Matt Kenseth goes for three in a row

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Matt Kenseth owns California Speedway. In February at any rate.
Kenseth has won the past two Cup races at California Speedway in February. But this year almost every team is bringing a new car to the track. This will be the first race for NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow, the new stock car introduced last year in a handful of races and will be used in every race this season.
In addition to his two Cup wins, Kenseth has four Busch Series wins at California Speedway, a total of six and the most of any NASCAR driver at the track. The Busch Series is now the Nationwide Series.
"I never thought we'd win two years in a row, but I always feel pretty confident going to California," said Kenseth, driver of the No. 17 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing. "It's been one of our better tracks throughout our time in the Nationwide Series and in the Cup Series, so it's one I certainly look forward to. You look forward to trying to go get some momentum back after a disappointing Daytona 500, so, hopefully, it'll be alright."
Kenseth finished 36th in the season-opening Daytona 500 on Sunday. Kenseth said he is looking forward to racing the Car of Tomorrow at California Speedway.
“California’s just a real big, wide track," Kenseth said. "You get a little bit of everything there. You get a lot of speed, especially this new car has less drag, so you really go fast down the straightaways. It's got some pretty big corners where you can run around the bottom or you can run up high and you're always kind of searching for a groove, so it's always a lot of fun."
Kenseth crashed with his teammate David Ragan and damaged the front suspension on his car at Daytona. When Kenseth returned to the race, he was five laps down. Earlier in the race, Kenseth led a lap.
“Obviously, we had a disappointing finish in the 500, but we made some great adjustments on the car during the race," Kenseth said. "We went from being good to getting off a little to figuring out how to fix it and being pretty competitive right before we got wrecked. So, obviously, it was a disappointing finish but it wasn't certainly any of our guy's fault. We had good pit stops, good adjustments and had ourselves in contention, so I thought, overall, it was good."

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