Quotes by Matt Kenseth

“Its a weird thing,”

“It means a lot. This base group has been together for a long time and they do an awesome job every week. Our performance has been better and you knew we had a fast car when were on the pole and for me to qualify as fast. Our DeWalt Ford was awesome all day. Im just so thankful to have the opportunity to drive these race cars. Its a lot of fun.”

“I still think its a stretch with all of those cars in between. We just have to try to lead some laps and win some races.”

“Last year we made the top 10, I felt like in my heart that we werent going to run for the championship anyway. I didnt think we were running good enough.”

“I think that we could be a threat to challenge everybody with the way everybody is running now.”

“I think it will perform the same at California. Now that doesnt mean you cant have a flat tire or a bad pit stop or a broken part ... but I do think that well go there and be competitive enough to run up front, and, hopefully, challenge for a win.”

“This team really has a lot of momentum right now. Weve been running well, posting some good finishes and, of course, are coming off of our first win of the season.”

“Thats hard to do -- to gain points and have a great day, that can happen. But to have five or six people have trouble and have a great day for several weeks in a row is a difficult task.”

“Weve run much better and you know the guys that have been around us in the points have had some trouble and maybe havent run as well in the second half of the year. But were not in it, yet. We still have another week to go.”

“I didnt think we had a chance to [make the Chase], but weve run much better and the guys that have been around us in points have had some trouble and maybe havent run as well the second half of the year and had some things happen to them, too. Were not in it yet; we still have another week to go.”