Matt Kenseth: “I think it had some kind of valvetrain issue. That’s basically what it sounded like, so I don’t know. Something busted in there. It’s disappointing we didn’t get to race today, but those guys do a great job on engines. Doug Yates and those guys, without their horsepower we couldn’t win races like last week, so I can’t really complain about those guys. It’s just something that happens every now and again and it’s just unfortunate it happened to us today.”
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HOW UNUSUAL IS THIS?
Matt Kenseth: “I think it’s the first failure we’ve had in over two years. These guys do a great job with engines. It’s just one of those things that happens now and again.”
THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT EXPECTED. WHAT HAPPENED?
Matt Kenseth: “Yeah, first is better than last, that’s for sure. We just broke something in the engine. I don’t know, it broke right away. I can’t really speculate what happened, but something broke in the valvetrain or something like that.”
WHAT WERE THE SYMPTOMS?
Matt Kenseth: “It quit making power and it started sounding funny. You know when something is wrong.”
IS IT NOT AS BAD AFTER WINNING TWO STRAIGHT OR DOES IT HURT MORE GOING FOR THREE IN A ROW?
Matt Kenseth: “I don’t know that I’ve ever dropped out on lap one before. It’s never really easy. We didn’t even really get to race today and we qualified bad, so it was a pretty long weekend for nothing. It’s disappointing no matter what. I’m glad we did great the last two weeks, but, really, you take it one week at a time and shift your focus to that race each and every week, so it’s always disappointing when something like that happens.”
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WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THREE IN A ROW?
Matt Kenseth: “No. Winning the third race, seriously, was the farthest thing from my mind than anything. We approach it one race at a time and I’m very, very thankful for the first two weeks of the season that we had and for the opportunity to drive this car. You’re gonna break stuff once in a while. I think it’s the first engine we broke in two years. The guys at Roush Yates engines do a great job. It’s bound to happen sooner or later, it just didn’t happen at a good time. It happened at the beginning of the race, so it’s just one of those things that happen.”
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