You won't see the familiar black and yellow "killer bee" paint scheme on the No. 17 DEWALT Ford Taurus this weekend in Darlington. Matt Kenseth will be running the first of three races in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup season with the black and copper colors of Carhartt, manufacturer of premium workwear for over one hundred years.
Kenseth comes into the tenth race of the season in the 23rd position in the Nexel Cup point standings. Having experienced a string of bad luck in the form of cut tires and crashes, Kenseth is looking for his luck to turn around and make a return to his championship form. Kenseth has three top-ten finishes in his eleven Cup starts at Darlington.
The No. 17 will sport the Carhartt colors twice more this season, first at the Brickyard in Indianapolis on August 7, 2005, and then at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, on October 31, 2005. Carhartt joins USG, Trex and DEWALT in rounding out the construction industry based theme of the No. 17 this year.
Carhartt offers a complete product line for both warm and cold weather which includes jeans and work pants, shirts, sweats, shorts, tee's and accessories. To learn more about Carhartt products, please log on to www.carhartt.com.
Roush Racing is a subsidiary of Livonia, Mich., based Roush Industries that operates 10 motorsports teams; five in the NASCAR Nextel Cup with drivers Mark Martin, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle and Kurt Busch, the 2004 Nextel Cup Champion, three in the Busch Series with Martin, Kenseth and Edwards, and two in the Craftsman Truck Series with drivers Todd Kluever and Ricky Craven.
Matt Kenseth on racing at Darlington Raceway:
"We came out with a decent finish at Talladega that boosted us in the points a few spots, and I hope we can continue that forward momentum into Darlington. This is a challenging track, and you can get into trouble here if you're not careful. I'm looking forward to getting back to non-restrictor plate racing, and hopefully we can pull out a good finish in our new Carhartt Ford Taurus."
Crew Chief Robbie Reiser on racing at Darlington Raceway:
"We managed to come out relatively unscathed from Talladega, which could've been a lot worse for us, considering the incidents we got caught up in. Matt's running Saturday and Sunday this weekend at Darlington and hopefully throughout the practice sessions we can figure out our set-up. He's done well in the Busch Series here and even has one win. I'm looking for some good things this weekend for our teams."
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