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Katie Kenseth crashed while practicing for the Oct. 15 charity “Better Half Dash” before the Sprint Cup Series race that evening. She is one of many wives and girlfriends scheduled to drive in this race.  She was taken to the hospital and later released.  Here is what Matt had to say on his Twitter account.


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She said that was the shortest racing career in history!

matt_kenseth17 Matt Kenseth
That didn’t turn out so well. Katie and I are home, she has a broken scapula and some bumps and bruises. Thanks for all the well wishes.

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After Tony Stewart climbed from his #14 Chevy in Victory Lane at New Hamphire, he said “We got rid of some dead weight earlier this week, so it’s made it a lot easier,” Stewart said of his team’s sudden turnaround. “It’s been a big weight lifted off our shoulders. Sometimes you’ve got to make adjustments in your life, and we did that, and it’s definitely helped this weekend for sure.”

UPDATE: LISTEN TO WHAT THE GUYS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THIS ON THIS WEEK’S THE FINAL LAP PODCAST

Here’s the exchange in the media center afterwards when ESPN.com reporter Ed Hinton tried to follow up….

Q. Tony, ever since you were on TV in Victory Lane, the buzz all around the track and Internet is wondering what you meant when you said, We dropped some dead weight earlier this week.

Continue reading “What did Tony Stewart Mean by getting rid of ‘Dead Weight’ after New Hampshire Win?”

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By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(September 25, 2011)

LOUDON, N.H.—
After climbing from his winning car Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Tony Stewart made the understatement of the year.

“We’ve got a shot at this thing,” said Stewart, who by taking the checkered flag in the Sylvania 300 became the second driver to win the first two races in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in the same year.

Continue reading “Race Recap – Tony Stewart Wins New Hampshire, Second Straight”

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RACE RECAP | NEW HAMPSHIRE
10 Regan Smith
9 Juan Pablo Montoya
8 Carl Edwards
7 David Ragan
6 Matt Kenseth
5 Brian Vickers
4 Jeff Gordon led the most laps, moved to 5th in points
3 Greg Biffle best finish this season
2 Brad Keselowski

VICTORY LANE

1 This year it’s Tony Stewart passing Clint Bowyer running out of fuel in the closing laps to grab his second win in a row to go undefeated in the Chase so far.

Tony takes over the points lead by 7

Continue reading “Tony Stewart Undefeated in The Chase, Wins New Hampshire, Points Leader”