Matt Kenseth
Matt Kenseth
Matthew Roy "Matt" Kensethis an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth10 March 1972
CityCambridge, WI
car drivers excuse fence front fun good lap line passing race rear run track white
The most fun track we race on may be at Atlanta. You can run the white line or you can have the right rear scraping the fence and probably run the same lap times, so you never have an excuse for not passing a car in front of you. There are a lot of good grooves at Atlanta. It's a good race for the drivers and good fun for the fans.
car compared drove happy speeds
Compared to the competition, I was pretty happy with the car the way it drove and what our speeds were.
both certainly couple early feels good helped hopefully last test vegas won year
Our Vegas test went good. It feels good to get off to a good start. Last year we didn't, but a couple of years before that we did and it certainly helped us both seasons. I think we won early in '03 and '04, so hopefully we can keep it up all the way through the year.
cheap drove extra hard knocked run
He knocked me out of the way. I thought if he had a run on me, had me beat, that would have been OK. But he drove extra hard and knocked me out of the way. I thought it was a cheap shot.
best kurt leading mark people points pulled running three
He doesn't always do what's best for him. He always did the best for the organization on the racetrack. Three years ago, Mark (Martin) was running for a championship. Kurt was leading (at) Rockingham, and Mark was running second. Kurt pulled over so Mark could get the points for leading the most laps. Things like that, most people would never think of doing.
heard morning racing watch
I heard about it this morning on the news. That's always tough, even if you don't know him or you don't know anything about that kind of racing or watch that kind of racing. It's still hard, especially with those cars. You always know the danger's there and things can go wrong.
great lap run thank today took
I really have to thank Greg Biffle, we didn't do a qualifying run today and we took a lot of his stuff. That's a great lap for us.
best couple five four fun hard knew last three
He's probably had more fun the last three or four or five years than he did the first couple of years I knew him. Mark's awesome. He's one of the best in the garage, and if you can get him the right stuff, he's going to be hard to beat.
gone gonna swing
If I thought he was gonna try to take a swing at me or something like that, I probably wouldn't have gone over there.
bad contender doubt good hard running side strong
I feel bad for Greg, it's hard to look at the good side if you are him. He's running so strong and there's no doubt he's going to be a contender at the end of the year.
running guy trying
Everybody is different. You're always going to have disagreements with other drivers, unless you're not competitive and you never run good. I deal with everybody differently. Most guys, I have a lot of respect for and I'd like to keep it that way. So I try to communicate with them and find some common ground.
mad metallica heavy-metal
Usually when I'm mad, I'd rather listen to angry music than soothing music - more heavy metal, some Metallica or something.
nice calming-effect race
Chapel services on race day have a calming effect. It's a nice time for us to worship and try to get the message and hear some music and have a little fellowship together before we get to racing.
car safety precaution
God's more in control than we are. Obviously you still take all the precautions and safety measures inside your car.