Kasey Kahne News

Kahne to Drive at Memphis:

Kahne to Drive at Memphis:

March 16, 2006
Today, Memphis Motorsports Park officials announced that Kasey Kahne will run the second leg of the Sams Town Challenge the Sams Town 250 in Memphis on Oct. 28. Kahne traditionally only runs Busch Series races during companion events, but is making an exception to

Testing at Kentucky:

Testing at Kentucky:

March 15, 2006
The ongoing evaluation of the Dodge Intrepid versus Charger NEXTEL Cup Series race platforms continued at Kentucky Speedway Tuesday with Penske Racing South driver Kurt Busch the #2 Miller Lite car. Busch visited the 1.5-mile tri-oval to work with spring packages and

Johnson beats Kenseth at Vegas:

Johnson beats Kenseth at Vegas:

March 12, 2006
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a last lap pass during a Green-White-Checkered finish, beating #17-Matt Kenseth by 1/2 a car length. Kenseth led 146 of the 270 laps and Johnson led 1, the most important one, the final

Las Vegas Race News and Notes:

Las Vegas Race News and Notes:

March 12, 2006
• Jimmie Johnson won the 2006 UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, scoring his 20th career NASCAR NEXTEL Cup victory in his 150th career start. • Johnson won the $30,000 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Leader Bonus for winning the race and leading the points. •

Biffle wins pole at Las Vegas:

Biffle wins pole at Las Vegas:

March 10, 2006
#16-Greg Biffle won the pole for the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a lap of 172.403 mph for his first pole of 2006, 2nd of his career and first since Daytona in Feb. 2005, 73 races ago, putting Biffle in the 2007 Budweiser Shootout. #20-Tony

Motocross champ Carmichael looking to NASCAR:

Motocross champ Carmichael looking to NASCAR:

March 10, 2006
Motorcross racer, Ricky Carmichael, may trade in his two-wheel ride for NASCAR's four-wheel variety, perhaps as soon as 2008. He has a friend, mentor and supporter in Kasey Kahne, who spent last Saturday -- on a rare weekend off from Nextel Cup -- hanging out with

Special Schemes for #9 and #19 at Vegas:

Special Schemes for #9 and #19 at Vegas:

March 8, 2006
#9-Kasey Kahne and #19-Jeremy Mayfield's Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Chargers will run special paint schemes in Sunday's UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Flames [DW will be happy] will extend down the length of each car and the hoods will feature the

New NASCAR Show on Biography Channel REVIEW:

New NASCAR Show on Biography Channel REVIEW:

March 5, 2006
On March 8, The Biography Channel gets behind the wheel of an exciting and original new series produced in conjunction with NASCAR Images, "NASCAR Driven to Win." Offering up-close-and-personal profiles of some of the racing circuit's most popular young drivers, the

New NASCAR Show on Biography Channel:

New NASCAR Show on Biography Channel:

March 1, 2006
On March 8, The Biography Channel gets behind the wheel of an exciting and original new series produced in conjunction with NASCAR Images, "NASCAR Driven to Win." Offering up-close-and-personal profiles of some of the racing circuit's most popular young drivers, the

Intrepid Idea…not so good?

Intrepid Idea…not so good?

February 27, 2006
Although #2-Kurt Busch sat on the pole for the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway in his two-year-old Dodge Intrepid, the three Intrepids in the race came up behind the current Chargers entered. Busch and Penske Racing South teammate #12-Ryan Newman finished 16th

Kenseth comes from the back to win @ Calif:

Kenseth comes from the back to win @ Calif:

February 26, 2006
#17-Matt Kenseth took the lead late in the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway after starting 31st with a green-white-checkered finish.. It is Kenseth's first win of 2006, first since Bristol last August and 11th of his career. #48-Jimmie Johnson backed up his Daytona

More Notebook Items

More Notebook Items

February 26, 2006
• Jimmie Johnson has finished first and second in the first two races in 2006. He remained first in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings. Johnson has ranked among the top-10 in the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup point standings for 71 straight races, a streak that began after

StockCarFans – Rumblings – California:

StockCarFans – Rumblings – California:

February 26, 2006
Matt Kenseth captured the Auto Club 502 at California Speedway over Jimmie Johnson for his first win since Bristol last August and had to survive a green/white/checker to do it. This was career win #11 for Matt (he's solo in 49th all-time) and the 90th for Roush Racing

California Qualifying Notes:

California Qualifying Notes:

February 24, 2006
• Kurt Busch won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Auto Club 500, lapping California Speedway in 38.485 seconds at 187.086 mph. Kyle Busch holds the track-qualifying record of 38.248 seconds at 188.245 mph, set Feb. 26, 2005. • This is his first top-10

Rumblings – Daytona 500:

Rumblings – Daytona 500:

February 19, 2006
Jimmie Johnson took command late, survived a green/white/checker finish (though we finished under yellow), and led the final 17 laps to take his first ever Daytona 507.5 today at Daytona International Speedway. This was win #19 for Johnson (he's now tied with Davey