New week, new track and it’s like déjà vu with Kenseth bringing home a win. For the second week in a row Matt Kenseth lead team mate Kyle Busch to the checkered flag by over a half-second to bring home back to back wins in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
Kenseth leading 106 laps to capture his seventh win of the season and for the first time in 31 career starts.
“I felt really confident with my car today, but to have a fast car and to be able to do all the right things with adjustments and strategy and pit stops and all that stuff and be out front and win is two different things. So I’m thankful to be part of this group, and it honestly doesn’t really seem real that we won yet today.” Kenseth said.
Following closely behind JGR team mates was Biffle who drove his was from sixth up to third on the last restart, championship contender Johnson brought his car home in fourth followed by McMurray to round out the top-five.
“They just had a special car. Sometimes you unload with them, and they’re just phenomenal. The 20 had that here this weekend. We tried everything to try to keep up with him and to get pace with him, but it was tough to do.” Busch said.
Note: Kahne spun on lap 252 and damaged the front end of the car is all but out of the chase falling to 13th and 71 points behind Kenseth.
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