BRISTOL, Tenn. — Matt Kenseth's true feelings often seemed shrouded in the self-effacing humor and wry wit that mark his personality.
And so it was on Friday, as the 2003 Sprint Cup champion mused over his legacy and current predicament of languishing in a 51-race winless stretch. Was he a good driver, was he something else? Then a winner of 31 races at NASCAR's highest level — including the Daytona 500 twice — he certainly had to know he was the former.
But such stretches can engender doubt, even as, or maybe because, he won a series-high seven races in 2013 to finish as series runner-up then finished seventh in the series in 2014 without a victory in his first two seasons at Joe Gibbs Racing.