Kenseths have unique father-son relationship (cont'd)

"That should be pretty fun, because my dad's promoting the races and he's tried to set that up for a long time -- I think he's setting me up to fail," Kenseth said. "But he's been wanting us to race against other for a long time, but that's the first time we'll be in the same kind of car."

The last time the Kenseth clan was at a track together, Matt said it was the perfect respite for him in what's been a trying season, despite beginning with consecutive wins at Daytona and California.

"I got to hang out with him for the week and work with him back and forth through the [Slinger] practices," Kenseth said. "I had a lot of fun doing that and it was a nice [two-day] break. I had a lot of fun and I kind of needed that."

With his string of five consecutive seasons of making the Chase in jeopardy, sitting in 12th position in the 12-man race and with two races remaining after he races his son, Kenseth might be craving all the fun he can find.

Wins: Thru Bristol

	2008	2009
Cup Series	8	4
Nationwide	6	6
Truck Series	3	3

Kyle Busch Victory Watch

Busch's emotional meltdown in the aftermath of the Carfax 250 Nationwide race at Michigan, followed by his remarkable, two-for-three comeback last weekend at Bristol proves why you just can't abandon hope of him eclipsing his 2008 record total of 21 wins (8 Cup, 10 Nationwide, 3 Truck).

Busch's breakdown at Michigan was appalling, but he proved he could move beyond it by manning-up when Chase Austin made a ridiculous mistake in the Food City 250, wrecking Busch, after which Busch chose to console the rookie rather than berate him.

Busch broke a 16-race winless slump by taking the Sharpie 500 and was calm and constructive with crew chief Steve Addington throughout. And he defended his title in the O'Reilly 200 three days earlier, moving him to 13 wins: 4 Cup, 6 Nationwide, 3 Truck. Last year at this point Busch had 17, but this time around, his Truck and Nationwide efforts are just as strong, while his Cup team appears revitalized, just when it needed it most.

The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer.