SI Vault Lars Anderson December 24, 2009 Cagey Matt Kenseth
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Wary, Wet 500 Win  Cagey Matt Kenseth snatched the lead just
before the rains came  From SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, February 23,
2009  MATT KENSETH IS A WORRIER. SINCE THE EARLIEST DAYS OF HIS
racing career, on those teenage Saturday nights on the short
tracks of his native Wisconsin, Kenseth, the 2003 Cup champion,
has always found something to fret over. Should he change two
tires or four on this pit stop? Does he have enough fuel to make
it to the finish? On the eve of the 51st running of the Daytona
500, what ate at Kenseth was his 36-race winless streak. "I'm
tired of not being a contender anymore," Kenseth, 36, told his
wife, Katie. "I'm tired of not winning. Maybe I'm starting to
lose it."  Or maybe not. On Lap 146 of 200 in the Feb 15 night
race, with storm clouds approaching the speedway carrying the
rain that had been expected al