BUSCH SERIES REVIEW
MATT GRABS ANOTHER TOP FIVE AT THE ‘ROCK’
Matt Kenseth qualified for the Kmart 200 in 7th position, his 18th top ten qualifying effort of the season. Kenseth took the green flag but began experiencing a tight handling condition and fell back to 9th. Caution flew on the speedway on lap 59, and Matt ducted into the pits for fresh rubber and a track bar adjustment. The DEWALT Crew had an awesome pit stop, gaining 4 spots in the pits, getting Kenseth back out in 5th position. The adjustment to the car seemed to help the handling of the car and Matt began cruising up the field. Kenseth took the lead away from Mark Martin and lap 123 and led for 9 laps before Martin took the top spot back. Kenseth ducted into the pits on lap 140 for his second pit stop of the day, but the caution flag waved as the crew was changing tires. Fast thinking by Matt had the crew only change the right side tires and Kenseth was able to get out of the pits in front the leader, keeping himself on the lead lap. Matt came in under the caution for fresh left side tires, and resumed the race in 7th spot. Kenseth was able to pick off three positions before the checkered flag dropped, finishing in 4th spot, his 14th top five finish of the season. Matt made a big jump in the point’s race, gaining 36 points on Dale Jr. who finished in 13th position. Kenseth now sits 81 points away from Dale Earnhardt Jr. with three races remaining in the season. 
  
“We just beat the leader out of the pits on that second stop, so taking only two tires ended up being a good decision that saved us a lap. We ended up getting a top five out of it. We gained a few points today. We just never had the DEWALT Chevy I needed to be a threat today. The 60 car had us covered the entire day. I’m just happy to be leaving here with a top five finish.”

1999 Busch Series Point Standings:
1 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 4117
2 Matt Kenseth 4036 (-81) 
3 Jeff Green 3902
4 Todd Bodine 3649
5 Elton Sawyer 3484
6 Jeff Purvis 3364
7 Jason Keller 3328
8 Dave Blaney 3231
9 Mike McLaughlin 3114
10 Randy Lajoie 3106

WINSTON CUP RACE REVIEW
ROUGH WINSTON CUP RACE AT THE ROCK
Despite qualifying the #17 DeWALT Ford Taurus in 17th spot for the Pop Secret 400 at North Carolina Speedway, Kenseth had a long and frustrating day behind the wheel. Matt began to steadily drop positions from the onset of the race, battling an extremely tight race car. A pit stop on lap 78, seemed to help the handling problem but only temporarily. Kenseth fell a lap down to the leaders on lap 93 continuing to fight the very tight handling condition. Although the team made several adjustments throughout the race, the tight condition persisted until the very end of the race. With just a few laps to go, a problem with the motor put Kenseth behind the wall. Matt finished in 35th spot at the Rock, his final Winston Cup race of 1999.

1999 Winston Cup Results
Track          Start    Finish
Michigan     25      14
Darlington   31      37
Dover          13      4
Charlotte      27     40
Rockingham 17     35

WOOD MAGAZINE ON WINSTON CUP CAR AT ROCKINGHAM
Wood Magazine was featured on the #17 DEWALT Ford Taurus on the lower rear quarter panel for the Pop Secret 400.Winston Cup race. Wood Magazine is part of the Better Homes and Gardens family of magazines and is the largest woodworking publication in the world.

DeWALT RACING NOTES
BUSCH SERIES REPORT
MATT GRABS 7TH AT CHARLOTTE
Matt started the Charlotte weekend out with a bang, grabbing his second Bud Pole Award of the season at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Kenseth captured the number one starting position with an average speed of 177.328 mph, setting a new track record. 

Matt took the green flag and led the first two laps before relinquishing the lead to friend and mentor Mark Martin. Kenseth snatched the lead back on lap 9 and led for the next 24 laps. Matt ducted into the pits on lap 35 for his first stop of the day. The DEWALT crew kicked off an awesome stop, 16:53, and sent Matt back out onto to the track in 4th position behind Jeff Gordon, with two cars ahead of then who did not choose to pit. Matt jumped into 2nd position just three laps after taking the green flag. Kenseth retook the  lead on lap 53, but began experiencing a loose handling condition. Matt led for just 5 laps before Jeff Gordon took the top spot. The handling of the car began to deteriorate, with Kenseth battling a very loose racecar. The next pit stop came on lap 84 and the crew made major adjustments to the car to correct the loose condition. Matt left the pits in second position, thanks to the fast pit work of the crew and reclaimed the lead on lap 89, leading for the next 35 laps. But the loose condition returned and Matt struggled to stay with the leaders. A green flag pit stop was made on lap 157 and Matt fell to 30th spot. After the pit stops were cycled through, Kenseth was up to 12th position. By the time the checkered flag dropped Matt was able to move into 7th spot, capturing his 18th top ten of the season. 

