Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne | |||||||
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Kahne in 2012 | |||||||
Born | Kasey Kenneth Kahne (1980-04-10) April 10, 1980 Enumclaw, Washington | ||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||
Weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | ||||||
Achievements | 2000 USAC National Midget Series champion 2006, 2008, 2012 Coca-Cola 600 winner Sprint All-Star Race XXIV winner 2010 Gatorade Duel winner 2017 Brickyard 400 winner | ||||||
Awards | 2004 Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year | ||||||
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
529 races run over 15 years | |||||||
2018 position | 30th | ||||||
Best finish | 4th (2012) | ||||||
First race | 2004 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2018 Bojangles' Southern 500 (Darlington) | ||||||
First win | 2005 Chevy American Revolution 400 (Richmond) | ||||||
Last win | 2017 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
215 races run over 16 years | |||||||
2017 position | 97th | ||||||
Best finish | 7th (2003) | ||||||
First race | 2002 1-866RBCTerm.com 200 (Rockingham) | ||||||
Last race | 2017 Sparks Energy 300 (Talladega) | ||||||
First win | 2003 Ford 300 (Homestead) | ||||||
Last win | 2014 Subway Firecracker 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series career | |||||||
6 races run over 5 years | |||||||
2015 position | 84th | ||||||
Best finish | 47th (2004) | ||||||
First race | 2004 Darlington 200 (Darlington) | ||||||
Last race | 2015 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) | ||||||
First win | 2004 Darlington 200 (Darlington) | ||||||
Last win | 2015 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 18, 2018. |
Kasey Kenneth Kahne (/keɪn/; born April 10, 1980) is an American dirt track racing driver and former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 95 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Leavine Family Racing.
Off the track, Kahne is active in charitable work and is a member of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. He also owns his own race team, Kasey Kahne Racing, which competes in the World of Outlaws series, fielding two World of Outlaws sprint cars for himself, and Brad Sweet. Kahne is a 2-time Skagit Speedway winner of the Annual Jim Raper memorial Dirt Cup (2002 and 2003) and currently holds the fastest lap record there.
Kahne has scored 18 career wins in the Cup Series, including three Coca-Cola 600s in 2006, 2008 and 2012, and the Brickyard 400 in 2017. He also was the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year in 2004. He retired from racing before the end of the 2018 Cup Series season due to health reasons and was replaced at Leavine Family Racing by Regan Smith.
Contents
1 Racing career
1.1 Beginnings
1.2 Xfinity and Truck Series
1.3 Monster Energy Cup Series
1.3.1 Evernham Motorsports (2004–07)
1.3.2 George Gillette and Richard Petty Motorsports (2008–10)
1.3.3 Red Bull Racing (2011)
1.3.4 Hendrick Motorsports (2012–17)
1.3.5 Leavine Family Racing (2018)
2 Personal life
3 Film and television
4 Motorsports career results
4.1 NASCAR
4.1.1 Monster Energy Cup Series
4.1.1.1 Daytona 500
4.1.2 Xfinity Series
4.1.3 Camping World Truck Series
4.1.4 K&N Pro Series East
4.1.5 Whelen Modified Tour
4.2 ARCA Re/Max Series
5 References
6 External links
Racing career
Beginnings
Kahne began racing open wheel sprint cars at Deming Speedway at 17 in Deming, Washington, before moving up to Skagit speedway in Alger, Washington, and then he moved to USAC. In 2000, Kahne made a trip to Pennsylvania where he won the season opener at the historic Williams Grove Speedway. He was hired by Steve Lewis, who had also employed future NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon, Jason Leffler, Tony Stewart and Kenny Irwin Jr. In his first year on the circuit, he was named Rookie of the Year, as well as winning the national midget championship. He continued to run USAC, as well as the Toyota Atlantic Series and the World of Outlaws.
Xfinity and Truck Series
In 2002, Kahne made 20 starts in the Busch Series driving the No. 98 Channellock Ford Taurus for Robert Yates Racing. His best finish was a tenth-place finish at Cabela's 250. A year later, he moved to the No. 38 Great Clips Ford for Akins Motorsports. He won his first pole at Michigan International Speedway and his first Nationwide race at the Ford 300.
With his move to full-time competition in the Cup Series in 2004, he also drove 30 races for Akins in the Busch Series, finishing 13th in points. In 2005, he made 22 starts in the Busch Series, splitting time with Akins and Evernham's new No. 6 team. He won the O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway and the United Way 300 at Kansas Speedway.
On May 26, 2007, Kahne won the Busch Series' Carquest Auto Parts 300 race at Lowe's Motor Speedway for his first win of 2007. On August 24, 2007, Kahne won the pole for the Cup Series' Sharpie 500 at Bristol, his second pole of the 2007 Nextel Cup Series season. Later that night, during the Busch Series' Food City 250, Kahne passed Ryan Newman on the top side in a 3-wide pass that included Jason Leffler on the bottom. He held off the hard-charging Leffler to score his 7th career Busch win and his 2nd of 2007.
In 2009, Kahne ran fewer events in other NASCAR series than previous seasons, only seven (four in the Nationwide Series, three in the Whelen Modified Tour). With less distractions, Kahne's Sprint Cup stats slightly improved that year.
During the 2014 Nationwide season, Kahne scored an upset win at the Nationwide Series' Subway Firecracker 250 passing teammate Regan Smith on the final lap. The margin was 0.021 seconds.
Kahne has six career starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, winning five of them; his lone non-victory is a second-place run at Pocono Raceway in 2010.[1] In 2004, he made a pair of starts in the series at Darlington Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway, driving the No. 2 Team ASE Racing Dodge Ram for Ultra Motorsports, winning both races. At the 2015 Charlotte Truck race, he held off Erik Jones for the win by .005 seconds, the second-closest margin in Truck Series history.[2]
Monster Energy Cup Series
Kahne replaced Bill Elliott in the No. 9 Dodge for Evernham Motorsports at the end of the 2003 season when Elliott announced a part-time schedule starting with the 2004 season. Since Kahne was still under contract with Ford, the manufacturer filed a lawsuit against him to try to prevent the move. Both parties reached a settlement that allowed Kahne to drive for Evernham Motorsports.
