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 nose, and it's going to be real good,'' Riggs said.
``The car we have now has a lot of downforce. When we'd go to the
wind tunnel, the numbers would be real good. In fact, we'd keep
winning the Wind Tunnel 500. But, on the track, you'd get air coming
from the side and the front end would wash out or just get real
loose.
``The new nose doesn't have as many curves and doesn't react as
much to the side forces. I think everybody will be happier with
it.''
