Kasey Kahne News

Charlotte Race Notes:

Charlotte Race Notes:

October 14, 2006
• Kasey Kahne won the 2006 Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, scoring his seventh career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 103rd career start. • This is Kahne’s sixth victory in 2006, the most of all drivers. • Kahne scored his second victory in six races

Charlotte Rookie Notes:

Charlotte Rookie Notes:

October 14, 2006
#1-Martin Truex Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the October 8 UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Truex Jr. finished fifth, his best finish in 39 Nextel Cup Series races and the best by a Raybestos Rookie on a restrictor plate track this season. Truex

Kahne wins at Charlotte:

Kahne wins at Charlotte:

October 14, 2006
#9-Kasey Kahne won the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway for his 6th win of the 2006 season and 7th or his career, leading 134 of 334 laps and getting himself back into The Chase. #48-Jimmie Johnson finished 2nd, followed by #31-Jeff Burton, #8-Dale Earnhardt

Rumblings – Charlotte Notes:

Rumblings – Charlotte Notes:

October 14, 2006
After an ignominious beginning (we had a 14 car job at the end of lap 1) we settled down tonight to an entertaining event at Lowe's Motor Speedway. When the checkers fell, we had a familiar face in Victory Lane as Kasey Kahne completed the Charlotte sweep tonight by

Unofficial Driver Chase Points Standing

Unofficial Driver Chase Points Standing

October 14, 2006
after Charlotte [31 of 36 races]: #31-Jeff Burton 5763 #17-Matt Kenseth 5718 -45 #29-Kevin Harvick 5674 -89 #6-Mark Martin 5661 -102 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5657 -106 #11-Denny Hamlin 5626 -137 #48-Jimmie Johnson 5617 -146 #9-Kasey Kahne 5603 -160 #5-Kyle Busch 5568 -

Evernham Drivers to Split Busch Car:

Evernham Drivers to Split Busch Car:

October 12, 2006
Evernham Motorsports plans to field a fourth Nextel Cup team on a limited basis in 2007 with the hope of expanding it to full time, team owner Ray Evernham said. The organization will likely field a Busch and truck series team next year, with Cup drivers Elliott Sadler

Charlotte Qualifying Notes:

Charlotte Qualifying Notes:

October 12, 2006
• Scott Riggs won the Nextel Cup Series Bud Pole for the Bank of America 500, lapping Lowe’s Motor Speedway in 28.203 seconds at 191.469 mph. Elliott Sadler holds the track-qualifying record of 27.948 seconds, 193.216 mph - set Oct. 13, 2005. • This is Riggs’ third

Ramblings – Charlotte Qualifying Notes:

Ramblings – Charlotte Qualifying Notes:

October 12, 2006
Scott Riggs took the Bud Pole tonight at Lowe's Motor Speedway for Saturday's Bank of America 500....and it's a sweeper for the driver of the #10 Stanley Tools/Valvoline Dodge. His other pole this season came here in May, and this is the third top-spot of his NEXTEL

Kahne to run blue scheme at LMS:

Kahne to run blue scheme at LMS:

October 11, 2006
Kasey Kahne will be running a special paint scheme this weekend at Lowe's Motor Speedway on his #9 Dodge Charger which will be painted with Blue Camouflage and Mopar’s signature “M” on the hood.(Clear!Blue PR), see an image on the #9 Team Schemes page.(10-11-2006

Rumblings – Talladega:

Rumblings – Talladega:

October 8, 2006
When you have 63 lead changes amongst 23 drivers, an unbelievable finish with a first-time winner emerging, and the "Big One" on lap 139 (this one had 13 cars involved) we can only be at one place....Talladega Superspeedway. Today was everything we love and everything

Talladega Race Notes:

Talladega Race Notes:

October 8, 2006
• Brian Vickers won the 2006 UAW-FORD 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, scoring his first career Nextel Cup victory in his 107th career start. • Vickers became the second first-time winner in 2006 joining Denny Hamlin, who swept both races at Pocono. • Vickers has scored

Unofficial “Classic” Points Standings

Unofficial “Classic” Points Standings

October 8, 2006
...the old way, not the Chase after Talladega: 1) #17-Matt Kenseth 4327 2) #48-Jimmie Johnson 4125 -202 3) #29-Kevin Harvick 4006 -321 4) #31-Jeff Burton 3905 -422 5) #6-Mark Martin 3904 -423 6) #11-Denny Hamlin 3865 -462 7) #20-Tony Stewart 3824 -503 8) #8-Dale Earnhardt

Unofficial Driver Chase Points Standing

Unofficial Driver Chase Points Standing

October 8, 2006
after Talladega [30 of 36 races]: #31-Jeff Burton 5598 #17-Matt Kenseth 5592 -6 #6-Mark Martin 5588 -10 #29-Kevin Harvick 5565 -33 #11-Denny Hamlin 5547 -51 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5492 -106 #24-Jeff Gordon 5451 -147 #48-Jimmie Johnson 5442 -156 #9-Kasey Kahne 5413 -

Lucky Dog Pass Stats after Kansas:

Lucky Dog Pass Stats after Kansas:

October 3, 2006
so far in 2006, after 29 races, two drivers have made all the races and not used a Lucky Dog/Lap Back pass: #20-Stewart and #31-Burton. #5-Kyle Busch is the leader with 9 lucky dog passes used. In 2006, two drivers have benefitted from the Lucky Dog pass and won the

Kansas Race Notes:

Kansas Race Notes:

October 1, 2006
• Tony Stewart won the Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway, scoring his 27th Nextel Cup victory in his 277th career start. • This is Stewart’s third victory in 2006. He also won at Martinsville and Daytona in July. • This is Stewart’s first victory in six races at Kansas