Matt Kenseth Good Quotations

Obviously, leading at this point in the season doesn't mean that much. But, the fact that this 17 team is competing for wins each week does. The cars have been great and our pit crew continues to be the best out there. It's a long season, but hopefully we can keep running this good and pick up some victories along the way.

Our Vegas test went good. It feels good to get off to a good start. Last year we didn't, but a couple of years before that we did and it certainly helped us both seasons. I think we won early in '03 and '04, so hopefully we can keep it up all the way through the year.

The most fun track we race on may be at Atlanta. You can run the white line or you can have the right rear scraping the fence and probably run the same lap times, so you never have an excuse for not passing a car in front of you. There are a lot of good grooves at Atlanta. It's a good race for the drivers and good fun for the fans.

It's really early in the year, but I think when you're leading the points or when you're solidly in the top 10, it definitely gives you a good feeling and it gives the guys a good feeling. There's a little bit more comfort, being in the top 26 races, being in the front.

It's been a while. It was pretty fun to beat (Gordon) off the pole because he's always known for being so good here.

I feel bad for Greg, it's hard to look at the good side if you are him. He's running so strong and there's no doubt he's going to be a contender at the end of the year.