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🇺🇸 Matt Kenseth

Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Cup Series.
Driver facts
Full name
Matt Kenseth
Born
10 March 1972(b. 1972)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Series
NASCAR Cup Series
Status
Retired
Career wins
29
Career podiums
93
Career starts
337
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,507
Matt Kenseth
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,507
Rank 605 of 40,349 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Matt Kenseth is a racing driver from United States who last raced in NASCAR Cup Series. Kenseth has recorded 29 wins and 93 podiums from 337 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,507 ranks Kenseth 605th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2020 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2020-11-08Phoenix RacewayP25−30
2020-11-01MartinsvilleP14+60
2020-10-25TexasP39−140
2020-10-18KansasP40−155
2020-10-11CharlotteP34−124
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+130Talladega 1997NASCAR XfinityP7
+128Dover 1997NASCAR XfinityP3
+126THE BRICKYARD 2020NASCAR Cup SeriesP2
+122O''Reilly 1997NASCAR XfinityP6
+121South Boston 1997NASCAR XfinityP6
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
O''Reilly4 starts+24
Fontana11 starts+24
Daytona International Speedway15 starts+21
Milwaukee4 starts+21
Struggles
Las Vegas11 starts-53
Talladega8 starts-22
Watkins Glen International7 starts-17
Dover24 starts-16
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Kenseth finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Jason Keller4,3582211566571%
🇺🇸 Kevin Harvick6,2572138812541%
🇺🇸 Kyle BuschFIA Platinum5,9581756411137%
🇺🇸 Mark Green3,0621601322883%
🇺🇸 Randy LaJoie4,1891571084969%
🇺🇸 Tim Fedewa4,2191481103874%
🇺🇸 David Green3,9661481103874%
🇺🇸 Mike McLaughlin4,539143994469%
🇺🇸 Kenny Wallace4,3991401073376%
🇺🇸 Mike WallaceFIA Bronze4,1111401152582%
🇺🇸 Denny HamlinHigher-rated7,394117576049%
🇺🇸 Christopher BellFIA Silver, 1× champion6,91932141844%
🇺🇸 Ryan BlaneyHigher-rated, 1× champion6,71760223837%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,349 drivers indexed
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602🇯🇵 Sena SakaguchiSuper GT5,509
603🇮🇹 Thomas BiagiFIA GT Championship5,509
604🇬🇧 Louis FosterIndyCar5,507
605🇺🇸 Matt KensethNASCAR Cup Series5,507
606🇬🇧 Brian NaylorFormula 15,506
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610🇧🇪 Bert Longin24H Series5,501
611🇫🇷 Robert ManzonFormula 15,500
612🇮🇹 Andrea GilardiInternational Formula 30005,498
613🇩🇰 John NielsenFIA GT Championship5,498
614🇺🇸 Greg BiffleARCA Menards West5,497
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