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 | 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 | 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 | 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...
by Bill Scott | Sep 23, 2013
Matt Kenseth made it back-to-back victories to start the Chase with a convincing victory at New Hampshire. Kenseth held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It’s his series high 7th victory of the season....
by Bill Scott | Sep 16, 2013
Cambridge, Wisconsin native Matt Kenseth won the Geico 400, finishing just ahead of Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch at Chicagoland Speedway. Kenseth entered as the top seed in the Chase for the Championship and showed why after two rain delays that totaled 6 1/2...
by Bill Scott | Jun 24, 2013
The Johnsville Sausage 200 went to double-overtime Saturday at Road America in NASCAR Nationwide Series Racing. In the end, A.J Allmendinger took the checkered flag for his first career NASCAR victory in a green-white checkered finish. Justin Allgier took 2nd place...
by Bill Scott | Jun 21, 2013
The NASCAR Nationwide Series returns to Road America in Elkhart Lake Saturday for the Johnsonville Sausage 200. It’s the 4th year that series comes to the 4-mile track in Wisconsin. The first race was held in 2009 with Carl Edwards taking the checkered flag. ...
by Bill Scott | May 9, 2013
Not to often, does a professional race car driver fail inspection and draw heavy penalties and then see some relief. That’s exactly what happened with Cambridge native Matt Kenseth. Kenseth won in Kansas last month, but he was hit with severe penalties after...
by Bill Scott | Apr 25, 2013
Wisconsin’s Matt Kenseth picked up his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win of the season Sunday in Kansas, however, the only thing we will get to keep is the trophy. Kenseth was docked 50-driver points Wednesday when news broke that his engine did not pass the...
