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Kenseth captures third Cup race this season

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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 also the fifth win in the last six races for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Kenseth led for 73% of the laps on Sunday, the highest percentage by anyone in a Sprint Cup race this year.  He remains in 7th positions in the point standings.

Eau Claire’s Paul Menard finished 12th and Janesville’s Travis Kvapil was 40th.

 

Kenseth captures Windows 10 400

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Matt Kenseth - Photo: Courtesy of Getty Images

Matt Kenseth – Photo: Courtesy of Getty Images

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, finished 21st.

Brad Keselowski, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle rounded out the top-five.

Kenseth made it five wins in the last six races for Joe Gibbs racing.  It’s his first win at Pocono.  Kenseth locked up a spot into the chase for the Sprint Cup Championship shootout.

 

Matt Kenseth claims checkered at Bristol to snap 51-race drought

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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 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Racing from the pole for the first time this season, Kenseth and the rest of the 43-car field had to wait through a 90-minute rain delay before starting their engines. The race was then halted three more times, including a near four-hour delay that push the overall race day past nine hours. [Read more…]

Kenseth lands spot in the “Chase” field

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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 him a spot in the Chase for the Sprint cup.  Kenseth also qualified for the Chase on points.

Tony Stewart’s much-anticipated return to racing ended a little more than halfway through the race.  He hit the wall for the second time after his right front tire blew out on Lap 172, ending his night with a 41st place finish.

Kenseth began the night fifth in the points race, but not yet locked into the Chase because he had no wins.  Kenseth needed to finish seventh or better to secure his place in the playoffs.

Kenseth wins qualifying race at Daytona

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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 Joe Gibbs Racing a sweep of the evening.

It’s the second qualifying race victory for Kenseth, who also won it back in 2012.  He won the Daytona 500 that year, as well as 2009.

Kenseth falls behind as time is running out

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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 the leader based on his seven wins.

Johnson dominated though.  He led 255 of 334 laps for his sixth win this season, earning his 66th career win, including 24th in Chase races.

Kenseth was running second behind Johnson for much of the first half of the race but was penalized for speeding.  That dropped Kenseth to 16th place, although he climbed as far back as 4th to finish.

The next event is in Phoenix, where Johnson has won four times and Kenseth once.

Kenseth tied for Spring Cup lead, three races left

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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 second and Jimmie Johnson was fifth.  That puts Kenseth and Johnson tied atop the Chase Cup standings with three races to remaining in the Spring Cup Championship.

Keselowski earns 1st win of the NASCAR season

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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, 2012.  He passed Kasey Kahne with nine laps to go to take the checkered flag.

Kahne finished second and Chase points leader Matt Kenseth third.  Kenseth remains in the playoff point lead with 2,225.  That’s a slim 4-point lead over Jimmie Johnson at the midway mark in the Chase for the Championship.

Kenseth hangs on to Sprint Cup points lead

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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 race, has a slight 3-point lead over Johnson in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship.

There were 15 cautions in the race, breaking the record of 14 set in last year’s race.

Harvick sat on the pole for the first time in 254 races.  He also won the last time he qualified first, at New Hampshire in 2006.

Johnson wins at Dover, Kenseth maintains point lead

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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 out the top five.  Cambridge native Matt Kenseth, who won the first two Chase races, finished seventh.  He kept his points lead even as he fell short in trying to become the first driver to win the first three Chase races.