Evernham Motorsports (2004–07)
In 2004, Kahne surprised many by nearly winning several races (including five 2nd-place finishes and 13 top 5s), winning 4 poles and captured the Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award. He narrowly missed the Chase for the Nextel Cup after Jeremy Mayfield, his teammate, claimed the final spot.[3]
In 2005, Kahne scored his first career Nextel Cup victory in his sophomore season of 2005, after a dominating performance in the Chevy American Revolution 400 at Richmond International Raceway. It was also the first win for the Dodge Charger, which returned to NASCAR that year. It was the first time a Dodge won a race at Richmond International Raceway since Richard Petty did so in 1975. In addition, he became the first driver born in the 1980s to win a race in NASCAR's premier series. He also scored 2 poles in back-to-back weeks at Darlington and Richmond during the same year. Despite this, he was plagued with inconsistency and slumped to 23rd in the points.
On March 20, 2006, Kahne won the rain-delayed Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Nearly three weeks later, he won the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 at Texas. After that, he won four more races — a season sweep at Lowe's Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600 and in the Bank of America 500 holding off Jimmie Johnson (who finished second in both races) and victories at California and Michigan.
On September 9, 2006, Kahne successfully raced his way into the Chase for The Cup after finishing third in Richmond. He was the 10th and last qualifier to make the Chase. He edged defending Nextel Cup Champion Tony Stewart out by 16 points, but a disappointing 16th-place finish at New Hampshire, a crash at Dover, and running out of gas at Kansas ended his hopes for his first championship title. Kahne finished strong with 5 top tens in the remaining seven races including a winning the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
On November 27, 2006, Kahne was honored by being invited to raise the traditional 12th Man flag prior to the Seattle Seahawks Monday Night Football game against the Green Bay Packers at Qwest Field in Seattle. The ceremony has been ongoing since 2003, and involves a different Seattle-area sports hero and/or beloved member of the community kicking things off before every Seahawks home game.[4] The Seahawks beat the Packers 34–24.
During the qualifying for the 2007 Daytona 500, officials found holes in the wheel-wells of his Dodge Charger. A crew member said it was just tape that had fallen off of a hole in the tire. Officials said that the tape had been cut. He was one of the four drivers among Matt Kenseth and his two teammates, Scott Riggs and Elliott Sadler, whose cars had been found with aerodynamic-improving modifications. His team was one of the six teams found with illegal modifications in the Daytona festivities.
At the Sharpie 500, a day after winning the pole and the Busch race, Kahne dominated most of the race leading 305 out of 500 laps and finished 2nd to Carl Edwards. This was his best finish of the 2007 season. After a disappointing 2007 season, Kahne finished 19th in points with 0 wins, one top 5, eight top 10s, and an average finish of 22.2.
George Gillette and Richard Petty Motorsports (2008–10)
With the new sponsor Budweiser, Kahne started off the 2008 season strong by finishing in the top 10 in both the Budweiser Shootout and the Gatorade Duel.
As a result of fourth-place finish in the duel, Kahne started 10th in the 50th Daytona 500 on February 17, 2008. He finished seventh behind teammate Elliott Sadler in the 2008 Daytona 500, was a repeat of the 2007 race where they both also finished sixth and seventh respectively.
In the early laps of the Auto Club 500, Kahne worked his way from 20th to 14th, but brushed the wall on lap 7. However, he was able to finish ninth after the race went under a long rain delay. Kahne had to start in the back due to an engine change in the UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but he did go on to finish sixth.
On May 17, 2008, Kahne was voted into the Sprint All-Star Race XXIV by his fans via cell phone text messaging and online voting. After making a required "stop-and-go" pit stop, Kahne began the fourth segment second on old tires. He went on to win the race and earn $1,012,975. Kahne became the first driver to win the race from the fan vote and the third driver to race in the Sprint Showdown and go on to win the All-Star race.
On May 25, 2008, he won his second Coca-Cola 600 passing Tony Stewart with two laps to go, as Stewart had a flat tire going into turn 1. This was Kahne's first points-paying win of the season. He also became the sixth driver to win the 600 and the All-Star Race the same year.
On June 6, 2008, Kahne won the Pocono 500 from the pole despite being 38th at one point during the race after a miscue in the pits. On June 20, 2008, he won another pole for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, his second pole in three races. However, after handling issues early in the race, Kahne fell victim to pit road, went a lap down, and finished 33rd.
Following two consecutive 40th-place finishes (a Bristol Motor Speedway wreck caused by miscommunications between Casey Mears and his spotter, and an engine failure at Michigan International Speedway), Kahne found himself sitting outside of the top 12, out of contention for the Chase. At the start of the last regular season race, at Richmond International Raceway, he, David Ragan, and Clint Bowyer were vying for that 12th spot. Unfortunately for him, Kahne was not able to make up enough points to put him into the Chase for the Sprint Cup. He missed the 2008 Chase by 69 points and ended the season finishing 14th.
Kahne's new team for 2009, Richard Petty Motorsports, was the result of a merger between his team's previous incarnation, Gillett Evernham Motorsports and Petty Enterprises. The year started off inconsistent for Kahne, with early top 10 finishes at Atlanta and Bristol. Kahne won the Toyota/Save Mart 350 event on June 21, 2009, for his first road course win.
