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NASCAR

NASCAR's Kenseth loses Ft. Lauderdale go-kart race

BY SARAH ROTHSCHILD

srothschild@MiamiHerald.com
 

NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth won last year's season-ending Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. But put him in a go-kart racing South Florida media members and the results are different.

Joe Castello of XM Radio and 790 the Ticket beat Kenseth, who was second, during a 15-lap race at Xtreme Indoor Karting in Fort Lauderdale.

''Matt is a professional race-car driver and this was not a professional race, but it doesn't matter,'' Castello said. ``I get to say I beat Matt on my show.''

Castello said Kenseth had bumped him several times so he decided, ''I owe this guy one,'' and bumped Kenseth late on the final lap.

Kenseth, a Roush Fenway driver who is in town for a Ford 400 promotional event, is 10th in the Chase for the Cup, trailing two-time defending champion Jimmie Johnson by 360 points.