Ontrack System

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Ontrack System

Ontrack System

Matt Kenseth was born March 10, 1972 in Cambridge, WI.

Early in his life, he knew that racing cars was his passion. As a child, Kenseth’s father Roy would purchase the racecars, and race them, while young Matt learned to work on them. When Matt became old enough, he would be allowed to race the cars. He began racing stock cars as soon as he reached the age of 16 in his native Wisconsin at tracks such as Columbus 151 Speedway and Jefferson Speedway. His skill level was evident early on as he won a feature event in only his third night competing.

Kenseth graduated from Cambridge High School and immediately continued his quest to become a successful racecar driver. Throughout the early and mid 1990's, Kenseth won numerous late-model events, and track championships at Wisconsin International Raceway and Madison International Speedway in 1994 and 1995. Additionally, in 1994, he won the Slinger Nationals at Slinger Super Speedway. In many of these events, he competed against veterans such as Dick Trickle and Robbie Reiser.

In 1996, Kenseth entered the upstart USAR Hooters Pro Cup. As a young rookie in the series, Kenseth vied for the series title, only to come up short. Moreover, his NASCAR Busch Series career officially began in1996 as he made his debut at Lowe’s Motor Speedway driving for car owner Carl Wegner. He posted a 31st place finish after qualifying the #55 Chevrolet in 37th.