Matt Kenseth Race Preview
Posted on April 11th, 2012 by Fantasy NASCAR Cheat Sheet
Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
Matt Kenseth is driving the #17 Best Buy Ford in the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday Apr 14, 2012. Kenseth enters the race ranked 4th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points standings with 214 points for the 2012 season. He is 0 point behind Tony Stewart for 3rd. Matt gained 2 positions in the standings after the last race.
Matt is coming off a top-notch 4th place finish in the Goodys Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
Fantasy NASCAR Driver Points to Expect from Matt Kenseth
For your fantasy NASCAR team you can expect around 39 driver points to be earned by Matt Kenseth this race at Fort Worth as that is his average points earned (under the new 2011 NASCAR points system) over the last five races here.
Matt Kenseth Career at Texas Motor Speedway
Matt Kenseth has raced at Texas Motor Speedway 19 times in his career. Kenseth has led a total of 756 laps at Fort Worth in his career. That total coming from 13 races.
Matt Kenseth's best start at Texas Motor Speedway is 3rd and his best finish here is 1st
Kenseth has a career average start position of 17th and a career average finish position of 9th at Fort Worth. His career race result numbers at Fort Worth are:
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0%) | 2 (11%) | 10 (53%) | 13 (68%) | 14 (74%) | 18 (95%) |
Matt Kenseth on Intermediate's
Texas Motor Speedway is a 1.50-mile quad-oval and considered a intermediate by NASCAR.
Kenseth has started 168 intermediate races in the NASCAR Cup Series over his career. Here is the breakdown on his intermediate races.
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 (4%) | 9 (5%) | 48 (29%) | 86 (51%) | 108 (64%) | 126 (75%) |
His best start on a intermediate is 1st and his best finish is 1st.
Matt Kenseth NASCAR Loop Data Last Five Races at Fort Worth
Matt has a very good average loop data driver rating over the last five races at Texas Motor Speedway of 107.84. His highest Loop Data Driver Rating during this time is 144.70 and his lowest is 68.00
During the last five Texas Motor Speedway races Kenseth has an average Average Running Position of 10.6. He has spent 73.0% of the races running in the top-15.
Matt Kenseth Traditional Statistics Last Five Races at Fort Worth
Kenseth has an average start position of 16.8 over the last five races at Texas Motor Speedway. His average finish position is 6.0.
| Poles | Wins | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-15 | Top-20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (0%) | 1 (20%) | 4 (80%) | 4 (80%) | 4 (80%) | 5 (100%) |
More Drivers This Race
- AJ Allmendinger
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- Bobby Labonte
- Brad Keselowski
- Carl Edwards
- Casey Mears
- Clint Bowyer
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Dave Blaney
- David Gilliland
- David Ragan
- David Reutimann
- David Stremme
- Denny Hamlin
- Greg Biffle
- Hermie Sadler
- J.J. Yeley
- Jamie McMurray
- Jeff Burton
- Jeff Gordon
- Jimmie Johnson
- Joe Nemechek
- Joey Logano
- Juan Montoya
- Kasey Kahne
- Kevin Harvick
- Kurt Busch
- Kyle Busch
- Marcos Ambrose
- Mark Martin
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Michael McDowell
- Mike Bliss
- Paul Menard
- Regan Smith
- Ryan Newman
- Scott Riggs
- Scott Speed
- Tony Stewart
- Travis Kvapil
- Landon Cassill
- Stacy Compton
- Trevor Bayne
- Josh Wise
