Matt Kenseth Pennsylvania 400 Race Preview

Kenseth has an average starting position of 19.0 and an average finishing position of 13.9 at Pocono

Kenseth has achieved three top-five and ten top-10 finishes at Pocono in the Cup series

Kenseth has completed 4,798 of 4,849 (98.9 percent) laps at Pocono and led for a total of 50 laps

This weekend at Pocono, Kenseth will pilot the No. 17 Zest Ford Fusion

Entering this weekend, Kenseth is currently second in the NSCS driver point standings

Chassis:
Primary: RK-810 (last run at Pocono)

Kenseth on racing at Pocono Raceway: “The track surface at Pocono was way better in June with the new surface. I thought they did a great job paving it because one of the big challenges about Pocono used to be how bumpy it was. Usually everyone is against new pavement, including myself, because you think it hurts the racing, but I thought it was better overall.  I never did well there in the past, and honestly never really liked the track there before, but I feel like we ran competitive during our race there in June. I don’t remember everything that happened during the race, or what we did to finish seventh, but I am looking forward to going back and trying to improve on that finish this weekend.”

Crew chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Pocono Raceway: “Our last race at Pocono in June was on the new pavement and we weren’t sure what to expect heading into the weekend, but we ended up having a pretty good run that day.  It’s a different set of challenges at Pocono now since it’s not as bumpy as it was, and drivers aren’t using as much brake.  It’s still a track with three very different corners, but the bumps used to be the fourth challenge for us when it came to handling.  I’m looking forward to heading back this weekend since we were able to lead some laps back in June, I’d like to lead more of them this weekend.”