Kasey Kahne News

Kahne to be featured in Mag:

Kahne to be featured in Mag:

May 14, 2004
American Thunder, a new men's magazine aimed at NASCAR fans, has a sort of reverse Sports Illustrated-cover jinx going. The magazine's first issue, which was distributed at the Daytona 500 in February, had Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the cover. Junior won his first Daytona

DEI Tests at Kentucky:

DEI Tests at Kentucky:

May 12, 2004
#8-Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and #15-Michael Waltrip turned test laps at Kentucky Speedway to fine tune their intermediate track programs for upcoming races that will play a pivotal role in determining eligibility for the season-ending "Chase for the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup."”

Richmond Notes and Facts:

Richmond Notes and Facts:

May 11, 2004
WHAT: NASCAR Busch Series race at Richmond International Raceway. Race 11 of the 34-race schedule

Richmond Testing Continues:

Richmond Testing Continues:

May 6, 2004
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup drivers are threatening to break the poll record of 21.194 seconds (approximately 127 mph) at Richmond International Raceway. After two full days of testing the new asphalt among more than 20 drivers, all agreed that the record would fall during Wawa

Cup drivers in the Busch race at gateway:

Cup drivers in the Busch race at gateway:

May 6, 2004
with the Cup Series having an 'off-weekend' a few will be racing at Gateway International Raceway in the Busch Series race Saturday night [Full time Cup drivers racing

Lynch the last Hungry Driver:

Lynch the last Hungry Driver:

May 5, 2004
Scott Lynch, the reigning champion in NASCAR's Grand National Division, West Series champion, has been named as the final driver in the "Hungry Drivers" program run by the Busch #6 team of Tommy Baldwin, who serves as crew chief for Cup driver Kasey Kahne. Lynch joins

Jeff Gordon wins at California:

Jeff Gordon wins at California:

May 2, 2004
#24-Jeff Gordon won the Auto Club 500 at California Speedway, in a fuel mileage race. #48-Jimmie Johnson ended up 2nd. #18-Bobby Labonte was running 2nd and ran out of gas with a 1/2 lap to go. #24-Jeff Gordon made it back-to-back Nextel Cup victories Sunday, parlaying

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – California:

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – California:

May 2, 2004
#24-Jeff Gordon went back-to-back today....and did it with all of about a gallon of gas to spare. In what turned into a "fuelish" event (don't they so often do both here and at Michigan), Jeff Gordon won today's Auto Club 500 at California Speedway by 12.871 seconds

Biffle wins at California:

Biffle wins at California:

May 1, 2004
#60-Greg Biffle was the first of the race leaders to run out of gas Saturday but, luckily for him, not the last. That distinction went to #17-Matt Kenseth, whose team thought he could make the distance but instead required a fuel stop with four of 150 laps remaining

Infineon Testing Day 2:

Infineon Testing Day 2:

April 29, 2004
#42-Jamie McMurray posted the fastest lap Wednesday during a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup test session at Infineon Raceway. McMurray recorded the fastest lap ever recorded on the newly repaved 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course for NEXTEL Cup stock cars at 1 minute, 15.0 seconds [

Parts taken and work being done on cars at ‘Dega UPDATE:

Parts taken and work being done on cars at ‘Dega UPDATE:

April 25, 2004
NASCAR inspectors confiscated a few parts in the Cup garage Friday morning before qualifying. Unapproved fuel cell gaskets were taken from the cars of #30-Johnny Sauter and #17-Matt Kenseth and unapproved windshield braces from the cars of #32-Ricky Craven and #48-

Testing at Infineon Raceway:

Testing at Infineon Raceway:

April 23, 2004
hearing a few Nextel Cup teams will test at Infineon Raceway on April 27-28th, so far the drivers who plan to test include: #18-Bobby Labonte, #21-Ricky Rudd, #9-Kasey Kahne, #45-Kyle Petty and #16-Greg Biffle.(4-23-2004)

Tire testing at RIR next week UPDATE:

Tire testing at RIR next week UPDATE:

April 23, 2004
Goodyear will hold a tire test next Tuesday and Wednesday at Richmond International Raceway because of the repaving done there. #12-Ryan Newman, #17-Matt Kenseth and #29-Kevin Harvick will test tires.(Roanoke Times)(4-21-2004) UPDATE: Please note that both days of

Andrews gets Busch Gig:

Andrews gets Busch Gig:

April 21, 2004
Former Nextel Cup crew chief Paul Andrews has been named to the same position with the NASCAR Busch Series team of driver Kasey Kahne, effective immediately. Doug Stringer, part-owner and general manager of Akins Motorsports and the #38 Great Clips Dodges, said he

Andrews gets Busch Gig:

Andrews gets Busch Gig:

April 21, 2004
Former Nextel Cup crew chief Paul Andrews has been named to the same position with the NASCAR Busch Series team of driver Kasey Kahne, effective immediately. Doug Stringer, part-owner and general manager of Akins Motorsports and the #38 Great Clips Dodges, said he