Matt Kenseth hopes Friday’s Monster Energy All-Star pole is a sign of good things to come from team N0. 6.
Kenseth will run a partial schedule this year with his former team Roush Fenway Racing at select races. Driver NO. 6 will start alongside teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on Saturday night.
”I’m just getting started, so I am still in the catch-up mode,” Kenseth said. ”I’m trying to get caught up to Ricky and just get running.”
Kenseth started his rookie season with Roush in 2000 before leaving at the end of 2012 to go to Joe Gibbs Racing.
Kenseth; however, would be without a ride after Homestead of 2017.
The Wisconsin native agreed in April of 2018 to return to Roush Fenway Racing, which he will share the NO. 6 with 2012 Daytona 500 champion Trevor Bayne. Kenseth’s first race of 2018 was at Kansas last Saturday. However, he would wreck with fifteen laps remaining,
Ford would claim six out of the top ten spots in qualifying.
Kevin Harvick, who heads into Saturday night on a hot streak with five Monster Energy Cup Series wins, most recent at Kansas Speedway last weekend.
Saturday’s 80 lap shootout will feature Restrictor Plates; just like the ones NASCAR uses at Daytona and Talladega.
Restrictor Plates aren’t the only rule change heading into Saturday night. Also, the cars will carry a six inch spoiler on the rear deck lid, hoping to create more passing opportunities. NASCAR most recently used this package at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last year, which had a record number of lead changes.
2017 All-Star Race winner; Kyle Busch, will start seventh.
”Way, way slower,” Busch said of his car this year. ”Everything all around. I think obviously the cars are just slower to begin with, but I think I was just a little tentative to it, which is what you’d expect, I guess, with no practice. I think it’s gonna be a crapshoot on how this race goes and how it plays out.”
2018 All-Star Race Format: 30 laps, 20 laps and 20 laps with a 10 lap shootout.
Coverage of the 2018 Monster Energy All-Star Race is slated to begin at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Fox Sports 1.
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