After racing sprint cars in Australia and a midget at the Chili Bowl Nationals in the offseason, Kasey Kahne said Friday that he’s looking to run between six to 10 winged sprint car races during the NASCAR Sprint Cup season. It would be the first time since 2012 that Kahne has raced winged sprint cars during the NASCAR season. He admits it has been a challenge to convince Hendrick to let him do so. ‘It’s been ‘¦ two-and-a-half years of meetings and conversations and finally got it,’ said Kahne. Asked why he’s changed his stance and will allow Kahne to run winged sprint cars during the NASCAR season, Hendrick was surprised he had. ‘I think he and I need to talk about that a little bit,’ Hendrick said. ‘I don’t think we got any further than Australia. I don’t think we crossed into this year yet.’ Kahne said that he feels racing winged sprint cars helps his NASCAR effort. ‘If anything the more I race my sprint car, the better I raced in Cup,’ Kahne said. ‘You can look at 2012. That was the last year I raced my sprint car a lot. As far as I see it, I was as good as anyone at (Hendrick Motorsports). I could have ran second in points. I could have easily had five to seven wins that year. I raced my sprint car 14 times that year.’(in part from NBC Sports)
