Matt Kenseth Survives Chaos in Dover for First Win of 2016 Season

In a rather wild race at Dover, Matt Kenseth's string of Bad luck finally came to an end and he finally took a victory in Dover cashing his ticket into the chase in 2016. Kenseth held off a late race young gun charge from Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson to cash his first win of 2016. A massive 18 car crash took out contenders like Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick, along with a few others. Kyle Larson held onto second, Chase Elliott, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Martin Truex Jr., and Trevor Bayne rounded out the Top 10, There was an 11 minute red flag for track cleanup with 46 laps to go. On a restart, Jimmie Johnson was leading but the car stuck in gear, causing Martin Truex Jr. to run into the back of him. The rest of the field, coming up to speed, piled into one another blocking the track. 18 cars were involved. 

NASCAR News Source Driver Of The Week

Over the 2016 Season, Matt Kenseth has seen every angle of bad luck possible to man. Leading at Daytona coming to the checkered flag but getting shuffled back, Getting a Black and White Cross Flag at Atlanta along with many other bad luck situations. Today Kenseth took advantage of numerous opportunities and held off hard chargers of  Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson to finally have some good luck on his side. An excellent race for the #20 Team which awards them their first Driver Of The Week Honors!

Results

1 20 Matt Kenseth

2 42 Kyle Larson

3 24 Chase Elliott

4 5 Kasey Kahne

5 41 Kurt Busch

6 2 Brad Keselowski

7 11 Denny Hamlin

8 21 Ryan Blaney

9 78 Martin Truex Jr.

10 6 Trevor Bayne

11 27 Paul Menard

12 15 Clint Bowyer

13 10 Danica Patrick

14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

15 4 Kevin Harvick

16 31 Ryan Newman

17 23 David Ragan

18 34 Chris Buescher

19 38 Landon Cassill

20 95 Michael McDowell

21 1 Jamie McMurray

22 22 Joey Logano

23 47 AJ Allmendinger

24 44 Brian Scott

25 48 Jimmie Johnson

26 13 Casey Mears

27 98 Cole Whitt

28 19 Carl Edwards

29 16 Greg Biffle

30 18 Kyle Busch

31 43 Aric Almirola

32 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

33 3 Austin Dillon

34 14 Tony Stewart

35 32 Jeffrey Earnhardt

36 30 Josh Wise

37 46 Michael Annett

38 55 Reed Sorenson

39 7 Regan Smith

40 83 Matt DiBenedetto

Next Weekend

The Lights Come On and the Stars come out as we head to NASCAR's Exhibition Race, The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race which will have 20 of NASCAR's best will take to the Charlotte Motor Speedway to prove they are one of the best and one will become a million dollars richer after this race. Last years winner Denny Hamlin returns to defend his title can he come up with 2 in a row and continue the dominance of  Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota?