Kasey Kahne News

Kasey Kahne did everything right, yet it did little to help his championship hopes. Kahne put on a dominating performance Saturday night to complete a season sweep at Lowe's Motor Speedway, passing track favourite Jimmie Johnson with 26 laps go then pulling away for the victory. But the win _ his series-leading sixth of the season _ hardly moved him in the Chase for the championship standings. He's eighth, 160 points out with five races to go ...

Scott Riggs remained perfect in qualifying at Lowe's Motor Speedway by winning the pole Thursday night for the third time this season. Riggs posted a lap at 191.469 m.p.h. to put his No. 10 Dodge in the top starting spot for Saturday night's race. He also started first in the non-points Nextel Open and the Coca-Cola 600 in May. ``We knew we had a good car, and we got a ...

Five days ago, Kasey Kahne had written off his chances in the Chase for the Nextel Cup. But even before his pole-winning performance Friday at Kansas Speedway, his confidence was back. ``On Sunday, I had just hit another car,'' said Kahne, who dropped to ninth in the Chase standings _ 182 points off the lead _ when he got caught in Tony Stewart's spinout and finished 38th at Dover International ...

After further review, Kasey Kahne figures he still has a shot at the championship. But he knows it's a long shot. The third-year driver was caught up in Tony Stewart's spinout at Dover International Speedway last weekend, and heads into the race Sunday at Kansas Speedway ninth in the Nextel Cup standings _ 182 points behind leader Jeff Burton. To get back in the race, Kahne will have to do ...

Kasey Kahne has won five races this season _ more than anyone else in Cup _ and barely made it into the 10-man Chase for the championship. That again has people buzzing about an apparent inequity in the current points system. But Kahne doesn't see it as a controversy. ``The way I look at it, I don't care what they do with the points,'' said Kahne, who made the Chase ...

ADJUSTED CHASE POINTS: 5,005 TEAM: Evernham Motorsports HOMETOWN: Enumclaw, Wash. AGE: 26 CAR: No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge CREW CHIEF: Kenny Francis BEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH: 13th (2004) OUTLOOK: Kahne, who has five wins this season, dominated on 1.5-mile tracks earlier this year. With five of the Chase races on 1.5-milers, another hot streak could make him the runaway Chase winner. SPEAKING: ``It's exciting to be in the Chase. That was ...

Kasey Kahne managed to get himself off the bubble and into NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup championship. ``We did what we had to do two weeks in a row,'' Kahne said Saturday night after adding a third-place finish at Richmond International Raceway to his victory a week ago at California Speedway. ``I won my first Cup race here and now I made my first Chase here, so Richmond has been really good to me,'' he added. ...

Kasey Kahne entered Saturday night's Chevy Rock & Roll 400 leading the NASCAR Nextel Cup series with five victories but without a spot in the 10-race playoff. His situation energized debate about whether victories should bring bonus points and whether a system that rewards consistency above all else is the way to go. Without Kahne's five wins and victories by Greg Biffle and Kurt Busch, the top 10 in the ...

Kasey Kahne has been the only Dodge driver to have much success this season with the second-year Dodge Charger. He's 11th in the standings entering Richmond, where he'll start in 20th position. Penske drivers Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman are next in the standings at 14th and 16th. But Scott Riggs, one of Kahne's Evernham Motorsports teammates, says better times are coming. ``I've done a lot of the testing for our team with the Charger with next year's ...

Kasey Kahne overcame a penalty and a series of challenges Sunday night at California Speedway to win his fifth race of the season and close in on a spot in NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup championship with one race remaining. ``These guys fought back with great pit stops,'' Kahne said. ``I just can't thank this team enough. They just worked their butts off to get us back in this ...