After Matt Kenseth won the 2003 championship with just one race win, new NASCAR CEO/Chairman Brian France devised a revolutionary system that it was believed would create increased attention and ...

In 2004, NASCAR changed its championship system and created the Chase format. The catalyst for this change came when Matt Kenseth won the championship in 2003, despite only recording one victory ...

In one moment, Matt Kenseth was leading Sunday’s Can-Am 500 and seemed destined to race for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship next Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. A moment later ...

Just a hunch, but there’s probably a part of Matt Kenseth that feels guilty for what happened on Sunday afternoon in Turn 1 at Martinsville. Kenseth has built a championship career on racing ...

151; -- AVONDALE, Ariz. -- Matt Kenseth stood by his car and tried to remain calm after he saw a potential victory and Chase for the Sprint Cup championship berth vanish in a wreck in NASCAR ...

Matt Kenseth’s final appeal of his two-race ... one of seven drivers eligible for the three spots remaining in the championship race at Homestead. Jeff Gordon sealed his slot by notching ...

Matt Kenseth and the No. 20 just had a horrible ... the odds are really stacked against them being able to win the championship now. They had taken the points lead into the Chase and, remember ...

Kenseth's rookie season."Matt and I broke into this sport together, learned the ropes and were able to bring home a championship," Reiser said. "Over the 20 years we have worked with each other ...

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – Matt Kenseth opened this season with a second victory in the Daytona 500, and it didn't take him long to establish himself as a legitimate championship contender.

Sunday’s victory at Kentucky Speedway gives Matt Kenseth his fourth win of 2013 ... Other than 2003, the year when he won the championship, I believe Matt is headed to his best season ever.