After a hot summer streak that saw three top 10s in a row, Kahne climbed into Chase contention. During the Pep Boys Auto 500 on September 6, 2009, Kahne made a late race pass and held off Kevin Harvick for his second win of the season. Following the first 26 races of the season Kahne was in the top twelve in points, earning him a place in the Chase for the Championship. He was seeded fourth in points. After suffering an engine failure at New Hampshire and a crash in California, Kahne struggled to get back into contention for the championship and finished 10th in the final season standings, despite finishing 2nd at the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
On September 10, 2009, it was announced that Richard Petty Motorsports would merge with Yates Racing. Kahne would remain as one of four drivers of RPM alongside his current teammates Sadler and Allmendinger, as well as Yates Racing driver Paul Menard.[5] The team changed manufacturers to Ford and received Roush-Yates engines and other equipment from Roush Fenway Racing.[6]
Driving the new Ford Fusion car, Kahne won the Gatorade Duel No. 2 at Daytona International Speedway on February 11, 2010. He also finished in second position in the 2010 Budweiser Shootout. Kahne ended up 30th in the Daytona 500 after being wrecked late in the race. He had been running up front for most of the race and had the fastest lap of the race. Kahne had a strong car at the Auto Club 500; however he spun late in turn 4.
Kahne had a good run at Atlanta a few weeks later where he led the most laps in the race, and finished inside the top five. During the following couple of months, Kahne would be unable to compete for race wins as mistakes and wrecks put a dent into the team's Chase hopes.
During the Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 at Pocono Raceway he had a top-five car all race long, but due to a late race caution, some teams stayed out on track instead of joining the leaders on pit-road. This put Kahne in the back end of the top twenty, and during the green-white-checkered finish Kahne tried to make it three-wide while battling for tenth place. However, he was blocked and ran down into the wet grass by his teammate A. J. Allmendinger. Kahne spun back into the racing surface and was hit by Greg Biffle and Mark Martin. The No. 9 car took off and landed on top of the outside wall, hit a tree behind the wall and span back onto the track on all four wheels. Kahne and Biffle both put the blame on Allmendinger for causing the huge crash.
Kahne rebounded from the disappointment at Pocono by leading laps in the following race at Michigan and finishing 2nd, behind the dominant Denny Hamlin. He also qualified on pole for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway the following week; and converted the pole position into a solid 4th-place finish; after bouncing back from a poor first stint, to post back-to-back top five finishes.
In qualifying for the 2010 Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway, Kahne earned his second pole position of the season.[7] On October 3, 2010, Kahne started the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway from the pole position.[8]
On October 20, 2010, Kahne was released from the remainder of his contract with Richard Petty Motorsports.[9] The next day it was announced that Kahne would drive for Red Bull Racing Team for the remainder of the season as well as the full 2011 season starting with the TUMS Bring It On 500 at Martinsville Speedway.[10]
After the 2010 season finale in Homestead, Kahne went in for knee surgery due to discomfort and pain caused by plica syndrome.[11]
Red Bull Racing (2011)
On April 13, 2010, Kahne announced that he would be leaving Richard Petty Motorsports at the end of the 2010 season to race in 2012 with Hendrick Motorsports, driving the No. 5.[12] On August 10, 2010, the Red Bull Racing Team officially announced that Kahne would drive one of their cars for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, a tenure that would start in the 2010 season after Kahne was released from RPM.[13] Kahne used the number 4 for his Red Bull Toyota, a homage to the number he used in Sprint Cars. Prior to the acquisition, the No. 4 was made famous by Morgan-McClure Motorsports.[14] On May 6, 2011, Kahne won his first pole for Red Bull Racing and his 21st career pole at Darlington Raceway.[15] On June 9, 2011, it was announced that Farmers Insurance Group would sponsor Kahne for 22 races in 2012. It was also announced that his current crew chief Kenny Francis will join in at Hendrick.[16]
Kahne dominated the early stages of the Brickyard 400, but spun late in the race and had to settle for 18th position. He led 48 laps, a race-high.
He did not make it into the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup, resting at 21st in points following the cut-off race, the Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 10.
On November 13, 2011, at the newly configured Phoenix International Raceway, Kahne held off Carl Edwards in the closing laps to take his first victory of the season, his first victory for the Red Bull Racing Team, and Kahne's first victory in over two years. Kahne only led the final 14 laps of the race.
Kahne finished the 2011 season 14th in points behind Clint Bowyer.
Hendrick Motorsports (2012–17)
In 2012 Kahne drove the No. 5 Farmers Insurance/Quaker State/HendrickCars.com Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, consequent with Mark Martin's move to Michael Waltrip Racing. In the Budweiser Shootout he was involved in an early accident in the first segment. His teammates Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. were eliminated in crashes during the second segment. Kahne qualified and ran well in his Gatorade Duel, but in the Daytona 500 was taken out in a crash on lap 188 involving Jamie McMurray, Regan Smith, Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, Tony Stewart and Aric Almirola. He finished 29th.
Kahne announced in late March that he would compete for Turner Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series at Rockingham Speedway in April, driving the No. 4 in the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 200.[17] In that race, he led 47 laps and went on to win.
Kahne had a rough start to 2012, finishing no better than 14th in the first five races. However, he rebounded with seven straight top 10 finishes, including a win in the 2012 Coca-Cola 600 in his 300th Sprint Cup Start. This was also his first win with Hendrick Motorsports.[18]
On July 15, 2012, Kahne won the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at Loudon, and along with teammate Jeff Gordon made the Chase through the two Wild Card spots. During the Chase, Kahne won poles at Talladega and Kansas. He ended the season a career-best fourth place in the points, with 2 wins, 4 poles, 12 top five finishes and 19 top ten finishes.
