By Sam Atwell

The 2009 season couldn’t have started any better for Matt Kenseth.  He leaves Daytona with a win in the Daytona 500 and then picks up his second victory of the season in California in the second race of the season.  Well that was the highlight of the year for Matt Kenseth.  He went on to end the season by missing the Chase for the Cup for the first time ever.  After the first race of the season, even though he had a top ten finish, Kenseth requested a change of crew chief.  Kenseth is sitting in second position in the points after four races and he talks about the start of this season on today edition of The Race Report Update.

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By Sam Atwell

The victory by Kurt Busch was a good thing, every win is a good thing.  For Steve Addington Sunday’s win was huge, a form of vindication.  In only the fourth race of the season Addington to Kurt Busch to victory lane, something he did a lot for the other Busch.  Addington was dismissed as crew chief for the other Busch because of a lack of consistency.  (Personally I didn’t think it was a crew chief problem, but a driver problem.)  Addington was hired by Penske Racing to replace the crew chief for Kurt Busch and the results have been pretty good.  Addington talks about the win on Sunday and what it meant to him on todays edition of The Race Report Update.

By Sam Atwell

Kurt Busch was in victory lane on Sunday in Atlanta for the first time this season.  He did have to survive a couple of restarts, but in Kurt’s mind there was one reason he won on Sunday.  Towards the tail end of last season Kurt Busch lost his crew chief.  After a prolonged search they decided on a guy who had been let go from the #18 team at Joe Gibbs Racing.  Steve Addington had been the crew chief for Kyle Busch and now he is with the older Busch brother and it is paying off in a hurry.  Kurt talks about his new crew chief on todays edition of The Race Report Update.