MATT KENSETH: Chase for Championship is good for the racing fans
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Roush Racing driver Matt Kenseth, the defending NASCAR Nextel Cup champion, will share his views with Free Press readers through the final race in the Chase for the Championship, which ends Nov. 21 at Homestead, Fla.
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These are some of the questions waiting to be answered heading into this weekend&#39;s first race of NASCAR&#39;s inaugural Chase for the Championship.
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Matt Kenseth steered clear of trouble and ran away from the pack after a late restart to win the NASCAR Auto Club 500 and complete a weekend sweep at the California Speedway in Fontana on Sunday.
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Itâs been a dozen years since the final race of the NASCAR season could promise this kind of suspense. When the checkered flag drops Sunday with the Nextel Cup Chase championship on the line, three of the
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If NASCARâs old points system were in place for Nextel Cup this season, Jeff Gordon would be on the verge of winning his fifth series championship.
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After tearing up the track in the first six rounds of NASCAR&#39;s new 10-race, playoff-style championship format, Kurt Busch is looking a little more Matt Kenseth-esque these days.
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If the Chase for the Championship is really supposed to be the elite part of the schedule, why does it include such mundane races as the fall events at New Hampshire, Dover and Martinsville and not the Daytona 500 or Brickyard 400?
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NASCAR officials spent several days last December going through different scenarios when they met to come up with their &quot;Chase for the Nextel Cup&quot; plan.
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Of all places to bring NASCAR&#39;s new Chase for the Championship, this is the chanciest. Restrictor-plate racing here is more about luck than speed or skill.
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NASCAR is a different sport when it comes to TV. There are no &quot;home teams,&quot; just drivers who have their own passionate followings.
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Matt Kenseth may be considered boring amongst a group of easily identifiable characters in NASCAR, but the current points leader is getting the last laugh on the track.
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Last year it ended with a yawn. Matt Kenseth showed up for NASCAR&#39;s season finale here at Homestead-Miami Speedway with the championship already in the bag.
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LOUDON, N.H. -- Tony Stewart arrives at each racetrack with a reputation. In the season-opening Daytona 500, where he groused about aggressive driving, the No. 20 Chevrolet was the one doing the banging with Matt Kenseth's No. 17 Ford, earning Stewart a penalty for his out-of-control behavior.
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In races during the Nascar Chase for the Nextel Cup, drivers not in the Chase often drive cautiously around cars racing for the season title.
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Auto racing Sunday's confrontation between Roush Fenway Racing teammates Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth was more than just a clash in the heat of the moment. According to Edwards, it's been festering for a while. Following the Nextel Cup race at Martinsville, Edwards grabbed Kenseth, pushing him down pit road. Before walking away, Edwards balled his right hand into a ...
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Kurt Busch is the only driver among the 10 in NASCAR&#39;s Chase for the Championship who&#39;s done everything right. But he admits that may not be enough to help him win his first championship.
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The question&#39;s been asked ever since NASCAR&#39;s Chase for the Nextel Cup began. Who is the favorite? Whom do experts believe is going to win?