Kahne had a slow start to the season, finishing 36th and 19th at Daytona and Phoenix, respectively.[19] However, at Las Vegas, he led 114 laps (which was almost twice the number of laps he had led in all of his previous Vegas starts) and finished second to Matt Kenseth despite an impressive charge in the last laps.[20] Kahne was able to redeem himself for this near-miss the following week by winning at Bristol. After Bristol, he had a strong run at Auto Club Speedway in which he finished ninth—he then had an even stronger run at Martinsville, where he had one of the best cars and finished fourth. He then finished eleventh at Texas. At Kansas, Kahne again finished second to Kenseth in a finish very similar to the finish at Las Vegas.
Kahne's season also started with a number of run-ins with Kyle Busch, who wrecked him in three of the first 11 races: at the Daytona 500, Kahne was running in the top-five when Busch turned him approaching turn 1 on lap 33, resulting in a seven-car wreck also collecting Tony Stewart, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jamie McMurray and other cars. At Talladega, on lap 43, Kahne was in the outside lane when Busch turned him into the wall again heading towards turn 1. Kahne bounced off the wall and back into Busch and collected an additional 14 cars, including Kevin Harvick, David Reutimann, Brian Vickers, Tony Stewart, Marcos Ambrose, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Casey Mears, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, David Stremme and Scott Speed. Later, at Darlington, another incident happened when Busch sent Kahne into the wall while being challenged for the lead late-race, causing a caution. At the Coca-Cola 600, Kahne had influenza and there was doubt he could finish the race.[21] This didn't stop him from leading the most laps and nearly winning the race, but Kevin Harvick got by him on a restart with 11 laps to go.[22] At Michigan, Kahne led the race, but slid into the turn 2 wall, and the car caught fire. Kahne finished 38th, and dropped down four spots in the points standings to 12th.[23]
Following the DNF at Michigan, Kahne rebounded with a sixth-place finish at Sonoma and an 11th-place finish at Kentucky. At Daytona, Kahne was running behind Jimmie Johnson for most of the race until he got tagged by Marcos Ambrose on a late restart, sending him into the inside wall on the back straightaway and relegating him to a 32nd-place finish. This was followed by an 11th-place finish at New Hampshire, and a third-place finish at Indianapolis.
At Pocono in August, Kahne started 1st. He led 1 lap of the race and was involved in a tight battle with Tony Stewart for the lead in the final laps. A decision by Gordon to take the final restart on lap 158 on the inside lane gave Kahne the opportunity to draft past Gordon in turn 1 and then sail away to his second career Pocono race victory and second win of the 2013 season, bringing him up to eighth place in the points.[24] His form didn't carry to Watkins Glen, though, where he was wrecked by Matt Kenseth on a late restart that saw him collide with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and finish 33rd. Kahne then had a seventh-place finish at Michigan, and then a runner-up finish at Bristol behind Kenseth for the third time in 2013.
He qualified for the Chase, but any chance of him winning ended with a crash at Loudon. Early in the 2013 Sylvania 300, Kahne got loose, wheel-hopped and hit a barrier extremely hard. Kahne was uninjured but caused controversy when he acted like he could not hear a reporter in his interview which led many to speculate that Kahne suffered a head injury. Kahne apologized for causing the false alarm & said he was too angry to talk about it and that he was not injured.
Kahne struggled in the first half of the season. He came close to a win at Pocono in June but hit the outside barrier late in the event, costing him his shot at the win. Kahne said that Kyle Busch was yet again responsible for the crash and Busch himself took responsibility that night. When Kahne heard that Busch apologized for the wreck he shrugged it off and said "I don't care to talk to him anymore about our wrecks. Tired of his aggressiveness and the fact that his performances are affecting my own results."
Kahne began ending rumors of his departure from Hendrick Motorsports with a sponsorship extension with Farmers Insurance for 12 races in the 2015–2017 seasons. At the Brickyard 400, Kahne led 70 laps due to great track position but lost the lead on a restart with 17 laps left to Jeff Gordon and ended up sixth.
At Atlanta, Kahne controlled the final 15 laps of the race. With 3 laps to go it seemed like he lost it when a caution came out. He lost 4 spots on pit road, but after 2 more cautions, sped by Matt Kenseth and won the race to clench a spot in the Chase. It was his first only win of 2014. He finished 15th in the standings being eliminated from round 2 of the Chase. Kahne received a 3-year contract extension with HMS in November which runs until the conclusion of the 2018 season. It was announced a day earlier that long time engineer and Jamie McMurray's 2014 crew chief, Keith Rodden, would return to HMS and replace Kenny Francis as Kahne's crew chief. Francis had been Kahne's crew chief since the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Replacing Francis ended the second longest driver/crew chief pairing (Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus currently still have the longest driver/crew chief pairing) in NASCAR in the first two decades of the 21st century.
Kahne made his return to the Camping World Truck Series driving the No. 00 Haas Automation-sponsored Silverado for JR Motorsports at Charlotte. Kahne beat 18-year-old Erik Jones by 0.005 seconds which was tied for the second closest finish in NASCAR Truck Series competition. The win was Chevrolet's 200th win in the Camping World Truck Series. In the Cup series, Kahne would start off with a 9th-place finish in the Daytona 500. He would struggle throughout most of the year, and only get 10 top 10s and three top 5s, his best finish being 4th at Phoenix, Dover and the Kansas Chase race. Kahne finished the season in 18th place in the final points standings.
Kahne experienced a difficult 2016 season as he finished 17th in the final points standings with only 3 Top 5 and 13 Top 10 finishes. During the season, Kahne did not lead a single lap in any race despite completing the most laps in the series.
Kahne's 2017 Season started off similar to previous years, but did manage to lead laps over compared to the previous year. After disappointing races at the beginning of the year, things began to look up. In July 2017, Kahne returned to Victory Lane at the Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400, surviving a crash-laden race that took out many contending cars, including holding off Brad Keselowski on an overtime restart that ended under caution. It was Kahne's 18th win in the Cup Series and first in 102 races.[25] The race was also the reason that the NASCAR sanctioning body eliminated the Overtime Line.
