Matt Kenseth may have only won one championship, but he will forever be the final member to join an exclusive club of legends who can say that they are a Winston Cup Champion. 20 years later and those words still carry a lot of meaning.

@oldermusiclover

Жыл бұрын

wasnt he involved with the Brad accident when Brad went upside down on the fence

@BlynkWRLD

Жыл бұрын

@@oldermusicloverThat was Carl Edwards who flipped him at Atlanta

@oldermusiclover

Жыл бұрын

@@BlynkWRLD ok thanks could not remember I really remember Brad's dad who was about to fight everyone

@tcmusic6429

Жыл бұрын

@@oldermusiclover 🙄

@LeonheartDelta

Жыл бұрын

Also the last to win without the stupid playoff system. Only a few champions since then can say that.

Matt, thank you for sharing that story about Carl and Sterling. I was never a big Carl fan, but as someone who works with the elderly and disabled, and many people with Parkinson’s, I have a lot of respect for him as a person now. It’s nice to see the good in humanity

Is it just me or is Carl becoming more and more interesting after he’s been retired. Like all these stories are coming out all the years later that we never knew of. I’d love to see him on Jr’s show

@basedgodstrugglin

Жыл бұрын

It’s him going into privacy, that’s why he’s so fascinating

@austinsanders6475

Жыл бұрын

It’s weird that since he left people are hardly honest about him kinda being a shitty guy on the track.

@namelessfred6837

Жыл бұрын

Carl Edwards was the dumbest Nascar driver ever, absolute 2x cup champ if the dude had a brain on him he was so good but destroyed his chances by just being dumb.

@SAHOYT71013

11 ай бұрын

​@@austinsanders6475pretty sure that's down to people letting go or simply forgetting, and focusing on interactions when he wasn't racing because he's spent all this time not racing

@fatpatlives1998

11 ай бұрын

Carl and Matt were the Big dogs at roush so they were In competition with each other

One of the most unique things about Matt Kenseth especially during the 2000's is that he would seldom qualify well (in fact, he would often qualify quite poorly), and then he would methodically make his way through the field and usually be amongst the biggest movers of the race. As a Kenseth fan growing up, that was satisfying to watch his progress throughout the race and the broadcast booth acknowledging that "this is just what he does." Kenseth was certainly not the best driver of his era, but I appreciated the hell out of him for his racing etiquette and humble personality. It was awesome to see him win and how much the wins meant to him.

@dsz2448

Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget all those years he drove at Roush in equipment that likely was holding him back. Soon as he went to Gibbs, he took off, speed wise at least. Just like when Harvick left RCR. Kenseth definitely had more wins and titles in him than what he actually got.

@shurtzryan85

Жыл бұрын

He always was starting mid 20s every weekend but always was there at the end. I miss them 2000s good times!

@longjohn526

Жыл бұрын

If I remember right a lot of that was because he'd run the same setup for both qualifying and the race. He was willing to sacrifice a few positions in qualifying but not have to worry about getting the car setup back for racing conditions. I think Mark Martin used to also do that so he may have picked that up from Mark

@fishhuntadventure

Жыл бұрын

@@longjohn526 I was thinking mark martin when I read that comment.

@SAHOYT71013

11 ай бұрын

​@@fishhuntadventureiirc Mark backed Kenseth simlarly to how Jeff Gordon backed Jimmie Johnson, like mentor and I think even partial team owner, but I may have ny facts mixed up

Having watched Matt race up here in Wisconsin since he was 16 "The Brat" nickname did come from him being so young dominating over the older drivers. There was a time when he won at Madison in the early 90s and Todd went on the track to interview Matt and the mic didn't work. After spending several minutes realizing the batteries were dead then changing them Todd started to interview him of which Matt made the comment, "it would help if you had batteries in the mic that worked" and right then Todd stated "that's why we call him The Brat"! Todd's been doing his on show on KZread since the 80's on Sunday mornings so it will be fun to listen to him comment about this interview filling in the blanks.

Can't forget about Harvick and Matt repeatedly spinning each other at Pocono either!

@dsz2448

Жыл бұрын

And Harvick wearing a Kenseth t shirt 😂 God I miss those days.

@aaronkristofer18

11 ай бұрын

MAN I forgot about that!!! That was frigging funny!!!

You NEED to get Carl Edwards on the show!! I miss the days when you, Carl and Matt were racing.

