Matt Kenseth silenced those critics who said he had peaked too early in the NASCAR Sprint Cup season by scoring his fourth win of the season and his first career victory in a rain delayed race at Kentucky Speedway Sunday.
In a race delayed 16 hours by Saturday night’s persistent rain showers, Kenseth and his Joe Gibbs Racing crew made the right call at the right time as they took fuel only on the final pit stop taking the lead from a dominant Jimmie Johnson with 17 laps to go.
“I didn’t roll the dice, Jason (Ratcliff, crew chief) did. I thought he was slightly crazy when that happened,” Kenseth said. “Jason did a great job — I didn’t think there was any way that we were going to hold on for that win. He made the right call at the right time and those guys got it done.” MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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