scott | May 25, 2020
The race was delayed by more than an hour by rain before Brad Keselowski picked up his first NASCAR Cup victory of the season by winning the Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday. Jimmie Johnson finished second, but would later be disqualified after...
by Bill Scott | May 21, 2020
Denny Hamlin is taking home the win at Wednesday night’s Toyota 500 at Darlington Raceway. Weather caused delays, but it didn’t slow down Hamlin, who held off Kyle Busch in NASCAR’s second race back amid he ongoing coronavirus. Wisconsin’s...
by Bill Scott | May 15, 2020
While many sports are attempting to return to action in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, auto racing is getting it done this weekend. The lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR event at Darlington Raceway was set with a random draw of racers on Thursday. Brad...
by Bill Scott | Apr 28, 2020
Cambridge, Wisconsin NASCAR Champion Matt Kenseth will come out of retirement to compete for Chip Ganassi Racing as the replacement for fired driver Kyle Larson. Larson was let go two weeks ago after using a racial slur while competing in a virtual race. Kenseth joins...
by Bill Scott | May 16, 2016
Wisconsin NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth captured his first Sprint Cup race of 2016, holding off Kyle Larson to take the Triple “A” 400 in Dover, Delaware. The Cambridge native led for 48 of the 400 laps to win his third career race at the one-mile Dover track...
by Bill Scott | Apr 4, 2016
Eau Claire native Paul Menard earned his first Top-Ten finish of the year in the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit. Menard took eighth on Sunday at the S-T-P 500 in Martinsville, Virginia, and he rose one place in the season point standings to 21st. Matt Kenseth of Cambridge...
by Bill Scott | Feb 22, 2016
Cambridge native Matt Kenseth went from first to 14th on the final lap of the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Kenseth had the lead with less than a half-lap to go when teammate Denny Hamlin tried to make a push. Kenseth tried to block the charge but Hamlin bumped him, forcing...
by Bill Scott | Feb 19, 2016
Wisconsin’s Matt Kenseth has lost his front-row starting spot for Sunday’s Daytona 500. The Cambridge native got into a six-car crash on the final lap of Thursday night’s second 150-mile qualifying race. Kenseth will have to use a backup car for...
by Bill Scott | Nov 6, 2015
Wisconsin’s Matt Kenseth says NASCAR is “unfairly” making him out to be an example with his two-race suspension for retaliating against Joey Logano. The Cambridge native failed to have his suspension reduced or overturned Thursday in two appeals...
by Bill Scott | Nov 4, 2015
Matt Kenseth’s racing team says it will appeal a two-race suspension handed down by NASCAR on Tuesday, for intentionally causing an accident that may have ruined Joey Logano’s chances of winning the Sprint Cup title. Joe Gibbs Racing says the penalty is...
by Bill Scott | Aug 17, 2015
Cambridge, Wisconsin native Matt Kenseth led for 146 of 200 laps, winning Nascar’s Pure Michigan 400 on Sunday. Kenseth started in the lead and stayed there for much of the race, earning his third Sprint Cup victory of the season and 34th of his career. It was...
by Bill Scott | Aug 3, 2015
Cambridge, Wisconsin native Matt Kenseth took the checkered flag, winning the Windows 10 400 at Pocono Raceway on Sunday. Kenseth captured his 33rd career win after Kyle Busch ran out of gas on the final lap. Busch, who had won the last three Sprint Cup races,...
by Bill Scott | Apr 20, 2015
Cambridge-native Matt Kenseth failed to win a NASCAR Sprint Series race in 2014, and had not crossed the finish line first since September 22, 2013. That span of 51 consecutive races without a win ended Sunday when Kenseth took the checkered flag of the Food City 500...
by Bill Scott | Sep 1, 2014
Kasey Kahne grabbed the lead on a restart following a caution with 23 laps to go and held off Matt Kenseth in a two-lap shootout to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday night. It’s Kahne’s first win of the season and earned...
by Bill Scott | Feb 21, 2014
Cambridge, Wisconsin native Matt Kenseth captured the first of two twin 150-mile qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway. Kenseth earned the third starting position in row 2 for Sunday’s Daytona 500. Teammate Denny Hamlin won the second race, giving...
by Bill Scott | Nov 4, 2013
Five-time Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson has a seven-point lead over Wisconsin native Matt Kenseth in the Chase for the Championship with two races left. Johnson and Kenseth were tied in points when they got to Texas Motor Speedway, although Kenseth was considered...
by Bill Scott | Oct 28, 2013
Jeff Gordon snapped a 32-race winless streak by using a late pass of Matt Kenseth to win at Martinville Speedway. Gordon got by Kenseth with 21 laps to go and held on for his eighth career victory at Martinsville, but first since 2005. Kenseth (Cambridge, WI) finished...
by Bill Scott | Oct 13, 2013
Brad Keselowski snapped a 37-race winless streak, becoming the first non-Chase driver to win a Chase race since 2010. The defending Sprint Cup Series champion, who failed to qualify for the Chase this year, grabbed his first win of the season and first since Sept. 30,...
by Bill Scott | Oct 7, 2013
Kevin Harvick pulled away from Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon on a late restart to win a wreck-filled race at Kansas Speedway. With the win, Harvick moved into third in points behind leaders Matt Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson. Kenseth, who finished 11th in Sunday’s...
by Bill Scott | Sep 29, 2013
Jimmie Johnson held off teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. down the stretch to win for a record eighth time at Dover International Speedway. The entire top 10 Sunday was made up of Chase for the Sprint Cup championship drivers. Joey Logano, Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch rounded...