On August 7, 2017, Hendrick Motorsports announced Kahne would not be returning to the team for the 2018 season, and two days later, William Byron was announced as Kahne's replacement.[26] It was simultaneously announced that the No. 5 car would disappear from Hendrick Motorsports going forward. Kahne failed to win for the rest of the 2017 season, meaning that Kahne's Brickyard 400 is also the final win for the No. 5 car (Hendrick's original entry in NASCAR, dating back to 1984) for the foreseeable future.
Before the Playoffs Began, Keith Rodden was replaced with Darian Grubb after many lackluster finishes. Right away, Kahne was one of the fastest cars at both Chicago and Loudon but bad luck plagued the 5 team in the Playoffs and had an early playoff exit. At the end of the season, he ended up with a career low in Top 10's with 6 and tied his career low of Top 5's with three. He also led 41 laps in 2017, his second career lowest after the aforementioned 2016 season where he didn't lead a lap at all. Kahne announced he would drive the 95 Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in 2018, replacing Michael McDowell.
Leavine Family Racing (2018)
On September 19, 2017, Kahne announced he would be driving the No. 95 for Leavine Family Racing in 2018.[27] In the offseason, Leavine announced he would pair up with Hendrick Motorsports team engineer Travis Mack who previously substituted for Greg Ives when he Crew Chiefed for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to his best run in 2017. Kahne finished 10th in the All Star race after going 4 laps down from a wreck. After a very disappointing first half that included his best run of 17th place on three occasions and a firing of crew chief Travis Mack for lead engineer John Leonard. He led a season high 17 laps and scored the most points at the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, on the final restart, Kahne tried to make a move to the lead but stalled out due to not getting help. He fell back in line and finished 4th, a season best for him, tying the team's best finish as well as moving up three spots in the standings to 25th.
On August 16, 2018, Kahne stated his intention to step away from full-time competition at the end of the year.[28][29] On September 6, 2018, after heat exhaustion from the race before at Darlington, Kahne announced that he would sit out the 2018 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis, which would be the first race Kahne had not raced in since he began his full time career in the Cup Series.[30] Following the Brickyard race it was announced that Kahne would continue to sit out for the next three races with Smith still filling in.
On October 9, he announced on Twitter that he will sit out for the remainder of the year, ending his 15-year career prematurely.[31]
Personal life
Kahne and his girlfriend Samantha Sheets became parents on October 13, 2015, by a son named Tanner.[32]
Film and television
Kahne was featured in the premiere episode of the 2006 Biography Channel series Driven to Win.[33] This 30-minute program covered Kahne's childhood and entry into NASCAR, as well as his 2004 Rookie of the Year season and his first win in 2005. He was also featured in two episodes of the second season of NASCAR 360 on the FX Network.[34]
Kasey Kahne Racing, NASCAR Media Group and Motorsports Management International partnered to produce the 2009 release, "The Rise of Kahne." This 90-minute biographical profile features interviews with Kahne, his family and other NASCAR personalities. Footage covers the stock-car racer's open-wheel roots and successes leading up to his June 2009 win at Infineon Raceway, his first for Richard Petty Motorsports. The DVD also shows his work with the Kasey Kahne Foundation and his own sprint car race team.[35]
Kahne's No. 9 Dodge Dealers car appeared in the 2005 Disney film Herbie: Fully Loaded, with Kahne as one of the four drivers who boxed Herbie in and pummeled him in the final race. He is mentioned by name by one of the race announcers.
In 2010, Kahne made a brief appearance in the music video "Smoke a Little Smoke" by Eric Church.[36]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Monster Energy Cup Series
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | MENCC | Pts | |||
2004 | Evernham Motorsports | 9 | Dodge | DAY 41 | CAR 2 | LVS 2 | ATL 3 | DAR 13 | BRI 40 | TEX 2* | MAR 21 | TAL 30 | CAL 13 | RCH 28 | CLT 12 | DOV 21 | POC 14 | MCH 2 | SON 31 | DAY 25 | CHI 36 | NHA 8 | POC 3 | IND 4 | GLN 14 | MCH 5 | BRI 21 | CAL 2 | RCH 24 | NHA 4 | DOV 42 | TAL 27 | KAN 12 | CLT 32* | MAR 15 | ATL 5 | PHO 5 | DAR 5 | HOM 38 | 13th | 4274 | |||
2005 | DAY 22 | CAL 40 | LVS 38 | ATL 5 | BRI 14 | MAR 2 | TEX 35 | PHO 17 | TAL 24 | DAR 3 | RCH 1* | CLT 26 | DOV 35 | POC 27 | MCH 18 | SON 41 | DAY 16 | CHI 41 | NHA 6 | POC 27 | IND 2 | GLN 17 | MCH 29 | BRI 42 | CAL 6 | RCH 8 | NHA 38 | DOV 16 | TAL 13 | KAN 19 | CLT 23 | MAR 17 | ATL 35 | TEX 42 | PHO 27 | HOM 16 | 23rd | 3611 | ||||||
2006 | DAY 11 | CAL 4 | LVS 4 | ATL 1 | BRI 10 | MAR 35 | TEX 1 | PHO 6 | TAL 39 | RCH 34 | DAR 21 | CLT 1 | DOV 7 | POC 7 | MCH 1 | SON 31 | DAY 25 | CHI 23 | NHA 8 | POC 31 | IND 36 | GLN 22 | MCH 4 | BRI 12 | CAL 1* | RCH 3 | NHA 16 | DOV 38 | KAN 33 | TAL 2 | CLT 1* | MAR 7 | ATL 38 | TEX 33 | PHO 7 | HOM 4* | 8th | 6173 | ||||||
2007 | DAY 7 | CAL 38 | LVS 35 | ATL 39 | BRI 19 | MAR 25 | TEX 20 | PHO 31 | TAL 12 | RCH 40 | DAR 20 | CLT 23 | DOV 11 | POC 22 | MCH 32 | SON 23 | NHA 25 | DAY 9 | CHI 32 | IND 40 | POC 27 | 19th | 3489 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gillett Evernham Motorsports | GLN 26 | MCH 31 | BRI 2* | CAL 10 | RCH 8 | NHA 20 | DOV 32 | KAN 9 | TAL 16 | CLT 8 | MAR 15 | ATL 9 | TEX 18 | PHO 40 | HOM 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | DAY 7 | CAL 9 | LVS 6 | ATL 28 | BRI 7 | MAR 17 | TEX 25 | PHO 36 | TAL 23 | RCH 10 | DAR 22 | CLT 1 | DOV 31 | POC 1* | MCH 2 | SON 33 | NHA 30 | DAY 7 | CHI 15 | IND 7 | POC 7 | GLN 14 | MCH 40 | BRI 40 | CAL 8 | RCH 19 | NHA 11 | DOV 26 | KAN 21 | TAL 36 | CLT 2 | MAR 33 | ATL 33 | TEX 24 | PHO 13 | HOM 6 | 14th | 4085 | ||||||
2009 | Richard Petty Motorsports | DAY 29 | CAL 12 | LVS 11 | ATL 7 | BRI 5 | MAR 19 | TEX 19 | PHO 13 | TAL 36 | RCH 29 | DAR 23 | CLT 7 | DOV 6 | POC 15 | MCH 21 | SON 1* | NHA 10 | DAY 15 | CHI 3 | IND 7 | POC 5 | GLN 17 | MCH 11 | BRI 28 | ATL 1 | RCH 12 | NHA 38 | DOV 8 | KAN 6 | CAL 34 | CLT 3 | MAR 32 | TAL 2 | TEX 33 | PHO 15 | HOM 17 | 10th | 6128 | |||||
2010 | Ford | DAY 30 | CAL 34 | LVS 9 | ATL 4* | BRI 34 | MAR 17 | PHO 39 | TEX 5 | TAL 21 | RCH 21 | DAR 20 | DOV 20 | CLT 12 | POC 27 | MCH 2 | SON 4 | NHA 36* | DAY 2 | CHI 6 | IND 13 | POC 19 | GLN 17 | MCH 14 | BRI 5 | ATL 32 | RCH 29 | NHA 14 | DOV 28 | KAN 37 | CAL 4 | CLT 38 | 20th | 3961 | ||||||||||
Red Bull Racing Team | 83 | Toyota | MAR 14 | TAL 26 | TEX 13 | PHO 30 | HOM 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 4 | DAY 25 | PHO 6 | LVS 14 | BRI 9 | CAL 9 | MAR 39 | TEX 21 | TAL 37 | RCH 3 | DAR 4* | DOV 36 | CLT 22 | KAN 14 | POC 12 | MCH 28 | SON 20 | DAY 4 | KEN 13 | NHA 6 | IND 18* | POC 28 | GLN 26 | MCH 7 | BRI 11 | ATL 34 | RCH 38 | CHI 12 | NHA 15 | DOV 4 | KAN 2 | CLT 4 | TAL 6 | MAR 25 | TEX 3 | PHO 1 | HOM 7 | 14th | 1041 | |||||
2012 | Hendrick Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | DAY 29 | PHO 34 | LVS 19 | BRI 37 | CAL 14 | MAR 38 | TEX 7 | KAN 8 | RCH 5 | TAL 4 | DAR 8 | CLT 1 | DOV 9 | POC 29 | MCH 33 | SON 14 | KEN 2 | DAY 7 | NHA 1 | IND 12 | POC 2 | GLN 13 | MCH 3 | BRI 9 | ATL 23 | RCH 12 | CHI 3 | NHA 5 | DOV 15 | TAL 12 | CLT 8 | KAN 4 | MAR 3 | TEX 25 | PHO 4 | HOM 21 | 4th | 2345 | |||
2013 | DAY 36 | PHO 19 | LVS 2* | BRI 1 | CAL 9 | MAR 4 | TEX 11 | KAN 2 | RCH 21 | TAL 42 | DAR 17 | CLT 2* | DOV 23 | POC 36 | MCH 38 | SON 6 | KEN 11 | DAY 32 | NHA 11 | IND 3 | POC 1* | GLN 34 | MCH 7 | BRI 2 | ATL 36 | RCH 14 | CHI 12 | NHA 37 | DOV 13 | KAN 15 | CLT 2* | TAL 36 | MAR 27 | TEX 5 | PHO 2 | HOM 13 | 12th | 2283 | ||||||
2014 | DAY 31 | PHO 11 | LVS 8 | BRI 8 | CAL 41 | MAR 22 | TEX 11 | DAR 37 | RCH 14 | TAL 8 | KAN 3 | CLT 14 | DOV 19 | POC 42 | MCH 5 | SON 6 | KEN 8 | DAY 27 | NHA 11 | IND 6 | POC 10 | GLN 12 | MCH 16 | BRI 35 | ATL 1 | RCH 17 | CHI 13 | NHA 23 | DOV 20 | KAN 22 | CLT 10 | TAL 12 | MAR 40 | TEX 38 | PHO 21 | HOM 12 | 15th | 2234 | ||||||
2015 | DAY 9 | ATL 14 | LVS 17 | PHO 4 | CAL 17 | MAR 11 | TEX 8 | BRI 37 | RCH 6 | TAL 34 | KAN 17 | CLT 12 | DOV 4 | POC 13 | MCH 15 | SON 8 | DAY 32 | KEN 27 | NHA 19 | IND 24 | POC 43 | GLN 42 | MCH 15 | BRI 16 | DAR 12 | RCH 18 | CHI 24 | NHA 9 | DOV 6 | CLT 43 | KAN 4 | TAL 19 | MAR 9 | TEX 20 | PHO 26 | HOM 19 | 18th | 939 | ||||||
2016 | DAY 13 | ATL 23 | LVS 10 | PHO 22 | CAL 28 | MAR 22 | TEX 8 | BRI 17 | RCH 4 | TAL 39 | KAN 16 | DOV 4 | CLT 22 | POC 6 | MCH 13 | SON 9 | DAY 30 | KEN 14 | NHA 25 | IND 18 | POC 15 | GLN 20 | BRI 13 | MCH 14 | DAR 7 | RCH 6 | CHI 7 | NHA 9 | DOV 12 | CLT 3 | KAN 10 | TAL 35 | MAR 11 | TEX 8 | PHO 13 | HOM 37 | 17th | 898 | ||||||
2017 | DAY 7 | ATL 4 | LVS 12 | PHO 20 | CAL 20 | MAR 14 | TEX 38 | BRI 20 | RCH 22 | TAL 5 | KAN 15 | CLT 35 | DOV 17 | POC 35 | MCH 21 | SON 24 | DAY 18 | KEN 38 | NHA 28 | IND 1 | POC 11 | GLN 16 | MCH 38 | BRI 24 | DAR 24 | RCH 12 | CHI 21 | NHA 35 | DOV 14 | CLT 9 | TAL 8 | KAN 15 | MAR 16 | TEX 11 | PHO 19 | HOM 33 | 15th | 2198 | ||||||
