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Matt Kenseth Racing At The Milwaukee Mile
NASCAR Star Racing in August 26 Super Late Model Event
Milwaukee, Wis. (February 6, 2007) – Wisconsin NASCAR champion Matt
Kenseth is returning to The Milwaukee Mile to race on the speedway’s
traditional Governor’s Cup weekend, August 24-26.
Kenseth, the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup champion, is a native of Cambridge, Wis.
near Madison. He has driven full time in NASCAR’s premier division
since 2000. Last year alone, he won four races and finished second in
standings, driving for NASCAR powerhouse Roush Racing.
“We are thrilled to welcome home Wisconsin’s biggest NASCAR star, Matt
Kenseth. We know he’s not just going to show up on Sunday, August 26,
he’ll be racing for the win, which will be that much more exciting for our
fans,” commented Milwaukee Mile president & CEO Andy Randall.
“It’s a pleasure to be working with Matt’s dad Roy in promotion of the
Wisconsin All-Star late model race.”
Roy Kenseth has agreed to promote the Wisconsin All-Star late model event
through his successful RK Race Promotions company.
The Wisconsin All-Star 50 will attract the finest short track late model
racers in Wisconsin and the Midwest, competing in a one-day format on Sunday,
August 26. Matt Kenseth will be competing in a super late model stock
car, similar to what he raced in Wisconsin and throughout the country.
Kenseth stepped from these cars to a full-time NASCAR Busch Series ride in
1997 with his fellow Wisconsin late model racer-turned championship winning
crew chief Robbie Reiser. The two had spirited duels across Wisconsin
short tracks in the early 1990’s, each capturing their share of race wins
and championships at speedways in Kaukauna, Wis., Slinger, Wis,. and in
Oregon, Wis.
RK Race Promotions is offering a special Matt Kenseth Hospitality Package
which includes a race ticket in a designated ‘Kenseth fan’ grandstand
section, and the opportunity to take part in a question and answer event with
Matt on race day at an arranged event. For details on this hospitality
package, contact RK Race Promotions by calling (608) 209-1188, or via e-mail
at mattsdad@mattkenseth.com.
“Matt has been looking for an opportunity to come back and compete at The
Milwaukee Mile,” Roy Kenseth stated. “Matt and I have always enjoyed
going there and we have been looking for the right opportunity to go back
there and race. I am also excited that I am going to be promoting the
event that he will be competing in.”
This will be the first time since 2001 that Wisconsin’s biggest NASCAR star
is scheduled to race on America’s Legendary Oval.
On an action-packed stock car weekend, featuring NASCAR’s next stars and
grass roots racers, Kenseth will join over 200 stock car drivers in four
divisions on The Mile’s traditional Governor’s Cup weekend, August
24-26.
Highlights include a 150-lap ASA Late Model Challenge Series race and
Mid-American Stock Car Series events on Saturday, with the Governor’s Cup
200 ARCA RE/MAX Series race and Kenseth competing in the Wisconsin All-Star 50
late model feature event Sunday afternoon.
Race fans can take advantage of a Milwaukee Mile Stock Car Package, which
encompasses the entire Governor’s Cup race weekend in August and both NASCAR
Busch Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event days in late
June.
Individual race day tickets are also available to the Sunday, August 26 action
by calling The Milwaukee Mile ticket office at (414) 453-8277. For event
weekend details, visit the speedway’s website, www.milwaukeemile.com.
More details surrounding this exciting race weekend with Matt Kenseth racing
at The Milwaukee Mile are forthcoming.
Matt Kenseth at The Milwaukee Mile…by the numbers
Year Fin. Start No. Team /
Sponsor
Series
2001 2 19
17 Reiser Enterprises /
Visine NASCAR Busch
Series
1999 5 8
17 Reiser Enterprises / DeWalt
NASCAR Busch Series
1998 5 13
17 Reiser Enterprises /
Lycos NASCAR Busch
Series
1997 12 27 17
Reiser Enterprises / Kraft Singles NASCAR Busch Series
1996 32 25 08 Auto
Cat
Chevrolet
ASA National Tour
1995 6 11 68
Neilsen
Racing
ASA National Tour
1994 10 17 68
Neilsen
Racing
ASA National
Tour
1993 3 --
8 AllCar
Automotive
ARTGO
1993 3 --
8 AllCar
Automotive
ARTGO
1992 14 -- 8
AllCar
Automotive
ARTGO
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