Matt Kenseth

Matt Kenseth wins Southern 500

2013-05-11 21:02:00

Matt Kenseth passed his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch with 13 laps to go to win his first Southern 500 on Saturday night at Darlington, S.C. Busch had the strongest car for much of the race and led for 265 of the 367 laps at Darlington Raceway....

Appeals panel reduces NASCAR penalties against Joe Gibbs Racing

2013-05-08 14:44:00

An appeals board sided with Joe Gibbs Racing on Wednesday and substantially reduced penalties levied against the team for having an illegal part in Matt Kenseth's engine when Kenseth won at Kansas Speedway last month. Kenseth initially was stripped of...

Kyle Busch wins Nationwide race, Kurt Busch Sprint Cup wins pole

2013-05-10 21:34:00

Kyle Busch took the lead from Joey Logano 18 laps from the end to win his fifth Nationwide race this season and second in three years at Darlington Raceway on Friday night. The victory also capped a dominant showing by the Busch boys at the South...

David Ragan's win at Talladega is a feather in cap of Front Row Motorsports

2013-05-07 00:00:00

Had the rain lingered a bit longer in central Alabama, Bob Jenkins and his Front Row Motorsports team might still be looking for their first win in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series. Instead, they're now the little NASCAR team that could. Front Row's David...

NASCAR's little engines that could at Talladega: A postscript

2013-05-06 11:38:00

If you're not familiar with David Ragan, who won the NASCAR race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, or his teammate David Gilliland, who pushed him to the finish line, that's quite understandable. You've also likely not heard of their team owner, Bob...

David Ragan pulls off stunning win at Talladega

2013-05-05 17:50:00

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Excuse David Ragan if he had to ask how to get to Victory Lane. He was, after all, a 100-1 underdog to win at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday afternoon. But he was the last man standing on a grueling afternoon when he squeezed...

Nelson Piquet Jr.-Brian Scott post-race fight leads to arrests

2013-04-27 13:10:00

The post-race fight Friday night between NASCAR Nationwide Series drivers Nelson Piquet Jr. and Brian Scott spilled over into the motor home parking area of Richmond International Raceway afterward and led to the arrests of two Richard Childress Racing...

Matt Kenseth wins NASCAR pole at Richmond after penalties flap

2013-04-26 17:30:00

Matt Kenseth is back to letting his car doing the talking, thank you. Kenseth on Friday won the pole position for the next Sprint Cup Series race one day after he blasted NASCAR for the penalties levied against the driver and his team following their...

Matt Kenseth criticizes penalties levied by NASCAR

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Matt Kenseth said Thursday the massive penalties that NASCAR levied against the driver and his Joe Gibbs Racing team were "grossly unfair" and "borderline shameful." NASCAR on Wednesday stripped Kenseth of 50 championship points and suspended his crew...

Galaxy's Landon Donovan questionable to start Saturday's game

2013-04-25 16:52:00

Galaxy forward Landon Donovan said it's questionable whether he'll start Saturday night's game against Real Salt Lake because of a sore right leg. The Galaxy's all-time leading scorer said he was "hopeful that I'll be ready" for the Major League...

NASCAR pounds Matt Kenseth with penalties

2013-04-24 16:30:00

Turns out an engine part on Matt Kenseth's Toyota was three grams too light when the NASCAR driver raced to victory Sunday at Kansas Speedway, the equivalent of about two cotton balls in the words of his engine builder. But in terms of Kenseth's bid...

NASCAR levies major penalties on Matt Kenseth, team

2013-04-24 11:19:00

Matt Kenseth and his Joe Gibbs Racing team were hit with major penalties from NASCAR on Wednesday following Kenseth's victory Sunday at Kansas Speedway. NASCAR said that in its post-race inspection of Kenseth's No. 20 Toyota, it found the car had an...

Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 The Home Depot / Husky Toyota, and David Ragan, driver of the #34 Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts Ford, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on May 11, 2013 in Darlington, South Carolina.

2013-05-13 10:09:00

NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs, left, talks with driver Matt Kenseth during qualifying for the Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway last month.

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Matt Kenseth gives a fist bump to a crew member after winning the pole for Saturday's Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway.

2013-04-26 00:00:00