Matthew Kurzejewski (born June 27, 1991) is an American professional

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driver. He most recently competed full-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 52

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for

Ken Schrader Racing Ken Schrader Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, fielding the No. 52 for Natalie Decker. The team is owned by longtime NASCAR driver Ken Schrader. Over the years, Schra ...

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. Prior to that, he competed with his own team for the entirety of his stock car racing career. This includes in ARCA part-time for four seasons (

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and

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, and

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, the year he won the series' superspeedway championship. He also made two Truck Series starts in

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and

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and ran part-time in the East Series in

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. However, he is currently and has been without a ride in any series since 2016.

Racing career

After getting many good finishes driving part-time for his own team for a few years, he signed with the No. 52 team for

to run his first full season in ARCA in

. Also, they picked up sponsorship from Menards (as well as

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), which moved over to KSR after sponsoring

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since

. They replaced Federated Auto Parts as the team's full season sponsor. That year marked the first time the No. 52 car ran with one driver for the full season for the first time in over three years. Even though he did not win any races, Kurzejewski earned a third-place finish in points.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Camping World Truck Series

Camping World East Series

ARCA Racing Series

(

) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

References

External links

* ''Broken link'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kurzejewski, Matt 1991 births NASCAR drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers Living people People from Mansfield, Pennsylvania Racing drivers from Pennsylvania