Matt Kenseth wins at Dover

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    Matt Kenseth's first idea was to skip pit road, take a chance he could start first on a restart and hang on for a victory.

    Then, he had another thought. Why not just take two tires on pit road instead of four?

    With his No. 17 Ford on the jack, Kenseth called the audible and told crew chief Jimmy Fennig he wanted two.

    "Two tires! Two tires!" Fennig said.

    His crew made the switch before they dropped the car and that was the perfect strategy Kenseth needed to win the Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway on Sunday.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=6553672
     

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