2018 | Leavine Family Racing | 95 | Chevy | DAY 34 | ATL 21 | LVS 19 | PHO 24 | CAL 24 | MAR 24 | TEX 17 | BRI 34 | RCH 29 | TAL 17 | DOV 17 | KAN 21 | CLT 20 | POC 36 | MCH 23 | SON 20 | CHI 27 | DAY 4 | KEN 25 | NHA 19 | POC 30 | GLN 21 | MCH 26 | BRI 15 | DAR 24 | IND | LVS | RCH | CLT | DOV | TAL | KAN | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 30th | 358 |
Daytona 500
Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
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2004 | Evernham Motorsports | Dodge | 27 | 41 |
2005 | 37 | 22 | ||
2006 | 27 | 11 | ||
2007 | 28 | 7 | ||
2008 | Gillett Evernham Motorsports | 10 | 7 | |
2009 | Richard Petty Motorsports | 15 | 29 | |
2010 | Ford | 4 | 30 | |
2011 | Red Bull Racing Team | Toyota | 11 | 25 |
2012 | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 20 | 29 |
2013 | 6 | 36 | ||
2014 | 5 | 31 | ||
2015 | 13 | 9 | ||
2016 | 13 | 13 | ||
2017 | 26 | 7 | ||
2018 | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 26 | 34 |
Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NXSC | Pts | |
2002 | Robert Yates Racing | 98 | Ford | DAY | CAR 31 | LVS | DAR | BRI 32 | TEX 36 | NSH | TAL | CAL 18 | RCH 30 | NHA | NZH | CLT 29 | DOV 20 | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY 25 | CHI 25 | GTY | PPR | IRP 15 | MCH 10 | BRI DNQ | DAR 18 | RCH 15 | DOV 19 | KAN 27 | CLT 32 | MEM | ATL 21 | CAR 16 | PHO 18 | HOM 21 | 33rd | 1887 | ||
2003 | Akins Motorsports | 38 | Ford | DAY 8 | CAR 26 | LVS 11 | DAR 8 | BRI 13 | TEX 9 | TAL 37 | NSH 29 | CAL 4 | RCH 18 | GTY 31 | NZH 12 | CLT 6 | DOV 8 | NSH 25 | KEN 11 | MLW 16 | DAY 38 | CHI 28 | NHA 9 | PPR 10 | IRP 14 | MCH 2 | BRI 14 | DAR 6 | RCH 12 | DOV 4 | KAN 30 | CLT 8 | MEM 15 | ATL 7 | PHO 27 | CAR 18 | HOM 1 | 7th | 4104 | ||
2004 | Dodge | DAY 43 | CAR 26 | LVS 2 | DAR 11 | BRI 27 | TEX 32 | NSH 3 | TAL 38 | CAL 5 | GTY 13 | RCH 10 | NZH 16 | CLT 25 | DOV 7 | NSH 6 | KEN 17 | MLW | DAY 6 | CHI 4 | NHA 4 | PPR | IRP | MCH 5 | BRI 34 | CAL 4 | RCH 9 | DOV 3 | KAN 13 | CLT 36 | MEM | ATL 4 | PHO 11 | DAR 11 | HOM 18 | 11th | 3698 | ||||
2005 | DAY 5 | CAL | MXC | LVS 20 | ATL 5 | TEX 1 | DAR 34 | DOV 13 | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY 25 | CHI 12 | MCH 27 | CLT 12 | MEM | 21st | 2511 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Evernham Motorsports | 6 | Dodge | NSH 15 | BRI | PHO 28 | TAL 31 | CLT 41 | GLN 13 | BRI 19 | CAL 5 | RCH | DOV | KAN 1 | TEX | PHO 38 | HOM 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | RCH 4 | NHA 12 | PPR | GTY | IRP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 9 | DAY 33 | CAL | MXC | LVS 1 | ATL 2 | BRI | TEX 11 | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH 40 | DAR 11 | CLT 16 | DOV 22 | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY 35 | CHI 30 | NHA | MAR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI 4 | CAL 1 | RCH | DOV | KAN 16 | CLT 43 | MEM 8 | TEX 24 | PHO | HOM 8 | 31st | 1959 | |||
2007 | DAY 41 | CAL | LVS | ATL 28 | BRI 7 | NSH 19 | TEX | PHO 28 | MXC | TAL 21 | RCH | DAR | CLT 1 | DOV 12 | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY 6 | CHI 12 | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | 27th | 2199 | |||||||||||||||
Gillett Evernham Motorsports | MCH 31 | BRI 1 | CAL 6 | RCH 9 | DOV | KAN 12 | CLT 17 | MEM | TEX | PHO 6 | HOM 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | DAY 35 | CAL | LVS | ATL 9 | BRI 2 | NSH | TEX 21 | PHO | MXC | TAL | RCH 14 | DAR | CLT 16 | DOV 10 | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY 6 | CHI | GTY | IRP | CGV | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN 7 | CLT 11 | MEM | TEX | PHO | HOM | 41st | 1277 | ||||
2009 | Braun Racing | 10 | Toyota | DAY | CAL | LVS | BRI | TEX | NSH | PHO | TAL | RCH | DAR | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | NHA | DAY 5 | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI 37 | CGV | ATL 11 | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | TEX 30 | PHO | HOM | 71st | 562 | |||
43 | CLT 8 | MEM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 38 | DAY 9 | CAL | LVS | BRI 32 | NSH | PHO | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR 4 | DOV 27 | CLT 26 | NSH | KEN | ROA | NHA | DAY | CHI | GTY | IRP | IOW | GLN | MCH | BRI 37 | CGV | ATL 19 | RCH | DOV | KAN | CAL | CLT | GTY | TEX | PHO | 55th | 816 | ||||
Turner Motorsports | Chevy | HOM 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | 30 | DAY 11 | PHO | LVS | BRI 2 | CAL | TEX 11 | TAL | NSH | RCH | DAR 7 | DOV | IOW | BRI 19 | ATL 5 | RCH | DOV 4 | KAN | CLT 28 | TEX | PHO | HOM | 106th | 01 | |||||||||||||||||
