Kasey Kahne News

NASCAR”™s Most Valuable Teams:

NASCAR”™s Most Valuable Teams:

February 19, 2015
NASCAR's most valuable team, Hendrick Motorsports, is now worth $350 million, and it boasts the sport's most valuable sponsorship portfolio. Last year the team collected nearly $120 million from sponsors alone, while only two other teams generated that much in total

Menard to start first in Sprint Unlimited:

Menard to start first in Sprint Unlimited:

February 13, 2015
Select fans were paired with each crew chief for a random drawing that determined each team's starting and pit road positions for the Sprint Unlimited. The drawings took place on Friday, February 13th at Daytona. #27-Menard will start from the pole as crew chief Justin

Axalta to sponsor Phoenix XFINITY race:

Axalta to sponsor Phoenix XFINITY race:

February 11, 2015
Phoenix International Raceway announced that Axalta Coating Systems will be recognized as the title sponsor of the track's March NASCAR XFINITY Series race. The Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200, a two-year entitlement, will officially kick off the NASCAR XFINITY

Kahne looks forward to return to sprint cars:

Kahne looks forward to return to sprint cars:

January 17, 2015
#5-Kasey Kahne hopes to race a sprint car again after spending five nights this month wheeling one of the fastest cars on dirt. He certainly hopes it doesn't take another three years to run his next sprint-car race. After a 2011 wreck where he flipped out of Williams

Crew Chief Changes for 2015:

Crew Chief Changes for 2015:

December 29, 2014
Many crew chief changes for the 2015 season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the list: #1-Jamie McMurray: Matt McCall takes over for Keith Rodden who left to head back to Hendrick Motorsports and the #5 team of Kasey Kahne. McCall comes over to CGR from Richard Childress

2015 Sprint Unlimited Field to feature Chase drivers, Daytona 500 pole winners:

2015 Sprint Unlimited Field to feature Chase drivers, Daytona 500 pole winners:

December 15, 2014
Coming off an exciting 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup finale, NASCAR announced all 16 Chase drivers will be eligible to compete in the 2015 Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway. The 75-lap, non-points race will once again kick off the NASCAR Sprint

2015 Sprint Unlimited Field to feature Chase drivers, Daytona 500 pole winners UPDATE:

2015 Sprint Unlimited Field to feature Chase drivers, Daytona 500 pole winners UPDATE:

December 15, 2014
Coming off an exciting 2014 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup finale, NASCAR announced all 16 Chase drivers will be eligible to compete in the 2015 Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway. The 75-lap, non-points race will once again kick off the NASCAR Sprint

Odds to win the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship:

Odds to win the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship:

December 7, 2014
Jimmie Johnson 5/1 Jeff Gordon 6/1 Kevin Harvick 6/1 Brad Keselowski 7/1 Joey Logano 8/1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10/1 Matt Kenseth 10/1 Carl Edwards 12/1 Kyle Busch 12/1 Denny Hamlin 14/1 Kyle Larson 18/1 Tony Stewart 22/1 Kasey Kahne 25/1 Kurt Busch 25/1 Ryan Newman 33

NASCAR industry honors Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick at year-end gala:

NASCAR industry honors Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick at year-end gala:

December 6, 2014
As the culmination of a calculated risk that led to a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, the NASCAR industry joined together Friday night at the Wynn to honor 2014 titleholder Kevin Harvick, who claimed stock car racing's most coveted prize in his first season

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is Most Popular Driver:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is Most Popular Driver:

December 5, 2014
during the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards, it was announced that #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 2014 NMPA Sprint Most Popular Driver Award. Dale Earnhardt Jr., has won the MPD award for the past 12 seasons. Only NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott has more MPD

Ben Rhodes to run 10 races for JR Motorsports

Ben Rhodes to run 10 races for JR Motorsports

December 5, 2014
JR Motorsports announced that Ben Rhodes, the reigning K&N Pro Series East champion, will drive 10 NASCAR XFINITY Series races in the #88 Chevy in 2015. The 17-year-old Rhodes joins an all-star lineup of drivers for the #88 team that includes Dale Earnhardt Jr.,

2014 Most Mentioned Drivers

2014 Most Mentioned Drivers

December 1, 2014
According to Joyce Julius, a company that tracks media mentions for sport sponsors, Kevin Harvick was the most-mentioned NASCAR driver on TV this year, but Jeff Gordon grabbed the most interview time. The top 10

LiftMaster to sponsor Kahne:

LiftMaster to sponsor Kahne:

November 20, 2014
LiftMaster, the number-one brand of professionally installed residential garage door openers, will join 11-time Sprint Cup Series champions Hendrick Motorsports beginning with the 2015 NASCAR season when it will become a primary sponsor of driver Kasey Kahne and his

Kahne signs 3 year extension with Hendrick:

Kahne signs 3 year extension with Hendrick:

November 20, 2014
Hendrick Motorsports and Kasey Kahne have agreed to a three-year contract extension that will keep the driver with the #5 Chevy SS team through the end of the 2018 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. 'It's extremely gratifying to work with a driver like Kasey,' said

Crew chief change for Kahne? UPDATE:

Crew chief change for Kahne? UPDATE:

November 19, 2014
Since #5-Kasey Kahne's struggles earlier this season, rumors have persisted that Hendrick Motorsports would make a crew chief change on the #5 Farmer's Insurance Chevy. Although Kenny Francis has guided Kahne to 16 wins and five Chase appearances, this season the team