Kenseth's car

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The car Matt Kenseth drove to win Sunday's race at Michigan International Speedway was the same car he raced at the first California Speedway event in February. Kenseth won that race too. And it will be the same car he brings out to Fontana in a couple weeks for the Labor Day Sony HD 500.
The car's been good to Kenseth so far this season and if he can get another winning run out of it, he might just catch NASCAR Nextel Cup Series points leader Jimmie Johnson before the Chase for the Championship starts.
"It's always exciting to win," said Kenseth, one of five drivers for Roush Racing. "It's really competitive. We've been in position to win a lot of times this year. It was cool to get back and hang on to win this time."
Roush Racing has had its share of success at California Speedway. In addition to Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Mark Martin and Kurt Busch have won races for Roush Racing at Fontana. Also, the Michigan race could be a sign of things to come for Kenseth. The Michigan and Fontana tracks are very similar, both 2-mile, D-shaped ovals.
"It makes you feel confident," Kenseth said. "The tracks are very similar and you usually run the same car at those tracks. It definitely gives you some extra confidence going there. You still have to work. You still have to have everything go right and not have any problems."

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