Second consecutive top-five leads to career-high point standing
By Ryan Smithson, NASCAR.COM
March 13, 2006
02:24 PM EST (19:24 GMT)
LAS VEGAS -- After missing the Chase for the Nextel Cup for two consecutive seasons, Kasey Kahne had decided to make sure he can do everything he can to make sure it doesn't happen again.
As teammate Jeremy Mayfield showed in 2005, making the Chase is about minimizing mistakes.
So far in 2006, Kahne has managed to avoid a repeat of his crash-filled sophomore season, during which he ended four races on the wrecker's hook. Included in that stretch were accidents at Fontana and Vegas, and Kahne never fully recovered.
The frustrations of last season have given way to newfound consistency for Kahne, who finished fourth at Las Vegas for his second top-five in a row.
The run left him third in points, a career high for Kahne.
"I feel like I am doing a better job at taking care of my racecar," said Kahne. "We are three races in and we have been consistent the first three. We have just got to stay focused on finishing the races."
Too often in recent years, Kahne's focus has been on driving as hard as he could, often with hit-or-miss results.
Because the Dodge Charger's well-documented problems with handling in traffic, Kahne has had to adjust his driving style, mainly because the car is so sensitive to changes.
"We will go for wins if we get opportunities, but we have to points race," said Kahne. "You have to try to figure out how to make things work with the tires and spoiler and the way the car is handling.
"Last year I struggled pretty bad trying to do that. This year I think I have a better idea of what I need to do. You have to keep your eyes open and try to learn each week because the cars are probably the hardest racecars I've ever driven."
Kahne was elated that his Charger's handling improved as the race wore on at Las Vegas. Kahne was running 11th just before halfway, but he picked off positions left and right during the final run to the checkered.
"I think it was the best that final run before the green-white-checkered. It was definitely the best there. I got behind Tony [Stewart]. It took a lot to pass him. He was after it. He was trying to get a top five and it took awhile to get past him."
Kahne credited Evernham's engine department with helping make up some of the Chargers' aero deficiencies, and NASCAR elected to take Kahne's motor after Las Vegas to test it at its R&D facility in North Carolina.
"The engines have run as well as they ever have," said Kahne.
Kasey Kahne scored his fourth consecutive top-10 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series finish Sunday, driving the No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger from Evernham Motorsports to a 10th-place finish in the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The effort moved Kahne to within eight points of Nextel Cup point leader Matt Kenseth and 19 points ahead of Jimmie Johnson who slipped to third. The trio is the only Cup drivers with three top-five finishes this season.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Evernham Team Takes Wild-Card Spot with Atlanta Win
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series driver Kasey Kahne has joined an elite group of drivers as a result of his victory last Monday in the Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Kahne's second career victory earned the Ray Evernham-owned No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge team a spot in NASCAR's Winner's Circle Program, if Kahne enters, qualifies and competes in the remaining 32 races on the schedule this season beginning with Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kahne joins the Winner's Circle Program as a "wild card," leaving one more "wild card" slot open to an additional race winner this season that is not already in the program.
The Winner's Circle Program, which starts each season with the top 10 winning drivers from the previous season, is designed to reward teams who have typified the best in NASCAR racing. Two "wild card" slots are available each year, making a total of 12 maximum spots open for the program in any season.
Teams are rewarded through prize money posted by each track running a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup event. A total of $130,000 is posted by each track for the Winner's Circle participants for each of the races.
Thats our boy! He's laying it down this season! Finally a balance betwee his fantastic skills and now patience and understanding of the race... he's going to do awesome this season
“I’ve always really liked Indianapolis, the city, the track, everything about it. I think just the history behind the track, behind the Indy 500 and the Brickyard now also. It’s just always been a track I appreciated and wanted to race at. I’m looking forward to this weekend. It has four different corners and you can do a lot with your feet and your hands to go fast at that place. I think it’s tough to pass everywhere these days if your car isn’t handling. If your car is handling good, then yeah, it’s easy to pass.”
WHAT HAS HELPED IMPROVE YOUR PERFORMANCE THIS SEASON?
