Matt Kenseth Using Same Winning Dover Chassis This Week

Kenseth looking for Dover sweep (Getty)

Matt Kenseth
Team: No. 17 Crown Royal Ford Fusion
Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig
Chassis: Primary: RK-763 (Last run at Pocono, this chassis won the Dover spring race)

Kenseth on racing at Dover International Speedway:
“Dover has been a good place for us in the past and it’s my favorite race track; I love going racing there. I’m looking forward to going there and hopefully we can put in a good effort and have a fast car to get another good result and keep rolling in the Chase. We’ll just do the best job we can every week, work as hard as we can on our cars and pit stops and hope that our results are good enough each and every Sunday.”

Crew chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Dover International Speedway:
“This weekend, we’re bringing the same chassis we ran and won with at Dover back in May. Dover is Matt’s favorite track and that gives us a lot of motivation to have another solid run there this weekend. We were able to leave New Hampshire with a sixth-place finish at a track that has been a challenge for us in the past, so I’m looking forward to this weekend in order to help us make up some position in the point standings.”

FAST FACTS:
• Kenseth made his first career Sprint Cup start at Dover on Sept. 20, 1998, filling in for Bill Elliott

• Kenseth has an average starting position of 16.7 and an average finishing position of 12.4 at Dover

• Kenseth has achieved two poles, two wins, 11 top-five’s and 16 top-10’s at Dover in the Cup series

• Two of Kenseth’s six career Sprint Cup poles have come at Dover (spring of ‘02 and fall of ‘03)

• Kenseth has completed 9,724 of 10,004 (97.2 percent) laps at Dover and led for a total of 741 laps

• This weekend at Dover, Kenseth will pilot the No. 17 Crown Royal Ford Fusion

• Entering the weekend at Dover, Kenseth is currently seventh in the NSCS driver point standings

- Roush Fenway Racing, Press Release