Matt Kenseth
Fast Facts
Birthday: March 10, 1972
Hometown: Cambridge, WI
Residence: Mooresville, NC
Stats
Cup Wins: 27
Nationwide Wins: 26
Cup Top 5′s: 129
Cup Poles: 10
Matt’s Toyota Camry Race Cars
How Matt’s Fans Describe Him
Bio
Matt Kenseth’s victory in the 2012 Daytona 500 placed the driver into an elite group of only nine drivers in the history of NASCAR who have won the famed race more than once. Not only did Kenseth earn his first Daytona 500 in 2009, but when he earned that title, the Cambridge, Wisconsin native became one of only five drivers in the sport’s history to win a Cup Championship, the Raybestos Rookie Award and the Daytona 500; placing him in the elite company of Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, David Pearson and Richard Petty.
In addition, during his 15-year Sprint Cup career, Kenseth boasts an International Race of Champions (IROC) title in 2004 and he has qualified for the Chase for the Cup in eight of its nine seasons. Kenseth has visited victory lane in the Cup Series on 24 occasions, scored 126 top-five finishes, 228 top 10s and eight poles. Kenseth took home the top honors in 2003 as the Sprint Cup Champion.
Kenseth has also collected 26 wins in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, along with 16 poles in his 248 races in the series.
Born and raised in Cambridge, Kenseth began his racing career at the age of 16, winning his first feature event in only his third race. By the age of 19, Kenseth was racing against the likes of Dick Trickle, Ted Musgrave and Rich Bickle in the Wisconsin late model ranks. Kenseth got a fateful call in 1997 from a fellow Wisconsin racer, Robbie Reiser, who asked Kenseth to drive for his team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, and from then on, Kenseth took the NASCAR world by storm. Kenseth was named the 2000 Raybestos Rookie of the Year and just three years later earned the 2003 Cup title.
Away from the track, Kenseth enjoys spending time with his family as well as cruising around on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. He is a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan and enjoys snowmobiling back in Wisconsin during the off-season. Kenseth is married to his wife, Katie, and has three children, Ross, Kaylin, and Grace.
Comments
Good luck Matt. Fans from Green Bay, we’re rooting for you.
Will Gordy be trading his Ford for a Tundra now? Good luck this season!
Rich G
Best wishes for an awesome 2013. Biggest fan in Upstate New York!!!!
Good luck this year Matt!!!! I will still follow you!!!!!! Iowa fan!!!!!!
Good luck this year follow you over to gibb from calif.
Best of luck this year Matt…..Indonesia Fan!!
Another Daytona win would start the season off perfectly. Can’t wait for the season to get started. Exciting times to be a Matt Kenseth fan!
Break a leg- this is positive to you, Matt, from a fan who remembers how the Packer’s kicked our butts with Paul Horning and Lombardi ( from the Giants) during the chairmanship game. Green Bay, that ‘s not even a neighborhood in one of NYC burrows!
GO MATT!! Myself and my fellow Home Depot associates wish you the best for a winning season!!
Matt, Finally a veteran racer with a great attitude. Congratulations and good luck from THD #4023 and a fan for life. KC
NASCAR GRANNY wishes you great success in Cup and Nationwide.
I’m so happy my racing withdrawal is ending.
We are all hoping that this year is the year you school some of you’re cohorts. We wish you the best of luck and well see you when you in Chicago.
I wish I knew why no one could hang onto your back bumper in the Unlimited. Then again, so do the other 18 teams out there.
I need to replace my #17 blow up car with a new #20 Dollar General for my living room. Good luck Matt and I know you’ll fit right in with Mr. Gibbs racing. I like your Roger’s #12 jersey.
We miss you back at Roush-Fenway already, Matt! ….YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE, MATT! WHY?! WHY DID YOU GO TO THE DARK SIDE?!?
Yo matt I’m glad Home Depot got a hard nose driver! It would be sweet if you were running around the track with the orange homedepot car, it took me a minute to even notice the homedepot on the back of the dollar general car! Lowes is a big eye soar to see it from anywhere! Get Some! Joe(White Lightning) homedepot#0470 in Arizona
Hey Matt we will see you in Las Vegas, you’re gonna win it!
Go gettum Matt Store 650 The Rock Depot Skip
Congratulations on your Vegas win, I knew you’d fit in perfectly at JGR.
Congrats and good luck this year from Oshkosh!
Matt-
Shapiro’s the man! What a team!
Matt Great why to start the new year keep it up
Your best Fan in New Mexico
Congratulations on another win Matt. Good to FINALLY see a winner back in the #20. The last four years have been miserable without one !!!
Nice wins at Vegas and Kansas!! Looking forward to an awesome year
Congrats on win # 2. Big fan!!! My biggest problem now is explaining to my 3 year old why im not rooting for 17 anymore. Its a good problem to have.
Matt, hang in there… after reading about the Kansas penalities handed down to JGR, Jason and the #20. This is one fan that knows, that rod was NOT anything deliberate! I’ll be pulling for you and the entire team,hoping and praying that someone on the appeal board has a clue as to what this one rod REALLY meant to the #20′s engine. Good Luck..I’ll be rootin’ for you guys!!
You know that if the penalty was placed of the 48 or 88 teams, they would not have been as bad
Hated to see you leave FORD but its not the car its is the Driver. Been a fan since you started and will be until you quit driving. GO # 20
Matt- you have been my favorite driver for a long time. A couple of years ago Joe took the time to sign autographs for my family and myself. He was just the nicest guy you could meet and he became my favorite race team owner. The two of together was awesome for me. I know with the fines might get you down. But with You, Joe and the team, I think you can overcome anything. It will be a bummer if the appeals don’t go your way. But you guys will overcome, and have no doubt that competing for the championship this year and years to come!!! Alright- enough sappy junk- be watching and rooting…