CHECKER AUTO PARTS 500
PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
PHOENIX, AZ
NOVEMBER 10, 2002                
 

Matt Kenseth's Performance Summary at Phoenix International Raceway:

Date	Start	Finish	Laps	Money	Status
10/28/01	38	4	312/312	$97,960	Running
11/05/00	12	42	53/312	$45,700	Accident

Phoenix International Raceway Totals:

Matt Kenseth's Thoughts on Phoenix: "PIR reminds me of some tracks I used to run in Wisconsin. Its pretty flat but we have been running well on these types of tracks this year so I'm hoping to get a good finish. We finished fourth there last year, and hope to improve on it."

Crew Chief Robbie Reiser's Thoughts on Phoenix: "We are taking car MMR-023. This is the car we won Richmond with - it's a brand new car built this year and only raced at Richmond. That car is undefeated- and we'd like to keep it that way."

Spotter Mike Calinoff's Thoughts on Phoenix: "The toughest part of spotting at Phoenix is that the spotters stand is in turns one and two. It creates a parallax view, which makes it difficult to clear the cars on the front and backstretch."

NOTES OF INTEREST:
Pit Crew Competition… On Saturday, November 2nd, the DEWALT team became repeat UNOCAL 76/ World Pit Crew Champions when they pulled off a 16.832 second pit stop shattering their own world record and pocketing $40,000. See the action shots.

Million Dollar Paint Scheme…The No. 17 car will sport the DEWALT MILLION DOLLAR CHALLENGE Flame paint scheme this weekend to commemorate the DEWALT MILLION DOLLAR CHALLENGE Finals taking place throughout the weekend.

Appearances… Matt Kenseth will sign autographs at Home Depot on Friday, November 8th from 6:30-7:30pm. The store address is 1489 N. Dysart Rd Avondale, AZ 85323   Kenseth will make an appearance at the DEWALT Rolling Thunder trackside display on Saturday, November 9th at 11:45pm.

Paint Scheme Revealing… The 2003 DEWALT Power Tools Ford Taurus paint scheme will be unveiled at DEWALT's Rolling Thunder on Saturday, November 9th at 11:45am.

DEWALT MILLION-DOLLAR CHALLENGE REGIONAL WINNERS ANNOUNCED… The 16 regional winners have driven their five screws in record time and will vie for a chance to win the Million Dollar Challenge during the pre-race ceremonies at Phoenix International Raceway on November 10th. The regional winners are as follows:  Mike Fischer from Huntley, IL 8.19 seconds; Phillip Elliot from Glen Aubrey, NY 9.38 seconds; Jon Smith from Delaware, OH 9.94 seconds; Joe Fodera from Sommerville, MA  10.23 seconds; John Seymour from Charlotte, NC 10.43 seconds; Ben Pece from Lyndhurst, OH 10.46 seconds; Darrell Fink from Citrus Heights, CA 10.71 seconds; Scott Brockbank from Orem, UT 10.86 seconds; Bill South from Litchfield Park, AZ 10.97 seconds; Mike Rennie from Kirkland, WA 11.10 seconds; James McAnally from Lake Mary, FL 11.24 seconds; Eric Anderson from Garland, TX 11.39 seconds; Darren Johnson from Pembroke Pines, FL 11.69 seconds; Kane Powell from Panora, IA 12.07 seconds; Dale Howington from Buford, GA 12.12 seconds; Ben Beachy from Mt. Joy, PA 12.56 seconds.

2002 TOTALS:
DRIVER POINTS: 4,209/8th    
MONEY WON: $3,662,402
LAPS COMPLETED: 9,661/10,106= 96%
STARTS: 34
POLES: 1 (DOVER)
WINS: 4 (ROCKINGHAM 2/24, TEXAS 4/07, MICHIGAN 6/16, RICHMOND 9/7)
TOP FIVE: 10
TOP TEN: 18
TOP FIFTEEN: 24