October 17, 2011 Matt Kenseth's victory at Charlotte on Saturday night puts him right in the thick of things with five races left in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Kenseth passed Kyle Busch on a restart with 25 laps left and claimed his third victory of the season. It moved him up two spots in the standings to third, just seven points behind Chase leader Carl Edwards.
July 4, 2011 For the third time this season a Sprint Cup driver posted his first career win. Saturday night at Daytona, David Ragan was in the lead on the 10th lap of overtime and the second try at a green white checkered finish when a big wreck behind him gave him the victory.
And ironic his first win would come at the same track where a mistake cost him a chance to win the Daytona 500. Last February, Ragan was penalized a lap when he changed lanes just before the start/finish line on a restart. He learned from his mistake.
May 16, 2011 A pretty uneventful race at Dover yesterday and as it turns out so many times it’s pit strategy that pays off. For the guys that had the best cars, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson and Clint Bowyer their decision to take four tires on the final pit stop put them too far back in the pack to get to the front again
April 10, 2011 Another driver besides Dale Earnhardt, Junior who hadn’t won in a long time finally did Saturday night at Texas Motor Speedway. Matt Kenseth finally made it back to victory lane after a dominating performance leading 169 of 334 laps at the mile and a half track. His margin of victory was an incredible 8.3 seconds. It’s his 19th career victory, but first since February of 2009 to end a winless streak that had stretched to 76 races. He won the 2009 Daytona 500 and won again the following week in California, but nothing since.
