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17 Matt Kenseth
POLES
0
WINS
1
RANK
47
POINTS
993
BEHIND
-3559
Matt Kenseth quietly moved into a tie for ninth place on the series’ all-time win list last year by going to victory lane twice. Kenseth will again drive a part-time schedule for Roush Fenway Racing in the Nationwide Series.
Career Highlights
- 2003 Cup series series champion
- Led points for NASCAR-record 33 consecutive weeks in 2003
- Won a series-high five races in 2002
- 2000 series Raybestos Rookie of the Year
- 1998 Busch Series runner-up
Driver Details
- Ht: 69 Wt: 150
- Born: 03/10/1972
- Hometown: Cambridge, Wisconsin
Related Links
| 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Season Summary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Poles | Rank | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Points | Winnings |
| 7 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 993 | 230,960 |
Year-by-Year Nationwide Series Recap
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2007 Finished 10th in the points standings. … ran 24 races and posted 15 top-five finishes. … Won twice, at California and Texas.
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2006 Completing a part-time schedule for Roush Racing.
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2005 In 15 starts, won once with 12 top-10 finishes and led 78 laps.
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2004 In 16 starts, earned three wins, 11 top-10 and eight top-five finishes.
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2003 Ran 14 races with two wins, nine top-10s and seven top-five.
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2002 Ran four races with two top-10 and one top-five finish.
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2001 In a 23-race season, Kenseth earned a win and three poles en route to an 18th-place finish in the standings. He posted 14 top-10s.
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2000 Made 20 starts with four wins, 17 top-10 and 10 top-five finishes to finish 17th with a partial schedule.
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1999 Running the full schedule, finished third in points with 20 top-10, 14 top-five and four wins.
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1998 Finished a career-high second in the standings after compiling 23 top-10 and 17 top-five finishes with three wins.
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1997 Made 21 starts with seven top-10 and two top-five finishes.
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1996 Debuted in series, running one race.
