Saturday night Matt Kenseth was telling his wife how furstrated he’s been with his career as of late, the next day he won the Daytona 500.

“I was telling her, ‘Man, I’m really getting fed up with not winning, with not being a contender,’” Kenseth said. “It was actually starting to weigh on me more than we thought. We haven’t been a serious contender for the championship for a few years. To be able to put it all together, be able to win the race, is pretty overwhelming.”

Kevin Harvick finished the race in 2nd; afterwords he had nothing but good things to say about Kenseth.

“I think Matt’s obviously a pretty standup person and a great race car driver,” Harvick said. “I think he’s one of those guys that he can win seven or eight races in a year and never receive any credit. He’s a really good race car driver. He’s a champion, Daytona 500 champion.”