Kenseth's 3rd-Place Finish Leads Team Valvoline in Dover
DOVER, Del (Sept. 27, 2009) -- Matt Kenseth's third-place result led Team Valvoline's five top-13 finishes in Sunday's AAA 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway.
Scoring the next-best finish for Team Valvoline at Dover's Monster Mile was AJ Allmendinger, who posted a seventh-place result. Other top Valvoline finishers were: Kasey Kahne eighth, Carl Edwards 11th and Greg Biffle 13th.
"It ended up being really good," said Kenseth in post-race interviews. "We didn't qualify very good, but we were really happy with our car. When the race started, I didn't think we were quite as good as we were yesterday (in practice), but we were able to have really good pit stops."
Biffle leads the three Valvoline Chase drivers in the point standings. He is ninth among the 12 Chase drivers while Edwards is 11th and Kahne 12th.
The Dover race winner was Jimmie Johnson. Rounding out the top-five in order were: Mark Martin, Kenseth, Juan Pablo Montoya and Kurt Busch.
Dover International Speedway
Sprint Cup Series
Sept. 27
Dover, Del.
(starting position in parenthesis)
AJ Allmendinger, No. 44 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge Charger
Finished: 7th (19th)
Point Standing: 24th
Greg Biffle, No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 13th (4th)
Point Standing: 9th
Carl Edwards, No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 11th (30th)
Point Standing: 11th
Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge Charger
Finished: 8th (6th)
Point Standing: 12th
Matt Kenseth, No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 3rd (23rd)
Point Standing: 13th
Bobby Labonte, No. 96 Yates Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 23rd (41st)
Point Standing: 29th
Jamie McMurray, No. 26 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 28th (25th)
Point Standing: 23rd
David Ragan, No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 24th (21st)
Point Standing: 30th
Elliott Sadler, No. 19 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge Charger
Finished: 30th (34th)
Point Standing: 25th
Reed Sorenson, No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge Charger
Finished: 35th (26th)
Point Standing: 28th
Next NASCAR Sprint Cup Event
Oct. 4
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kan.
Nationwide Series Race
Sept. 26
Dover International Speedway
Dover, Del.
Erik Darnell, No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 17th (17th)
Point Standing:*
Carl Edwards, No. 60 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 5th (2nd)
Point Standing: 2nd
Matt Kenseth, No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Finished: 11th (11th)
Point Standing:*
*Not competing full-time in Nationwide Series
Next Nationwide Series Race
Oct. 3
Kansas Speedway
Kansas City, Kan.
Camping World Truck Series Race
Sept. 26
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas
Colin Braun, No. 6 Roush Fenway Racing Ford
Finished: 17th (5th)
Point Standing: 7th
Next Camping World Truck Race
Oct. 24
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville, Va.
