Kasey Kahne News

Kahne to run the Longest Yard scheme:

Kahne to run the Longest Yard scheme:

April 23, 2005
In this spring's NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, Kasey Kahne will sport some additional firepower on his #9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger - that of Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Burt Reynolds, stars of the new Paramount Pictures comedy "The

Dale Jr. still leads Popular Vote:

Dale Jr. still leads Popular Vote:

April 23, 2005
With more than 1 million votes cast, Dale Earnhardt Jr. holds the lead in the yearlong Chex NMPA NASCAR Most Popular Driver Award. Actual numbers were not announced, but Earnhardt, who has won the award each of the past two years, is followed in the balloting at www

Atlanta Dyno Results:

Atlanta Dyno Results:

April 23, 2005
Results of NASCAR's most recent chassis dyno testing, at Atlanta, shows a few surprises. Jamie McMurray, who finished 11th, had the strongest engine (Elliott's), with 769 peak horsepower, winner Carl Edwards showed 754 horsepower. Runner-up Jimmie Johnson showed 759

Kahne wins pole at Phoenix:

Kahne wins pole at Phoenix:

April 22, 2005
#6-Kasey Kahne won the pole for the Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway with a speed of 132.091mph. The rest of the top 10 were: #11-Menard, #33-Stewart, #18-Yeley, #60-Edwards, #20-Hamilin, #21-Harvick, #90-Sadler, #8-Truex Jr. and #1-Sauter.

Kahne Fastest Again at Infineon testing:

Kahne Fastest Again at Infineon testing:

April 21, 2005
#9-Kasey Kahne (Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge) posted the fastest time during a two-day NASCAR NEXTEL Cup test session at Infineon Raceway. Kahne, one of three NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series regulars at the session, toured the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course in 1 minute, 16.32

Penalty coming? #1 UPDATE #1 and Sauter DQ’d, To APPEAL:

Penalty coming? #1 UPDATE #1 and Sauter DQ’d, To APPEAL:

April 20, 2005
Johnny Sauter's #1 James Finch owned Dodge team finished 14th in Saturday's O'Reilly 300 but may face penalties in the following days. Picked as the random car for post race inspection, Sauter's Dodge caught the eyes of NASCAR officials. What the problem is exactly

Kahne Fastest During First Day at Infineon Raceway:

Kahne Fastest During First Day at Infineon Raceway:

April 20, 2005
#9-Kasey Kahne (Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge) posted the fastest time on Tuesday during a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup test session at Infineon Raceway. Kahne, who placed 31st in his first visit to Infineon Raceway in 2004, turned the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course in 1 minute, 17

Testing at Infineon:

Testing at Infineon:

April 19, 2005
The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series will visit Infineon Raceway for a two-day test session, April 19-20, on the 10-turn, 1.99-mile Sonoma Valley road course. This test allows NEXTEL Cup drivers to prepare for the Dodge/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, June 24-26, which

StockCarFans Rumbleings – Texas:

StockCarFans Rumbleings – Texas:

April 17, 2005
#16-Greg Biffle was about as close to total domination as you can get today at Texas Motor Speedway as he led 7 times for 219 laps on the way to victory in the Samsung/Radio Shack 500. And, when you figure he had to drop to the back at the start, impressive is the

Kahne wins at Texas:

Kahne wins at Texas:

April 16, 2005
#38-Kasey Kahne won the O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, Kahne started 25th and scored his 2nd career Busch Series win. The rest of the top-5 were #66-Greg Biffle, #41-Reed Sorenson, #60-Carl Edwards and #90-Elliott Sadler. Biffle finished just three-tenths of

Samsung/RadioShack 500 qualifying notes:

Samsung/RadioShack 500 qualifying notes:

April 15, 2005
* Ryan Newman won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Bud Pole for the Samsung/RadioShack 500, lapping Texas Motor Speedway in 28.040 seconds at 192.582 mph. Bill Elliott holds the track-qualifying record of 27.803 seconds, 194.224 mph, set April 5, 2002.* This is Newman'

Stock Car Fans – Ramblings – Texas:

Stock Car Fans – Ramblings – Texas:

April 15, 2005
#19-Jeremy Mayfield made it interesting, but it was #12-Ryan Newman (again!) taking the Bud Pole today at Texas Motor Speedway for Sunday's Samsung/ RadioShack 500. Newman's time of 28.040 (192.582 mph) was a little over 2/100th's of a second better than that of Mayfield

McDonald’s to sponsor Elliott UPDATE and Evernham too:

McDonald’s to sponsor Elliott UPDATE and Evernham too:

April 12, 2005
hearing that McDonald's will sponsor the #91 [#98?] Dodge and Bill Elliott at Michigan in June and California in September.(3-17-2005) UPDATE: McDonald's announced the company has entered into a partnership agreement with Evernham Motorsports in the NASCAR Nextel Cup

Mayfield/Kahne to share #6 ride for next 3 races:

Mayfield/Kahne to share #6 ride for next 3 races:

April 11, 2005
Unilever Foods and Evernham Motorsports announced today that Kasey Kahne and Jeremy Mayfield will share driving duties of the #6 Hungry DriversT Dodge Charger for the next three events on the NASCAR Busch Series schedule including Texas, Phoenix and Talladega. Mayfield

Gordon wins at Martinsville:

Gordon wins at Martinsville:

April 10, 2005
#24-Jeff Gordon won the Advance Auto Parts 500 at Martinsville Speedway, after being down three (3) laps early in the race when he had a vibration and had to pit under green. But the crew kept working on the car, Gordon got two of the laps back the old way, racing