Matt is an absolute legend! And his hairpiece is absolutely legendary!

@SuperBoss351

10 ай бұрын

Lolololol

Hell yeah! I always knew Matt was funny and quick witted, but I had no idea he was such a kickass storyteller.

Kenseth should be the full time co host with Jr. They have a really subtle funny dynamic

Didn't expect Kenseth to come back on but glad he did! Listened to the whole episode, my favorite driver ever. I still really want to hear about Dover 2006 when he passed McMurray against team orders.

Best way to describe Carl is what Tony Stewart said "He's the Eddie Haskell of the NASCAR Garage"

I was at that Martinsville race. The entire place cheered and knew what Matt was doing the place went wild. Then the entire place turned into Gordon fans. It was an amazing sports day.

@hbkslazyeye8865

9 ай бұрын

Wish i could of seen that

Matt Kenseth is an amazing human...

Happy to see Matt back on the podcast 👍🏻 big kenseth fan

You're the man Matt! You were always a good sportsman, great driver, humble hometown hero. ✌❤🏁🏆

@hjones899

Жыл бұрын

You the grave digger driver ?

@dennisanderson7034

Жыл бұрын

@@hjones899 no, lol, just the same name.

Matt was my driver for his whole career. He was a great driver, but his dry sense of humor is the main reason he was my favorite.

“ I don’t know if you know this about me, but I’m a bit of a smart aleck…” The most Matt Kenneth quote ever. 🤣😂

Kenseth had more car control than anyone ever gave him credit for.

@thJune

Жыл бұрын

100% he knew how to dial that thing in like a sharpshooter. Miss the days of the entire “young guns” crew

@devonmartinez780

Жыл бұрын

I think he’s in the Hall of Fame so I wouldn’t say this

@ashketchumsdad

Жыл бұрын

2016 Dover. Didn't miss a single mark with two faster cars right behind him

@Chris-xv7wd

Жыл бұрын

@@ashketchumsdad still have that race on dvr. JJ and him at texas 2007 was epic

@jeffschwartz5199

Жыл бұрын

Always cheered for Matt when he was running 🏃‍♂️ . He's a good driver .

Kenseth miss seeing you on the track!! Great driver one of my favorites of all time!!

The races between him and Jeff Burton were some of the best I ever saw. Dover and Texas especially. In the closing laps.. Jeff go the best of him but man talk about wheel to wheel for dozens of laps. Miss those days

One of the only drivers I’ve seen during his time where he let his on track actions speak for him 100

The 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion is really good at telling stories. I hope he shares more stories down the road on the podcast. It’s a lot of fun to binge watch this. Have him and Kevin Harvick on the show at some point, and possibly talk about fights in motorsports

what an incredible Carl story, i hope he gets on the download soon man, we need it

Kenneth was awesome to watch racing. This was an awesome interview and great to see Matt again.

Kenseth doesn't look like he's aged at all since retirement.

Kenseth will always be my all time favorite driver. I remember that if he had a bad finish, It would ruin my whole week lol

Matt was always one of my favorite drivers, raced clean and had a ton of respect.

Love this interview

I love kenseth and his sense of humor. This was one of my favorite episodes of the download

Great interview

My family were Kenseth fans. We went to his Cambridge WI parade when he won the Championship ( The day after Christmas if my memory is right). His first gift shop was part of a laundry mat. Lake Ripley was a fun place for quite a few years for us.

Hearing all the stories from back in the day where drivers would just take each other out and being able to just bump others out of the way sounds so good.

I’ll tell you what it’s actually a lot of fun to listen to all these different stories by Matt Kenseth. I really love his story on how he was called Matt the brat, which is funny. I’ll tell you what I would love to see Jimmie Johnson, and his stories eventually.

Great video!

Matt Kenseth was one of my favorite drivers

Always enjoyed his style. He Came to WIR at 16 and nearly won. Went on to drive and win championships…. Class Act like his freind Jr.

Great listen! Was a longtime Matt fan and remember most of these. The only ones missing are Harvick at Pocono in 04. Vickers at Martinsville in 2011. And he and McMurray got into it once in 04 I'm pretty sure. And Tony a couple times.

Matt Kenseth is in the list for greatest drivers of the 21st century.

@seannolan9857

11 ай бұрын

He has the eighth highest average driver rating from 2005-present.

@seannolan9857

11 ай бұрын

He has the eighth highest average driver rating from 2005-present.

