By Sam Atwell

Matt Kenseth had a great start to his season last year, he won the first two races.  Things went straight downhill after that.  Kenseth missed the Chase for the Cup for the first time.  This season began and after the Daytona 500 Kenseth just felt that a change had to be made so in came Todd Parrott as crew chief for the 17 team.  Things are better, more consistent, which is what Kenseth has been known for.  Kenseth talks about the team’s progress this year on todays edition of The Race Report Update.

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

Last week I was very critical of Jack Roush for yet another crew chief change for the #17 team of Matt Kenseth.  My criticism stems from the multiple crew chief changes that have happened to all Roush-Fenway teams over the years.  I stand by the argument I made, but I must pull back some of my criticism.  The current change on top of the 17 pit box was asked for by the driver, Matt Kenseth.  In this case, if the driver asks, then in most cases it is a good decision.  Matt Kenseth talks about the reason he asked for the change on todays edition of The Race Report Update.