38 | CLT 22 | CHI | MCH | ROA | DAY | CHI 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JR Motorsports | 7 | Chevy | KEN 4 | NHA 3 | NSH | IRP | IOW | GLN | CGV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Turner Motorsports | 38 | Chevy | DAY 9 | PHO 18 | LVS 10 | BRI 2 | CAL | TEX 3 | RCH 10 | TAL | DAR 18 | IOW | CLT 17 | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA 6 | CHI | IND 25 | IOW | GLN 7 | CGV | BRI 14 | ATL 28 | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV 8 | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO 5 | HOM | 111th | 01 | |||
2013 | JR Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | DAY 20 | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX 8 | RCH | TAL 3 | DAR 9 | CLT 2 | DOV 6 | IOW | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA 19 | CHI | IND 26 | IOW | GLN 18 | MOH | BRI 8 | ATL 4 | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | 100th | 01 | |||
2014 | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL 22 | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY 1 | NHA | CHI 4 | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | 85th | 01 | ||||||
2015 | 88 | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL 33 | IOW | DOV 5 | MCH | CHI | DAY 4 | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI 12 | KEN | DOV | CLT 12 | KAN | TEX | PHO 10 | HOM | 90th | 01 | ||||||
5 | CLT 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | DAY 3 | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 98th | 01 | ||||||
2017 | 88 | DAY 2 | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL 15 | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 97th | 01 |
Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
2004 | Ultra Motorsports | 2 | Dodge | DAY | ATL | MAR | MFD | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA | LVS | CAL | TEX | MAR | PHO | DAR 1* | HOM 1* | 47th | 380 | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Kyle Busch Motorsports | 18 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | MAR | NSH | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | MCH | IOW | GTY | IRP | POC 2 | NSH | DAR | BRI | CHI | KEN | NHA | LVS | MAR | TAL | TEX | PHO | HOM | 77th | 175 | ||||||||||||||
2011 | DAY | PHO | DAR 1* | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | KEN | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | HOM | 86th | 01 | |||||||||||||||||
2012 | Turner Motorsports | 4 | Chevy | DAY | MAR | CAR 1 | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | KEN | IOW | CHI | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL | IOW | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 80th | 01 | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | JR Motorsports | 00 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT 1 | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 84th | 01 |
K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Dave Davis Motorsports | 9 | Dodge | GRE | IOW 2 | SBO | GLN | NHA | TMP | NSH | ADI | LRP | MFD | NHA | DOV | STA | 51st | 175 | [37] |
Whelen Modified Tour
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | NWMTC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
2009 | John Holland | 96 | Chevy | TMP | STA | STA | NHA 31 | SPE | RIV | STA | 45th | 179 | [38] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alan Heinke | 98 | Chevy | BRI 18 | TMP | NHA | MAR | STA | TMP |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Re/Max Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Re/Max Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ARSC | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
2002 | Robert Yates Racing | 98 | Ford | DAY | ATL | NSH | SLM | KEN | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | TOL | SBO | KEN | BLN | POC | NSH | ISF | WIN | DSF | CHI | SLM | TAL 14 | CLT | 127th | 160 |
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^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2010-02-13.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) Episode Guide, Biography Channel: Driven to Win.
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^ Shuda, Dayne (August 14, 2010). "Eric Church Smokes Some Tires". Country Music Life. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
^ "Kasey Kahne – 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
^ "Kasey Kahne – 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kasey Kahne. |
- Official website
- Kasey Kahne Racing
Kasey Kahne driver statistics at Racing-Reference
Kasey Kahne on IMDb
Achievements | ||
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Preceded by Jimmie Johnson Casey Mears Kevin Harvick | Coca-Cola 600 winner 2006 2008 2012 | Succeeded by Casey Mears David Reutimann Kevin Harvick |
Preceded by Kyle Busch | Brickyard 400 winner 2017 | Succeeded by Brad Keselowski |
Awards | ||
Preceded by Jamie McMurray | NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year 2004 | Succeeded by Kyle Busch |