NASCAR WCUP: Matt Kenseth likes the unique experience of racing at Pocono
Posted By Terry CallahanMotorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
July 25, 2001
Matt Kenseth's thoughts on racing at Pocono:
You finished 6th in June at Pocono. This is your second top 10 in the three races you've run there. Describe your success there. "It's a pretty unique track and its real fast. I like those tracks that are a mile and a half and up. We started towards the back in June and even though we had a good car, it took a while to get to the front. So we are going to try and focus a little harder on the qualifying effort so we can spend more time racing in the front than trying to gain track position."
Does running well at a track during the first race of the year usually a good predictor of the performance for the second race? "Sometimes it does, or at least it helps. The Pocono races are close enough together to where, unless something weird happens like a rule change or something, it makes it easier going back. You kind of have an idea, especially if you ran decent, what your baseline setups are going to be. Like I said before, I really like Pocono and I think we should be pretty good there."
Crew Chief Robbie Reiser's thoughts on Pocono:
"We are going to focus on qualifying better this race. We are taking car 5 back again so I'm hoping to break into the top five this week. We've struggled on a lot of things this year so I hope we can put it all together."
Notes of Interest:
* Matt Kenseth and the DEWALT Team are testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Tuesday and Wednesday. The test will give the team an opportunity to shake down a brand new chassis and allow for Matt to gain some seat time at Indy.
* Matt Kenseth's average starting position at Pocono is 28th. His average finish is 8th.
* Kenseth's average starting position in the first 20 events of the season is 26th with an average finish of 16th. Kenseth has notched 4 top 10's.
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Text provided by Amy Walsh
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