Matt Kenseth / No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Preview

April 30, 2014

Matt Kenseth / No. 20 Dollar General Toyota Preview
Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway

No. 20 Dollar General Toyota News and Notes:

KENSETH BY THE NUMBERS: In 28 Sprint Cup Series starts at Talladega, Kenseth has completed 5,011 of 5,304 laps (94.5 percent) and has led for a total of 468 laps. Kenseth has earned one win, five top-five finishes, and nine top-ten finishes. Kenseth earned his victory in October of 2012, and has led laps in his last eight starts.
JOE GIBBS RACING AT TALLADEGA: Joe Gibbs Racing has 93 Sprint Cup Series starts at Talladega Superspeedway and has earned a total of three wins, 26 top-five, 40 top-ten finishes, and one pole. The organization also has led for a total of 1,019 laps and has an average start of 17.2 and an average finish of 16.8.
DOLLAR GENERAL PARTNER SUPPORT: Dollar General would like to thank vendor partners Angel Soft, Betty Crocker, Brawny, Bugles, Clorox Wipes, Colgate, Energizer, Gain, Gatorade, Hamburger Helper, Hanes, Hefty Reynolds Wrap, Honey Nut Cheerios, Lays, Old Spice, Snuggle, Sparkle, Stacker2, Sun and Windex for their support of the DG Racing program.
RACE INFO: The Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway (2.66-mile) begins at 1:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 4. The race will be broadcast live on FOX, Sirius XM Channel 90 and MRN Radio.

From the Cockpit:

Matt Kenseth: “Talladega is one of those places where it’s a restrictor plate race so you’re going to hopefully be in the front sometimes and you’ll probably be in the back sometimes as well since there’s so much shuffling of positions. Qualifying is not as important there as other places, but you still want to try to get a pole if you can and try to get that first pit stall. I think that qualifying this weekend will be crazy, unorganized and chaotic. Everybody is going to have different plans and everybody is going to want to be the guy catching the pack. I’m sure our plan will change even as we get ready for qualifying, but everybody is going to try to figure out how to get that one good lap.”

From the Pit Box:

Jason Ratcliff: “I’m actually almost speechless thinking about how this group qualifying session is going to play out at Talladega this weekend. It could get extremely exciting, because the one thing we know is to go fast at Talladega, you need a group of cars. I think that everyone is not really going to want to go in a big pack because it could get really risky, but at the same time if you want to qualify well, that’s what you’re going to have to do. We’ve been pretty fortunate and competitive at these speedway races recently and I feel like we’ve got a really good car heading into this week. We’re going to be smart because we don’t want to tear up a good race car before Sunday, but we also want to get a good pit stall and qualify well.”

No. 20 Dollar General Toyota / Joe Gibbs Racing Team:
Driver – Matt Kenseth
Crew Chief – Jason Ratcliff
Car Chief – Jason Shapiro
Engineer – Jacob Canter
Engineer – Mike Lorusso
Shock Specialist – Scott Myers
Mechanic – Todd Foster
Mechanic – Jesse Sanders
Tire Specialist – Jerold Shires
Engine Tuner – Mike Johnson
Spotter – Chris Osborne
EFI Specialist – Jarrad Egert
Jackman – Jason Tate
Gasman – John Eicher
Front Tire Changer – John Royer
Front Tire Carrier – Joe Crossen
Rear Tire Changer – Chris Taylor
Rear Tire Carrier – Eric Groen
Pit Support – Bill Byrne
Pit Support – Tom Dean
Truck Drivers – Dennis Valverde & Tom McCrimmon


DG at the Track:
Dollar General has more retail locations than any retailer in America, with more than 11,000 stores in 40 states. There are 35 Dollar General locations in the Talladega area. Here are the seven closest to Talladega Superspeedway:

Dollar General #1080
232 East St. N
Talladega, AL 35160

Dollar General #3581
809 Battle St. E
Talladega, AL 35160

Dollar General #13092
4710 Stemly Rd.
Talladega, AL 35160

Dollar General #1314
4545 US Highway 78 W
Oxford, AL 36203

Dollar General #12945
53417 US Hwy. 78
Eastaboga, AL 36260

Dollar General #8462
44399 AL Highway 21
Munford, AL 36268

Dollar General #4433
47529 US Highway 78
Lincoln, AL 35096

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