Kenseth returning to Roush Racing

Roush Fenway Racing wants to be among NASCAR’s elite again and recognized it needed help for its ongoing rebuild. The organization called on Matt Kenseth, one of its cornerstone former drivers, and asked him to come back. Kenseth launched his Cup career with Roush in 1998 and he won a Cup championship and two Daytona 500s driving for the once-storied team. But he moved in 2013 to Joe Gibbs Racing, where he won 15 of his 39 career Cup victories, and it took team owner Jack Roush some time to get over the betrayal. In the time Kenseth was gone, Carl Edwards also moved to Gibbs and a stumbling sponsorship problem in NASCAR forced Roush to gradually downsize from five cars to the two Cup entries he’s fielding this year.