Daytona 500 -- Matt Kenseth!!

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Matt Kenseth Gives Ford Second Straight Daytona 500
Victory


· Today’s win in the Daytona 500 was the 13th overall for Ford
Racing in “The Great American Race.”

· The win was also the 300th NASCAR victory for Roush Fenway
Racing.

· Matt Kenseth became the third different Ford driver to win the
Daytona 500 more than once (Bill Elliott and Dale Jarrett).

· The win is Kenseth’s 22nd all-time NSCS victory – all with Ford
Racing.

· This also marks Jack Roush’s second Daytona 500 win.



Ford Daytona 500 Race Winners (Owner):

1963 – Tiny Lund (Wood Brothers)

1965 – Fred Lorenzen (Holman-Moody)

1967 – Mario Andretti (Holman-Moody)

1969 – LeeRoy Yarbrough (Junior Johnson)

1978 – Bobby Allison (Bud Moore)

1985 – Bill Elliott (Harry Melling)

1987 – Bill Elliott (Harry Melling)

1992 – Davey Allison (Robert Yates)

1996 – Dale Jarrett (Robert Yates)

2000 – Dale Jarrett (Robert Yates)

2009 – Matt Kenseth (Jack Roush)

2011 – Trevor Bayne (Wood Brothers)

2012 – Matt Kenseth (Jack Roush)


Interviews...

[Carnut]

Biff did good too, he didn't clothesline Matt

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They were working well together, and when Biff was out front Matt was covering for him too ...nice teamwork

[Birdman]

Both Fords were very fast and the rest of the field was no match for them which is why they could stay up front when working together. Biff couldn't get a run on Matt because Matt was too fast otherwise he would have tried to pass him.

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yeah, they took the front on every restart, I think, though Dale jr mixed it up a bit. Hamlin's Toyota was running the outside line on theone restart and was slowly moving up but could never get closer than about 6th. Yeah, the Fords were fast!! Was nice to see them running so well. I was also amazed that Edwards with substantial front-end damage was able to work his way up to 8th -- amazing!