That ninja move on Brad K was fucking epic!

These have been fun to watch

Hell yeah go Matt! I listened to the whole podcast, please follow through and make he race some late model races in one of your cars. I’d definitely drive to watch

His pass on Newman to win the Allstar race in 2004 was classic!

@nascarsteve

Жыл бұрын

as was Newman's save!

I remember when Matt used to absolutely dominate at Madison International Speedway in the early 90's. 1991 I worked there selling the fuel. All these years later, its nice to see him get into the HOF

Matt was/is such a respectable man..nevermind in a race car. He was eye opening talent when he started racing. He is a legend who raced with legends in his time.

Matt Kenseth is a real one.

Pure GOLD🤘🏼🏁

Been waiting on this one! Die hard Matt fan!

You should have Matt Kenseth look back on his legendary rivalry with Tony Stewart, because that was classic

Loved that video

Wow, Conrad Morgan, I forgot all about him..Some true greats at Slinger, Matt Kenseth is obvious, but Robbie Reiser in the 71 Bob Fish Pontiac, Dick Trickle, Ritchie Bickle Jr, Tony Bennet (I think he ran the Genuine Draft car). The Laufers, the Hanson Brothers. Al Schill and his son Jr (I know he was a good friend of Matt's and what happened was horrible) Marv Zudema in the only Ford capable of racing at the time!!!! All great race car drivers and I enjoyed it alot, I have played trivia with Al Schill at a local bar a few times years back, I haven't seen him in awhile, but always a super nice guy. I have pictures of my kids in his Race Car. I don't follow racing to much since Matt, Jeff, Dale Jr and etc retired, it's just not the same. I will admit I was not a Matt Kenseth fan at Slinger in the late 80's, but we were Robbie Reiser fans.

Kenseth was the best sitting behind the wheel of a Ford Nascar

I’m upset they didn’t mention the run in Matt had with Stewart in 2006

@daviclar867

Жыл бұрын

Calm down little bucky, it'll be alright now.

@gigacolorscapes1859

Жыл бұрын

You mean Stony Tewart? Yeah dangerous driver. Maybe scared of a driver. Although he went to the side of him after pitting.

An underrated Kenseth memory. 2011 Martinsville when he had Vickers take a time out 😂😂😂

I live Matt kenseth man, he the reason I got into nascar 🔥💯

Just listening to him talk about how the car was changing and the detail he described it all in, he'd be one driver I would definitely lean on if I was a rookie with him in the garage area.

Damn. I miss this whole generation of drivers. We don’t know how good we had it.

In 2001 I believe Carl drove a truck that I crewed on at I-70 speedway, in the world cup races. He was definitely a different kind of guy. I was getting ready to change tires and he kinda knocked me out of the way so he could do it. He and I had a good laugh about it. Anyway on the first lap of the feature coming off of turn 2 he got into one of the other fast trucks and caused a wreck. After the race he went over to apologize and the guy wasn't hearing any of it. Carl felt bad the rest of the night. Just a little story about my experience with Carl, he really is a great guy.

Matt love you bro Don't be the only guy in the room without a hat

Back in the later 90’s , I remember Matt driving for Reiser out of the little shop jus south of Denver, NC, we rented half of Phil Parsons’ Channel Loc shop just down the hill behind.

Carl always played a likeable character on tv but I can definitely see his bully tactics!

The one I remember with Matt was him and Harvick at Pocono. They kept knocking each other out of line on a caution and I didn't think it was going to stop. lol

Carl Edwards story was awesome.

Matt Kenseth always stuck out to me as being a good sportsman who knew what he needed to do to win. He could be aggressive but in the cleanest ways!

Matt was one of the best at car control. He would get the best out of his car, and would come from nowhere in the mid to late stages of a race, and show them how it was done. If Matt was on the pole for a race, everybody else was just racing for second unless the car broke. He wasn’t one to start things, but he wouldn’t stop if he was provoked😊

Man I watched u and Matt Battle at Richmond at night in 1999 Busch race and Jr won in the AC Delco #3 first in person race I ever saw and still one of my favorites, I was 12 and still have the ticket stub 😂

2006 Bristol Dale Jarrett actually was in his last year with Yates. He didn't change to MWR until 2007, but that could be hard to remember especially as a driver since Dale still drove the UPS car

Fantastic driver. My all time favorite. Would love to hear him talk to his crew chiefs (Robbie Reiser and Jimmy Fennig) on the scanner. His feedback helped them make his cars better during the race. You could see it when watching the race. Great driver.