MATT’S THOUGHTS 
“You go as fast as you can all day in these things, and if you don’t have the fastest car you don’t win. That’s just how it turned out for us today. We were good on the short runs and bad on the long runs. It was a little bit frustrating. Whenever the races go like that-fuel mileage and stuff like that-it can be frustrating unless you’re the one winning. It’s frustrating when no matter what you do; you can’t get a car to run good all around. 
That’s the best we could do today.”

1999 BUSCH SERIES PT. STDS.
1 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 3988
2 Matt Kenseth 3871 (-117) 
3 Jeff Green 3732
4 Todd Bodine 3489
5 Elton Sawyer 3363
6 Jeff Purvis 3321
7 Jason Keller 3186
8 Dave Blaney 3066
9 Randy Lajoie 3021
10 Mike McLaughlin 2999

WINSTON CUP RACE REPORT
FRUSTRATING DAY AT CHARLOTTE FOR THE DEWALT RACING TEAM
Matt Kenseth made his fourth Winston Cup start of 1999 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, qualifying for the UAW-GM Quality 500 in 27th position.

A rainstorm on Sunday canceled the on track activities and the race was rescheduled for 11:00 AM on Monday. The same handling problem Matt was dealing with in the Busch race returned on Monday. Kenseth had his hands full with a very loose car. Matt was able to move up a few positions before he was tapped from behind and sent spinning. The caution flag came out and Matt ducted into he pits for repairs. The damage was mostly cosmetic, with the crew making adjustments to correct the handling problem. Kenseth resumed racing in 41st spot. Matt moved his way up the pack into 21st position 

before green flag pit stops began. Kenseth pitted on lap 66 under the green and came back out onto the raceway in 31st position, one lap down to the leaders. Matt began picking off spots and got his lap back on lap 99. But just as he was making some headway, the loose condition returned. Kenseth struggled the next 100 laps, making another green flag stop and going two laps down to the leaders. Matt was running in 23rd spot when he was pushed into the outside wall by another competitor. Kenseth was forced into the pits for repairs. The damage was extensive with the nose of the car off  quite a bit. Matt returned to the raceway but wasn’t able to get the car up to speed. The team quickly decided to have Matt report to the garage and call it a day. Kenseth finished in 40th spot.

MATT’S THOUGHTS
“I made a mistake there at the beginning, I was too loose and trying to go too fast and got in a place I shouldn’t have been and the DEWALT Ford got turned around. After that we had a crush panel knocked out and all the exhaust was coming in the car. I still wasn’t too bad and then we got loose on one run. We sort of got it back and then I was racing with the 40 and he got tight in the middle of the corner and got high and I clipped the wall.”

SKILLS USA ON THE CHARLOTTE WINSTON CUP CAR
Skills USA and DEWALT Power Tools joined forces for the UAW-GM Quality 500 on  October 10, 1999 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. The Skills USA decal was placed on the lower quarter panels and hood of the #17 DEWALT Ford Taurus for the Charlotte race to create awareness of Skills USA’s Building Skills for America Signature Campaign. Skills USA’s goal is to collect one million signatures from business and industry employers, employees and union members stating a skilled work force is essential for America’s future and to prepare that work force, America must support vocational-technical education. Signatures were collected at DEWALT’s Rolling Thunder display vehicle throughout the Charlotte race weekend.

Visine will be the new sponsor of the #17 Chevrolet Busch car to be driven by Matt Kenseth and Jason Schuler in the year 2000. Welcome aboard Pfizer, you have chosen an awesome team to represent you!! (Nascar.com article)

For the second race in row, the #17 DeWALT Busch car is sitting on the pole. Matt pulled off a blistering lap at 177.328 MPH (30.452 sec) setting a new track record.

Matt barely missed the top 25 in Cup qualifying, posting the 26th fastest lap. Matt stood on his time for 2nd round qualifying and only moved down one position, getting beaten out of the 26th spot by Joe Nemechek. Matt starts Sundays race in 27th position.