Matt Kenseth: “Texas is a lot like Atlanta and we’ve had some success there in the past”

Kenseth on racing at Texas Motor Speedway:

“We’ve put together back-to-back solid finishes, which is something, it seems like, that we haven’t done in a long time.  I thought we had a car capable of winning at the end, and we haven’t been able to say that in while, because, basically, we haven’t been able to get to the end.  But, it was another solid performance by our guys and hopefully that can carry over into this weekend.”

“Texas is a lot like Atlanta and we’ve had some success there in the past.  I’ve always enjoyed racing there.  It’s fast and since the pavement has aged a little bit, there are multiple grooves and once your car starts sliding around on old tires, you can kind of search out different grooves to suit the way your car’s handling.  I always enjoy that style of racing.  It’s more challenging and a lot of fun for the driver.  Our car’s performance is as good as it has been all year.  That makes it fun to come to race track when you have that and hopefully we’ll have the same this weekend.”

Crew Chief Robbie Reiser on racing at Texas Motor Speedway:

“We’re taking the same car to Texas that we did in the spring and it’s been pretty good for us all year.  It last ran at Kansas and was probably a top-five or top-eight car, but we got caught a lap down by the rain and then got caught up in the wreck on the restart afterwards.  But, it’s been repaired, the damage was minimal and we should be good to go.

“Texas has always been a pretty good track for us and we seem to run well there.  Last week was a good one for us.  We made the right adjustments towards the end of the race and was able to compete for the win, but a couple of late cautions kind of ruined our chances.  Still, the guys did a good job working on the car and pitting the car throughout the race, especially when it counted.  We’re still out to pick up a win or two before the end of the year and our cars have been running good enough lately to where it would be a real disappointment if we weren’t able to contend for each race over the next three weeks.”

Races   Wins   Top5s   Top10s Poles   Led   Money

Spring       8     1     3     4     0     180   $1,665,460

Fall         2     0     1     1     0     150   $413,752

Cumulative     10     1     4     5     0     330   $2,079,212