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Jeremiah Weed Southern Style Sweet Tea Vodka

Team: No. 17 Jeremiah Weed Southern Style Sweet Tea Ford Fusion

Crew Chief: Jimmy Fennig

Chassis: Primary: RK-678 (Last run in the 2010 Daytona 500)

Kenseth on racing at Daytona International Speedway:

“In order to be successful at Daytona you really need to have a good combination of speed and drafting, along with a car that handles well overall.  Handling is so important at Daytona especially with how hot and slick the race track usually tends to be when we race there in July.  I’m really looking for a great run for our Jeremiah Weed team this weekend and Daytona is a place where we’ve been able to earn some decent finishes in the past.”

Crew chief Jimmy Fennig on racing at Daytona International Speedway:

“Handling is the most important key to a good race car at Daytona in July.  The track is slicker due to the higher temperatures and you also need to make sure that your car can stay wide-open during the race.  Race handling is what we’re going to focus on during practices in order to make sure we have our car set where Matt’s comfortable with it and allows him to not have to lift off the gas.  If you lift at Daytona, you lose.  We’ll be in race trim the whole time, except for our qualifying run on Friday, so we can focus on getting the handling the best we can for Matt.”

FAST FACTS:

•        Kenseth has an average starting position of 22.9 and an average finishing position of 17.4 at Daytona

•        Kenseth has achieved one win, three top-5’s, and 10 top-10’s at Daytona

•        Kenseth has finished inside the top 10 in five straight summer races at Daytona

•        Kenseth has completed 3,398 of 3,679 (92.4 percent) laps at Daytona and led for a total of 69 laps

•        This weekend, Kenseth will pilot the No. 17 Jeremiah Weed Southern Style Sweet Tea Ford Fusion

•        Kenseth is currently seventh in the Sprint Cup driver point standings

- Roush Fenway Racing, Press Release