Kenseth takes 10th at Brickyard; loses main sponsor

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Matt Kenseth of Cambridge took 10th in Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He remains 12th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup point standings.

And he's still among the Top 12 to compete in the Chase for the season championship after six more races.

Kenseth has 2,429 points, 32 ahead of David Reuitmann.

Kenseth recovered from a 25th place start to get his eighth Top 10 showing in 20 races so far this season.

Paul Menard of Eau Claire finished 29th, and he remains 33rd in the standings. Jimmie Johnson won the race.

Juan Pablo Montoya had led for 116 of the 160 laps, but he dropped down after being penalized for speeding on pit road.

Tony Stewart still leads the point standings.

Meanwhile, Kenseth is losing the only main sponsor he's ever had in more than a decade of Sprint Cup racing. His team said during the weekend that DeWalt Tools, who sponsored Kenseth's No. 17 car, would pull out at the end of the season.

The 2003 champion called called it a "sign of the times." He understood that the tool business is weak right now, due to a lack of home construction.

Geoff Smith, head of Roush Fenway Racing, said a new sponsor is being sought for Kenseth.

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