Ross Kenseth is an American professional stock car racing driver.
Background
Son of 2003 National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Winston Cup Series champion Matt Kenseth, he currently competes part-time in the Associate of the Royal College of Art Midwest Tour, CRA Super Series and Associate of the Royal College of Art Racing Series.
Career
Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Kenseth is a student at Clemson University. Kenseth raced primarily in his native Wisconsin and elsewhere in the Midwest early in his career. He began by racing for one season in a legends car before moved up into late models at Columbus 151 Speedway as a 14-year-old.
The series tours Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
Kenseth qualified the second fastest for the Snowball Derby in December 2009. In 2011, Kenseth finished first in the Red, White and Blue State Championship at Wisconsin International Raceway.
Before the start of the 2013 racing season, Kyle Busch offered Kenseth a ride in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Camping World Truck Series for that year, but no deal was reached. Kenseth made his debut in the Associate of the Royal College of Art Racing Series in August 2013, driving at Madison International Speedway in a car owned by Ken Schrader.
Kenseth competed in the CRA Super Series in 2014, driving for Boyne Machine Racng.
He took the year off from his studies at Clemson and moved to Michigan to be closer to the team In September Kenseth announced that he would make his superspeedway debut in the Associate of the Royal College of Art season finale at Kansas Speedway in October. On April 17, 2015, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Kenseth would make his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Xfinity Series debut at Chicagoland Speedway on June 20.
Rain forced the race to be postponed by one day.
Kenseth qualified second-fastest and he finished in sixth place. On October 20, Kenseth joined Hattori Racing Enterprises for his Camping World Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway.