Thursday, October 30, 2014

Texas one of Matt Kenseth's best statistical tracks

Matt Kenseth is 10/1 to win at Texas
Matt Kenseth / No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Preview
AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
No. 20 Dollar General Toyota News and Notes:


KENSETH BY THE NUMBERS: In 24 Sprint Cup Series starts at Texas, Kenseth has completed 7,981 of 8,033 laps (99.4 percent) and has led for a total of 775 laps. Kenseth is the top active driver in the Sprint Cup Series at Texas Motor Speedway with the best average finish (8.2) and most top five (13) finishes. Kenseth has earned two wins, 13 top-five, and 17 top-ten finishes at the 1.5-mile track.

JOE GIBBS RACING IN THE LONE STAR STATE: Joe Gibbs Racing has 73 Sprint Cup Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway earning a total of four wins, 18 top-five, 31 top-ten finishes, and three poles. The organization also has led for a total of 1,249 laps and has an average start of 16.2 and an average finish of 15.9 at the Texas track.

THIS WEEK ON THE NO. 20 DOLLAR GENERAL TOYOTA: Dollar General vendor partners Kellogg’s, Coke Zero, Reese’s, Zyrtec, Febreze, First Quality, Arrid and Glad will be featured on Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 20 Toyota Camry this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.

KENSETH’S DOUBLE-DUTY: In addition to competing in Sunday’s AAA Texas 500, Kenseth will also pilot the No. 20 GameStop/Call of Duty Toyota in Saturday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas.
RACE INFO: The AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway (1.5-mile) begins at 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, November 2. The race will be broadcast live on ESPN, Sirius XM Channel 90 and PRN Radio.

Kenseth’s 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season Stats:
StartsWinsTop 5Top 10PolesLaps LedEarningsAvg. StartAvg. Finish
33012201470$5,843,13015.013.3

Kenseth’s Career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Stats:
StartsWinsTop 5Top 10PolesLaps LedEarningsAvg. StartAvg. Finish
54131150268129,396$105,385,39418.314.1

 From the Cockpit:
Matt Kenseth: “Texas is always one of my favorite stops on the circuit because it’s a great race track and we always have such great fan support out there as well. You never know what’s going to happen at any of these remaining tracks on the schedule for the year, but the bottom line is that we need to run well at all of them in order to stay in this. Up until last year, Texas was always one of my best race tracks statistically, but it’s a fun track and really challenging which I enjoy about it.”

From the Pit Box:
Jason Ratcliff:
“Texas is one of Matt’s (Kenseth) favorite tracks, and we’ve been pretty good there together the last three races. The race at Texas earlier this year was a bit of a struggle, but we were still getting used to the whole new rules package. I feel that we’ll be much better heading back there this weekend, and our 1.5-mile track program has been much improved in this second half of the season. I think the biggest difference between the two races at Texas this year is going to be us having much better race cars and set-ups than we did for the first race.”

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