By , Jay Pennell
Published November 16, 2015
NASCAR confirmed to FS1's Alan Cavanna that it has requested Joe Gibbs Racing's Matt Kenseth meet with Chairman and CEO Brian France before he returns from a two-race suspension this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The story was first reported by USA Today's Brant James, and confirmed to Cavanna on Monday morning.
Kenseth was forced to sit out the last two races after intentionally wrecking race-leader Joey Logano in the closing laps of the Martinsville Speedway Chase race three weeks ago. The incident stemmed from a feud that had been building for over a year, but came to a head when Logano spun Kenseth while racing for the lead late at Kansas Speedway, costing Kenseth the victory.
Out of title contention, Kenseth was involved in an incident earlier in the Martinsville race with Logano's Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski, an incident he felt Keselowski caused. Heavily damaged and running multiple laps down, Kenseth drove Logano's No. 22 Ford hard into the Turn 1 wall, ending both driver's day and causing a firestorm of controversy.
While France praised Logano's hard racing at Kansas, calling it "quintesential NASCAR," he condemned Kenseth's actions at Martinsville. While serving his suspension, Kenseth told The Associated Press he stood by his actions at Martinsville and felt as if France had "encouraged" the retaliation.
Despite sweeping the three-race Contender Round and having six wins on the season, Logano was unable to recover from the Martinsville incident and failed to advance to the Championship 4 that will race for the Sprint Cup title at Homestead on Sunday.
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