@DosCincoNetwork25

11 ай бұрын

Him and Jason Ratcliff won a lot of races too

Matt was a damn good driver and champion and also a good person!

Rubbing is racing and I cheered you dale Jr and your father... pays to win

seriously one of the best episodes, for sure. ya'll need to bring him back fr. i wanted to hear more about tea with other drivers

That was fun!!!

My favourite driver ever since I discovered nascar back around 2005. Now I root for Larson cause they are both clean, fair , fast and aggressive

I remember Marv flipped that Ford in Turn 3 at Slinger one Sunday night...He was not a small man! , how they got him in the car right side up was impressive, how they got him out upside down was a miracle

I still consider Matt as my driver. Complete with a shrine! 🏁

I haven't seen/listened to the entire podcast yet, but please tell me this isn't the only time that Martinsville and Joey came up. I want a full on breakdown on that from Matt's perspective.

It's weird to me how they can remember like every race and outcome and like literally every detail.

Hilarious, Matt the Bratt, lol. I am not gonna say what a certain firework was called. Todd was awesome. I think Marv Zudema drove the only Late Model Ford at Slinger for several years

I have a English freind who watches NASCAR and said that Matt Kenseth was the American Kimi Raikkonen.

yes i remember that, harvick slammed carl on the hood , Harvick Wrestled in school >> he put the move on carl

@DerrickRG91

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. There's a pic out there of it too.

@chaselewis100

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t do ish to Pablo Montoya

Im surprised he didnt mention the incident with Tony at Daytona in like 06

Racing puts every driver in instantaneous, edge of control situations. The video facts leave little room for driver intention or explanation. After the checkers, the fight bell rings…Matt has great stories.

CLASS

Darlington with Matt, Michigan with Jr, Atlanta with Brad, all real bad looks for Carl. As a huge Carl fan I wasn’t happy but I always got the vibe he’s truly a good person. I was a hot head in my younger years too. I always loved how Carl would take his sunglasses off during interviews, just shows he wants to connect to people. I appreciate Matt not bashing the guy and showing how he’s grown over the years.

Joey Logano vs Matt Kenseth was the best

@dillonpierce7869

Жыл бұрын

Logano should've at least got a couple punches in that day. Security would've had to drag me off of him if that had been me that day. 😅

@NASCARFAN93100

Жыл бұрын

Logano deserved what he got at Martinsville

@TomDotCom2

11 ай бұрын

@@NASCARFAN93100 Joey got what he deserved at Phoenix too. Another championship.

Matt and Harvick at Pocono was classic.

@fatpatlives1998

11 ай бұрын

Back when you couldn't beat up gen4 cars caused they'd tear up 😅

Would be great to see Juan Montoya on a future episode.

Matt and Harvick Pocono 2004.

I attended an IRA sprint car race at the old Hale’s Corners Speedway in Wisconsin in about 2002. I think every car and pickup in the parking lot had a Matt Kenseth sticker on it. I realized then that Matt had an entire state of loyal fans!

It seemed like Matt’s biggest Rival was Brad Keselowski and just Team Penske in general. I mean they had so many run ins. 2014 a few times, 2015, and in 2016.

@fatpatlives1998

11 ай бұрын

Brad and Kyle or Brad and Carl >>> I think the hatred of Brad is the only thing kyle and Carl would ever agree on !

Wasn’t it at Kansas that 22 bump you from winning and out of the playoffs and then you got him at Martinsville which was awesome!

I was at that race. Mad because Robby didn't win. 2006 was the year.

@KR_Diecasts

Жыл бұрын

I forget Robby drove the 88 in that race. Nice lil stat.

Carl and the "fake punch" and Harvick with "the push".

0:02 - Matt Kenseth relives rivalry with Joey Logano 12:15 - Matt Kenseth relives 2014 fight with Brad Keselowski

Matt putting BK in headlock at charlotte in 2014.

I remember watching that race with my Mom with the fake punch lol

Id love to have seen Carl drive during the 90s with Dale Sr.

6:08 exactly what Joey did to Matt and Matt still got mad

Every dang show i swear i just build more crave to see Edwards on here

12:15 - Matt Kenseth relives 2014 fight with Brad Keselowski