Matt Kenseth Details Why He Stopped Racing Full-Time in 2017 | Dale Jr Download

After Matt Kenseth left Joe Gibbs Racing, he felt that if he was going to race full-time he would want to be competitive in the NASCAR Cup Series. Matt talks to Dale Jr about what happened to make him stop driving full-time after the 2017 season.

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Daytona 500 champ
Coca Cola 600 champ
All Star champ
Souther 500 champ
Winston Cup champ
HOF
One of the best payback spin outs of all time 😂
Matt u the man 👍👍 miss seeing u out there

[philip.goodman]

Matt in a CARS Tour race with a DeWalt throwback scheme. Ahhh. Make it happen! : )

[aaronkristofer]

I was at that Nashville race. A lot of fans including myself were standing up next to one of those mobile movable metal barriers trying to flag down drivers for autographs or pictures or what not. Matt was my Dad's favorite driver of all time and he died when I was 13, so it was really on my bucket list to meet Matt. I flagged him down politely and asked for a picture as I left my Dad's Winston Champion diecast at the hotel because I wasn't sure if I'd be able to meet anybody. His PR/Media guy that was moving along with him tried to keep Matt moving and quickly told us that he'd be back through and that we'd get to see him again. I think they were on their way to the little driver's meeting they were doing inside Turn 1. Matt dead stopped, turned around, left the PR guy, and walked back to us and took a picture with me. That's the kind of person Matt Kenseth is and it meant more to me than anyone will ever know. Lifelong fan.

[robc]

Matt was a gentleman's racer. Need more like him.

[BrianQueensNYC]

Definitely one of the most underrated drivers of the 2000s. even when roush was falling off, he stayed competitive.

[SingerDinger]

As a Kenseth fan that win and his interview at Phoenix was a tearjerker

[pipper]

Hearing this just makes it even more impressive that Kevin Harvick is still at the top of his game at 47+ years old. Same for Mark Martin at that age.

[Bonkrr]

Almost all of Juniors interviews demonstrate his connection to the person he is interviewing. This one was a little different in that you could just tell that theirs is a genuine, long time friendship built on mutual like and respect. Made it fun to watch.

[kristingrace]

Thanks Dale for having Matt! I sure do miss seeing the both of you racing each week.

[chrishartman]

I always felt like JR's Xfinity team could do a Project 91 style setup. Run an extra car 10-12 events, with 4-5 different drivers. Sometimes himself, Kenseth for 1-2 races. Harvick in a couple next year. An Indy driver etc. Could even try to package the deals with some of Kenseth's better known sponsors and do throwback paint schemes.

[bertpulaski]

I can relate to Matt in what he’s saying and extent. Especially when missing out on family time. I’m sitting at almost 20 years in military aviation. Between the deployments, workups, relief missions, and diplomatic escort missions, there gets a time when you say I’m done. Luckily, my time is coming in February. Like Matt, I’ll probably won’t be a part of aviation again.

[TroutWest]

This was a great chat. I watched NASCAR HEAVY back in the early 2000s... Kenseth was one of the "young guns" and was always a threat to win. This was a great interview. Matt isn't starving though... he's worth more than $60 Million.. He's doing aight.

[davekraus]

The funnest part was watching juniors wingman slide the conversation the way we all wanted it to go. And that was trying to get Matt I. His car. I freaking loved this episode the best. Keep doing your thing Mike I love how you ask and slide conversations to the uncomfortably unasked ?s 😂

[SPARTAN-RESOLVE]

Love it when Dale Brings on a actual good friend of his would love too see matt on more often a JR Fan myself but I've always liked Kenseth a Respectful Driver

[thomasjones]

I was bummed when JGR let Matt go. He was an excellent driver, sportsman, and contender every week. He was a veteran that had earned his place in nascar. Just didn't like anything about the way that deal went down.

[Relaxnow-ve]

I could listen to Kenseth talk about racing and what not all day.

[hoochgiese]

Thank you for the memories Matt, you're a legend in Wisconsin!

[BT-xmcq]

I have respect for Kenseth after hearing this interview that I never had for him in the past, he understood it was time to go and not keep hanging on after your skills are less than what they should be . As most NFL & MLB players play well past there prime and leave as they are well over done leaving a bad memory for all who followed them, well done Matt Kenseth 👍

[Aaronthinfantry]

So blessed to have seen these guys run for all these years! Thanks for the memories boys

[Ghost]

I'm so glad I found this video . I wondered for a long time why Kenneth never returned . I'm happy it was his decision and not Nascar's . He always seemed to get screwed in some way by Nascar