NASCAR Teleconference - Matt Kenseth and Jack Roush

Matt Kenseth joined the media from New York City, in the middle of his media tour for the Daytona 500 champ and Jack from Roush Fenway Racing in Concord.

On Matt Kenseth returning to NYC as a champion. Last time in '03 he was doing it as a series champ and he said he's having a lot of fun with the 500 victory tour except for the fact that he's doing this teleconference from outside his room in the Waldorf because they turned their keys off. (Waldorf? Dudes, the economy is in the tank! Waldorf?)

He said it's also very humbling when your friends and peers call to congratulate.

Jack Roush said it's pretty different than he expected to be a Daytona 500 winning car owner. He reflected on his coming into NASCAR and how surprised he was at the pomp and circumstance about the enshrinement of the car in the Daytona 500 Experience, since it's quite the emotional event.

This is his 22nd effort at the Daytona trophy and he had just put it out of his mind at this point, well that is until last weekend.

Good 'ol Jack isn't Jack if he isn't taking a shot at NASCAR when he said he was surprised they called the race on rain because the call came hours earlier than he expected. Bruce says: I have to disagree with that one myself. I was watching the radar and had they waited, it would have been an easy 90 minutes before it even stopped raining and who knows how long to dry the track.

Jack said that the good thing about the Daytona winning car enshrinement process is that with the standardization of the COT, it doesn't impact the team as much to have the car taken away.

Winning the 500 does not take any pressure off any other event for the team. It might put a little spring in everyone's step but everyone still needs to perform, regardless. This is only one race.

Source: NASCAR Media