“I think there’s a few of them. The biggest one would be (Team Director) Kenny Francis. He’s as good as anybody in NASCAR at what he does and the communication working with him and working with all the guys on our Dodge Dealers team has been great to make cars how we want ‘em throughout the race or throughout practice. I’d say that is probably the biggest thing. After that, personally I feel like I’ve really matured some and grown up and realize what I have each week. I’m not letting it wear me out or get to me like, ‘man, I’ve got too much to do.’ I just try to enjoy it more. I enjoy what I’m doing more and that’s been a lot more fun, I know that.”
WHERE DOES TALLADEGA FIT IN THE CHASE?
“I’ve had a couple of decent races there and I’ve had some rough ones like the last one, but I enjoy going there. I know our engine shop is working hard on power and our guys building the car are working hard on preparing better Dodge Chargers, so I don’t know. I kinda go to that race hoping we can finish and get in the right line throughout the race. It’s a tough place no matter who you are. I don’t think it makes it worse (being a Chase race). I think it either can or can’t. If you run good there, then it’s a good way to gain some points because not everybody in the top 10 is going to run good there. That’s just the way it is. I would say it could be good or bad. It’s kinda cool to have those wild card races in there. Martinsville is similar to where you can get way behind and finish 30th or something pretty easily if things happen the wrong way. They’re good tracks because you can either lose a lot or gain a lot.”
WHAT DID TESTING AT INDY REVEAL ABOUT SPEED, BRAKING OR DRAFTING?
“All those things are a big part of Indianapolis. The drafting comes into play. You can screw up in one corner trying to pass somebody and then pass somebody that’s three cars behind you because momentum is such a big deal, too. You’ve just got to really be aware when you try to pass somebody that you’re going to clear him and make that pass and then try to pull away instead of getting stuck behind him and wind up losing a spot.”
HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR CAREER WOULD HAVE CHANGED IF THINGS HAD WORKED OUT AT ROBERT YATES RACING?
“I’m happy the way everything happened, but I wish at times that some of that stuff hadn’t gone on because I don’t personally enjoy being in a lawsuit with that kind of stuff, but I’m happy with where I’m at. If I would have been at Robert Yates Racing I would have struggled just as bad as Elliott Sadler. This sport relies a lot on your racecars and people working on them. It’s not easy if they’re not handling right. You just can’t go anywhere.”
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE VIR TEST TODAY?
“I’m trying to get better at this road course stuff. A big part of making The Chase is going to be running well at Watkins Glen in two weeks. We’re just trying to get ready. Boris Said is helping out and Jeremy and Scott are out here and we’re all trying to get better. So far it’s been good, but it’s 100 degrees and I’m worn out already. I left the house at 5 a.m. I got home last night at 10 something from the west coast. I went out to Enumclaw for the weekend and was on the wrong zone when I got back. I wasn’t ready to go to bed until about 3. I was up at 5, so I’m pretty tired today.”
DID YOU RACE ON THE WEST COAST LAST WEEKEND?
“I did two sprint car races and I did pretty well. I haven’t raced in about a year, so I was pretty excited to get to race on dirt. The first night I qualified fifth and won the dash. I got to start out front for the main event and I finished second. The second night I won the dash again and ended up third. We raced good, but we just missed it a little bit in the main event. We were good early in the dash. The fans were great. There was a ton of people. We did a fan club picnic Sunday with my mom and had about 350 fans there anywhere from Ohio to Washington. It was pretty cool. It was a lot of signing. I probably did six hours of signing between the three days, but I enjoyed it and I think a lot of the fans around there did, too.”
DID THAT MAKE YOU WANT TO COMPETE IN MORE SPRINT CAR RACES?
“It makes me want to race one as much as I possibly can. I’d forgot how much fun it was and how tough it is. I forgot all about it. I’m going to do another one next week and another one the week after that and plan ‘em out.”
COMMENT ON YOUR WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR TEAM
“They’re doing a good job. They’re second in points. They won the Kings Royal and that’s a huge race. The Knoxville Nationals are coming up the weekend of Watkins Glen. They’re excited. They’re getting ready for that. They’ve got a different paint scheme for that race which will be pretty cool. One of the Curb Records artists is on the racecar and it looks pretty good. Hopefully they run well there. I hope I can be there at least two of the nights.”
HOW MUCH INPUT DO YOU HAVE ON THE SPRINT CAR TEAM?
