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Roush Fenway Racing's Matt Kenseth dealing with setbacks the best he can
By SceneDaily Staff
Friday, June 19, 2009
Roush Fenway Racing's Matt Kenseth is 11th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings, 41 points ahead of the 13th-place team.
LaDon George
NASCAR Scene
SONOMA, Calif. – Roush Fenway Racing's Matt Kenseth says that his veteran status doesn't make any setbacks easier to take.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver knows the ups and downs a season can offer. Still, sitting 11th in the standings after winning the opening pair of races this season isn't setting that well.
"It doesn’t make it any easier," Kenseth said of dealing with setbacks after nine full Cup seasons. "You want to win every week and put in your best effort every week, so when you don’t get the results it’s always disappointing, but you still can’t dwell too much on yesterday. You’ve got to move on to the next week and try to figure out how to do better.”
Kenseth, the 2003 series champion, is focused on doing just that.
He and his Drew Blickensderfer-led team want to gain ground in the standings.
Although he rallied from deep in the standings last year in order to make his fifth consecutive championship field, Kenseth says that this season it feels different.
“We were farther behind at this time last year, but certainly we’ve had a lot more opportunities this year to be a lot higher in the points and be in a lot more comfortable position than what we are," he said. "We’re not comfortable by any means … so we really need to start getting the results and start getting our finishes.”
Kenseth hopes that climb begins this weekend at Infineon Raceway in California, site of Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350.
He says that, over the years, the approach to racing at the track has changed. Now, he's hoping that he has the perfect attack come Sunday.
“It’s a challenge," Kenseth said. "When I first started it was more about not making a mistake and staying on course. You could bend up a car pretty easy or lose a lot of track position, and, of course, about gambling on pit road and pitting early in case there was a caution so you could get that track position.
"Today, these cars are a lot closer to the same speed and they’re a lot more reliable. It doesn’t seem like as many people make a mistake or break something or anything like that, so you’ve got to have your pit strategy right and have a good handling car. You can’t make mistakes and you’ve got to run fast all day, too.”
Mentioned Drivers: Matt Kenseth
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the AMP Energy 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6248 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -184 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -192 |
| 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -239 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -279 |
| 6 | Kurt Busch | -312 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -340 |
| 8 | Ryan Newman | -402 |
| 9 | Kasey Kahne | -414 |
| 10 | Carl Edwards | -437 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | -448 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -556 |
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jbbigrod said:
Jun 19, 2009 at 6:04 PMYes, Matt, it has got to be scarey sitting where you are in points now with the way it is changing every week. Hopefully you will come on strong like you usually do in the latter part of the season. Just get to the chase first.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportSheilaLovesNASCAR said:
Jun 19, 2009 at 8:31 PMMatt has two wins this year. Where is Carl Edwards this year in the win dept.? I'll say it again. Kyle and Carl can't win both Championships. Which one do they want more? To beat the little guy? Or to win the big one? I hope they do equally as poorly in Cup as they do well in Nationwide. Roush Fenway doesn't seam to be doing much except with Matt's two wins. Come on, Ford. You can do better than the toys.
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Jun 20, 2009 at 7:18 AMMatt, Everyone has set backs from time to time. You just have to keep trying I will keep watching from start to finish of every race. You keep a positive attitude a smile on your face an your pit crew will do best they can for you. Your a great driver no matter what others think. Good luck on the road course.
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Jun 20, 2009 at 10:37 AMwell he took a step in the right direction by qualifying in the top 10 on a road course...
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