Kenseth on racing at Chicagoland Speedway: “I’m looking forward to heading to Chicagoland this weekend because it’s the closest track to home for me. We typically get the chance to have more family and friends at Chicagoland than any other track we go to throughout the season as well. This is a track that we haven’t won at yet, but we’ve finished second a couple of times and we’ve been close to a win, so it would be great to get a win there. I also just really like night racing, especially the Saturday night races because that’s how a lot of us grew up racing local tracks on Saturday nights. It’s a little cooler temperature-wise, you can see the sparks flying into the stands, and it just seems to add to the excitement.”
Crew chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Chicagoland Speedway: “Matt does a really good job on 1.5-mile race tracks so we’re hoping to have a great run at Chicago this weekend. We’re looking at running a few different set-ups than we have been running currently at 1.5-mile tracks so that hopefully we can capitalize on a few things we’ve been able to learn this year. Based on some notes from our teammates, we’re going to take our Michigan set-up from “Happy Hour” and make a few tweaks to it since the car was really stout during that practice session.”
FAST FACTS: • Kenseth has an average starting position of 18.6 and an average finishing position of 11.2 at Chicagoland • Kenseth has finished second twice at Chicagoland (2005 and 2007) • Kenseth has completed all but two of the 2,406 Cup laps run at Chicagoland Speedway • Kenseth has led in six of his nine starts at Chicagoland for a total of 300 laps • Kenseth has two top-five and four top-10 finishes in nine races at Chicagoland, but is still searching for his first win at the 1.5-mile track • This weekend at Chicagoland, Kenseth will pilot the No. 17 Crown Royal Black Ford Fusion • Entering this weekend, Kenseth is currently seventh in the Sprint Cup Series driver point standings
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