“I have a lot of input. I talk to them pretty often. They do it all themselves, but I try to talk to them and see how things are going and what I need to do better so they can race better. They’re doing a good job. I enjoy it. One of the most fun things I get to do every week is listen to those races and wonder how they’re doing.
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HOW DO YOU HANDLE ALL THE ATTENTION?
“I’ve always been the same person. Racing is such an up and down sport, it all changes the next day. We’ve won four races, but the last six weeks we’ve been struggling a little. I don’t even really remember winning those races because it’s not on my mind right now. What’s on my mind is doing good again, winning more races, staying up front and making it into The Chase. I think because that’s how racing is you have to be like, ‘man, it’s too easy to not run well.’ If you get too excited about when you do race well, I’ve just always been able to kinda stay level headed and look forward to the next race.”
HOW DO YOU RACE INDY?
“Personally, I have two pretty big goals. One is to win the Allstate 400 and the other is to make it into The Chase. The Allstate 400 is going to be this weekend. I’m not going to be thinking about points at all. The one thing I want to do is win the race. A top five would be great. We’re going to definitely go for that. So far we’ve had two top fives in both my starts at Indy and we’re going to try to do that again, but if it comes down to some kind of crazy move to try to win late in the race we’re going for it. That’s the way it is. We want to win.”
WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO YOU TO WIN THE BRICKYARD?
“Tony (Stewart) tried for a few years there before he finally got his. With him growing up there and racing in the Indy 500 it meant a ton to that guy. It would mean a lot to me, too. I’ve never raced in the Indy 500, but I lived there for three years and watched every race that’s been going on when I was in that city. It’s pretty neat. It would mean everything. There’s one race track I want to win at right now and that’s Indianapolis.”
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE WEEK OFF BEFORE THE ALLSTATE 400 AT THE BRICKYARD?
“I don’t mind waiting for Indy. It’s one of those things where you look forward to it all season long. You look forward to it and then it’ll be gone. Those seven days we were somewhere else getting ready for the race, so I don’t mind if they put it off for a couple of weeks. It’s something you look forward to when you do get there, so it’s time to race.”
ARE YOU PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY PREPARED FOR 16 STRAIGHT WEEKENDS OF RACING?
“Yeah, I’m definitely ready. We’ve done what we wanted to do so far this season. We’re top 10 in points and we have a bunch of Dodge Chargers sitting in the shop at Evernham Motorsports. I haven’t been tearing up cars. I’m excited and proud to drive ‘em. We’ve got nine cars ready for these final 16 races.”
HOW DO YOU APPROACH THE NEXT SIX RACES THAT WILL DECIDE WHO MAKES THE CHASE?
“You just have to go all out. You have to finish in the top 10 and be consistent and get through the final six. We were going to finish 10th or 11th last week at Pocono and had a problem with eight to go. That’s just something you can’t help. It’s just the way it is. If something like that happened this week at Indy, we’d just have to go to Watkins Glen and try to overcome losing a bunch of points again. It’s just the way this sport is. Hopefully we have good luck in the final six races and we make it into The Chase. You just never know though.”
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Kasey Kahne trying to right a good season gone wrong
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) - Kasey Kahne seemed poised for a breakthrough season six weeks ago. Now, he's on the verge of a breakdown.
Five finishes outside the top 20, including 31st and 36th in his last two races, have dropped him to 11th in points and in real danger of not making NASCAR'S Chase for the Nextel Cup championship.
"I missed it the last two years, so I need to make it," said Kahne, who was third in points after winning at Michigan in mid-June, his fourth victory in a 12-race span. "It's a big deal."
Entering Sunday's race at Watkins Glen International, Kahne is 37 points behind the 10th-place driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr. The top 10 in the standings - and any others within 400 points of the leader after the first 26 races - qualify for the 10-race Chase.
Barring a total meltdown in the next five races by leader Jimmie Johnson, who's 512 points ahead of Earnhardt, there will be only 10 drivers vying for the title for the third straight year. Earnhardt, who failed to make the Chase a year ago, climbed back into the top 10 after a sixth-place finish last week at Indianapolis. He and the crew of his No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet used pit strategy in the final 20 laps to rally from 28th place.
