Matt Kenseth
Matt Kenseth
Matthew Roy "Matt" Kensethis an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth10 March 1972
CityCambridge, WI
bad contender doubt good hard running side strong
I feel bad for Greg, it's hard to look at the good side if you are him. He's running so strong and there's no doubt he's going to be a contender at the end of the year.
blame hope night saw sunday talked upset
You always hope it's over. I saw him Sunday night after the race. We talked about it a little bit. I don't blame him for being upset. I'd have been upset too.
best car near run running whatever
We couldn't near run whatever the No. 9 was running at the end, and that was the best we had our car all day.
car fast feels knew lane performance victory
Our performance has been better and you knew we had a fast car when we're on the pole. This feels great. I haven't been in Victory Lane in a long time.
both certainly couple early feels good helped hopefully last test vegas won year
Our Vegas test went good. It feels good to get off to a good start. Last year we didn't, but a couple of years before that we did and it certainly helped us both seasons. I think we won early in '03 and '04, so hopefully we can keep it up all the way through the year.
accident finish hard known mean taken
That was my fault, it was an accident and I didn't mean to do it. I would be hot, too. He raced hard all day long for his third-place finish and it got taken away from him. I probably should have known better than to go over him.
cheap fair hard mark martin race shot spot taken worked
I worked hard for that spot all day, and I didn't think I should have got a cheap shot taken at me at the end of a race like that. I always try to think, 'Would Mark Martin have done that?' If Mark would have done it, then it probably was a fair move. If Mark wouldn't, then it probably wasn't.
caught eight tires
I don't think I could have caught him on eight tires he was going so fast.
cheap drove extra hard knocked run
He knocked me out of the way. I thought if he had a run on me, had me beat, that would have been OK. But he drove extra hard and knocked me out of the way. I thought it was a cheap shot.
hope mad messed reason
I didn't have any reason to be mad at him. I just apologized. I messed up. I'd be mad if was him, too. So I hope everything is OK.
car compared drove happy speeds
Compared to the competition, I was pretty happy with the car the way it drove and what our speeds were.
car drivers excuse fence front fun good lap line passing race rear run track white
The most fun track we race on may be at Atlanta. You can run the white line or you can have the right rear scraping the fence and probably run the same lap times, so you never have an excuse for not passing a car in front of you. There are a lot of good grooves at Atlanta. It's a good race for the drivers and good fun for the fans.
heard morning racing watch
I heard about it this morning on the news. That's always tough, even if you don't know him or you don't know anything about that kind of racing or watch that kind of racing. It's still hard, especially with those cars. You always know the danger's there and things can go wrong.
great lap run thank today took
I really have to thank Greg Biffle, we didn't do a qualifying run today and we took a lot of his stuff. That's a great lap for us.