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Thursday, December 10, 2015

2016 Fantasy Nascar Profile: Matt Kenseth

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Driver Name: Matt Kenseth

Car #: 20

Make: Toyota

Debut: 2000 (First-Full season)

# of Career Races: 578

# of Career Poles: 14

# of Career Wins: 36

# of Career Top 5s: 163

# of Career Top 10s: 290

# of Career DNFs: 25

# of Career laps led: 10,382

Career Average Finish: 14.1

Career Average Start: 17.8

# of 2015 Wins: 5

# of 2015 Top 5s: 12

# of 2015 Top 10s: 20

# of 2015 Poles: 3

# of 2015 DNFs: 4

# of 2015 laps led: 927

2015 Average Finish: 14.3

2015 Average Start: 11.5

2015 Fantasy Recap: Matt Kenseth had a interesting season to say the least. He was very producive though. He scored 5 wins, 12 Top 5s and 20 Top 10s in 34 starts. His most productive stench of races was from his win at Pocono to his win at New Hampshire. He won 4 times in that span of races and finished in the top 5 in 6 races (8 race span). I think the most memorable races were probably Richmond and Michigan. Flat out dominated both tracks with ease. Overall it was very good season for Matt and the 20 team. Question is can he repeat that in 2016?

Strong Tracks: Michigan, Bristol, ACS and Kentucky

Weak Tracks: Sonoma and Pocono

Yahoo Grouping Prediction: A-list Grouping Tier

2016 Fantasy Outlook: I have high hopes for Matt Kenseth and JGR as a whole in 2016. I think they will benefit from the 2016 package. I think Kenseth have a lot to prove in 2016. He wants to be a championship again and with his teammate winning it in 2015, I am sure he will be extra motivated this season. He have the talent and equipment to do it. He will be very useful on the intermediate and shorter tracks. He also will have some fantasy value at the flat tracks. More specially Martinsville (he is very underrated there) and Indy. Ironically he struggled at those tracks for most of his career. Comes to JGR and have been a top driver.

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