Veteran Status Revoked!!!

          2003 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Matt Kenseth has been a member of Roush-Fenway Racing since he began in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 16 years ago but now a mutual decision between him and Roush-Fenway co-owner Jack Roush has him going to a different organization after the 2012 season.

          Matt Kenseth is currently the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points leader with 1 win, the 2012 Daytona 500, 8 top 5's and 11 top 10's. He leads his current teammate Greg Biffle by 11 points and Dale Earnhardt Jr. by 14.

         Kenseth's NASCAR career began in the NASCAR Nationwide Series where he ran 248 races of a 16 year span. His first race was at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the 1996 Red Dog 300 and ironically his last race was the 2011 Top Gear 300 also at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kenseth also entered only 1 NASCAR Candian Tire Series event in his career which was the 2002 Canada Day Shootout in Cayuga where we won.

         In 1998 Kenseth finished 2nd in the Nationwide series points which was his best of his career. He ended with 26 wins and 168 top 10's with 16 poles. This was also the season where he got his first win at the famed Rockingham Motor Speedway in the GM Goodwrench Service Plus 200 driving for former rival Robbie Reiser.


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        His first Sprint Cup Series race was in 1998 at Dover Delaware filling in for Bill Elliot while he was attending his father's funeral. Kenseth has raced in 452 races with 22 wins and 220 top 10's with 7 poles. Matt Kenseth is also a 2-time Daytona 500 champion, one of a select few drivers who have accomplished this feat.

         Kenseth has signed a 2013 Sprint Cup Series contract but the details of where he will race has not been disclosed. Kenseth looks to be joining Joe Gibbs Racing, hall of fame NFL Head Coach, which makes it either a four car team or Joey Logano will be searching for a new ride.


         Either way Matt Kenseth is one of the best drivers NASCAR has seen and will do well with whomever he signed with.

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          2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will take over Kenseth's ride leaving 2011 Daytona 500 Champion with a full-time ride in the Nationwide series.