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NASCAR: Five Drivers Most Likely To Win At Pocono

By Cole Mentzel

Aug 3, 2014; Long Pond, PA, USA; General view as NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers come around turn three to start the GoBowling.com 400 at Pocono Raceway. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 3, 2014; Long Pond, PA, USA; General view as NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers come around turn three to start the GoBowling.com 400 at Pocono Raceway. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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May 14, 2016; Dover, DE, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Matt Kenseth (20) during practice for the AAA 400 Drive For Autism at Dover International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Matthew O
May 14, 2016; Dover, DE, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Matt Kenseth (20) during practice for the AAA 400 Drive For Autism at Dover International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Matthew O /

Contender No. 3: Matt Kenseth

Stats at Pocono:

  • Wins: 1
  • Top-5’s: 4
  • Top-10’s: 12
  • Laps Led: 60

In his 17-year career, Matt Kenseth has only won at Pocono one time–the 2015 August race. Speeding around the Tricky Triangle, he was able to make late passes of both Joey Logano and Kyle Busch, who had both run out of fuel.

Up until that moment, Kenseth had suffered through a pretty brutal stretch of years at the track. He finished in sixth in the first Pocono race of 2015, but in the five races prior to that one, he had finished no better than 22nd. In his 32 starts at Pocono, Kenseth’s highest total for laps led in a race is 11.

This season, Kenseth struggled through the first ten races. With a weekly mistake or wreck he was lacking the consistency to get the job done, despite leading laps in nearly every race.

Now, in the last three races, he has finished 4th at Kansas, 1st at Dover and 7th at Charlotte. There’s no doubt his season is starting to turn around and he could become another threat to win this weekend.

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