Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Matt Kenseth on a roll heading into Dover

Matt Kenseth is 7/1 to win at Dover.
Matt Kenseth / No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Preview
AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway
No. 20 Dollar General Toyota News and Notes:

KENSETH BY THE NUMBERS AT DOVER
: In 33 Sprint Cup Series career starts at Dover, Matt Kenseth has an average finish of 13.6, has completed 12,600 of 13,209 (95.4 percent) career laps, and has led for a total of 830 laps. Kenseth has earned two wins, 15 top-five, 21 top-10 finishes, and two poles at the Monster Mile.

JOE GIBBS RACING AT DOVER: Joe Gibbs Racing has 102 Sprint Cup Series starts at Dover and has earned five wins, 33 top-five, and 48 top-ten finishes. The organization has led for a total of 2,457 laps, has an average start of 14.4, an average finish of 17.1, and has completed 37,703 of 41,932 (89.9 percent) laps.

THIS WEEK ON THE NO. 20 DOLLAR GENERAL TOYOTA: Dollar General vendor partners First Quality, Reese’s, Hanes, Coca-Cola, Glad, Zyrtec, TruMoo, Armour, Bounty and Pringles will be featured on Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 20 Toyota Camry this weekend at Dover International Speedway.

RACE INFO: The AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway (1.0-mile) begins at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, October 4th. The race will be broadcast live on NBCSN, Sirius XM Channel 90 and MRN Radio.

Kenseth’s 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season Stats:
StartsWinsTop 5Top 10PolesLaps LedEarningsAvg. StartAvg. Finish
28512183673$4,860,79312.112.6
Kenseth’s Career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Stats:
StartsWinsTop 5Top 10PolesLaps LedEarningsAvg. StartAvg. Finish
572361632881610,128$112,025,04117.914.0

From the Cockpit:
Matt Kenseth
: “Dover is just really unique since it’s a high-banked one-mile race track and we don’t really have any more of those around. It’s a really fast track and is really edgy, even when you’re out there by yourself, but it can get tough to pass when you get everyone out there during a race. It’s a track that you can really attack but you need to pay a lot of attention to the track changing as well as your competitors. Dover isn’t very forgiving and the elevation changes there can be challenging as well since everything can happen pretty quickly there. Dover gives me the sensation of more speed than any other track we go to and I’ve always loved that race track. We don’t have all the results there that I wish we had, but I love that track and it’s very challenging to get around there fast. I always look forward to heading to Dover.”

From the Pit Box:
Jason Ratcliff:
“For our JGR (Joe Gibbs Racing) organization as we whole, Dover has been a really good track for us. It stands out as one of the top tracks for us overall that we seem to have gotten a bit of a handle on since we generally run well there. I like our chances going back there this weekend. I thought we had a good race going in our first race there this year. We had a few things that I felt that we needed to work on, and we were able to work on those items worked out, so I’m looking forward to it. I think it’s one of our better tracks and eventually we’re going to get one there for our DG team.”

- Joe Gibbs Racing

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