"Well, it wasn't exactly how we drew it up, but it's nice to get back into the top 10," Earnhardt said. "We're by no means out of the woods. It'll probably go right down to the wire."
That is almost a certainty. Just 171 points separate third from 11th place, and Kahne only trails the seventh-place driver, rookie Denny Hamlin, by 73.
Sunday's AMD at The Glen is the 22nd race of the season and the second and final road race of 2006. Kahne finished 17th here last year and 14th as a rookie in 2004, but on the road course at Sonoma in June he showed signs that the tutoring sessions with road race ace Boris Said and Bill Elliott, the man he replaced in the No. 9 Evernham Motorsports Dodge Charger, were beginning to have a positive effect. He qualified sixth and ran as high as eighth before a flat tire with four laps left relegated him to 31st.
"We've done really well, especially on the ovals," said Kahne, who wrecked on the last lap a week ago at Indy to spoil what seemed a certain top-10 finish. "But in the road racing, we've just been all right. There's a couple of things we're working on to get better. When we get to Watkins Glen, we'll be a top-10 car.
"It's not the end of the world. Maybe when we have a chance to win, we won't have that bad luck."
Greg Biffle's bad luck has mirrored Kahne's. Biffle also crashed last week on the final lap, which dropped him from a certain top-15 finish to 33rd. He now sits 12th, 115 points behind Earnhardt.
"It's been an up-and-down season for us, but I still feel five races is a lot of time," said Biffle, who has led a series-best 1,237.51 miles this year. "We saw drivers go from being in the top five in points to being out and then back in in a matter of four races or three. Certainly, people can move around a lot.
"But this is the time of the season where teams and drivers are being more consistent, are getting their stride, getting their consistency down," said Biffle, who was expected to contend for this year's title after finishing second last year to Tony Stewart. "So that makes it difficult as well. We need to average top-five finishes. It depends what the other guys do."
It doesn't help that three of the "other guys" Biffle is chasing have a history of excellence on The Glen's twisting 11-turn layout: Earnhardt has three consecutive top-10s; Stewart, just seven points ahead of Junior, has won three of the last four races; and Jeff Gordon, eight points ahead of Stewart, has four victories at the historic track among his NASCAR-record nine road course triumphs.
Combined, Stewart and Gordon have won seven of the last nine Cup races at Watkins Glen, with only Robby Gordon (2003) and Steve Park (2000) breaking through.
Still, Biffle has shown he can run well on NASCAR's two twisting layouts. He finished a solid fourth at Sonoma this year and in his rookie season three years ago qualified second here to Jeff Gordon. A fuel miscalculation in that race relegated Biffle to 30th, his best finish in three tries at The Glen. He had engine failure in 2004 and transmission failure in 2005.
Biffle can point to the success of two of his Roush Racing teammates for motivation. Matt Kenseth staged a stunning rally to make the Chase last year after leaving Indianapolis 168 points outside the top 10. And two seasons ago, Mark Martin left Indy with a flat tire on the final lap but made up a 123-point deficit in the final five races to crack the top 10.
"I've kind of vowed to not worry about where everybody else is and just concentrate on our team and not worry about where the points are or anything," Biffle said. "We're just going to do the best we can do. I got five races to do it."
Our guy will start 2nd, His best start ever for a road race. Luck,luck,luck
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Hey GmaK, did Kasey have to go to the back at the start of the race? I thought tv said #9 to the back for passing on the rite. But I never heard anything more about it. It's too bad that the 2 saved his car after the 9 got into him. Kasey was tryin to take him out early, lol just kidding!!
2nd race in a row, last lap problems for your boy, can't believe it.
Hey GmaK, did Kasey have to go to the back at the start of the race? I thought tv said #9 to the back for passing on the rite. But I never heard anything more about it. It's too bad that the 2 saved his car after the 9 got into him. Kasey was tryin to take him out early, lol just kidding!!
2nd race in a row, last lap problems for your boy, can't believe it.
Smoke, they said the 90 car to the back, Marc Goossen.
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) - Kasey Kahne seemed poised for a breakthrough season six weeks ago. Now, he's on the verge of a breakdown.
Five finishes outside the top 20, including 31st and 36th in his last two races, have dropped him to 11th in points and in real danger of not making NASCAR'S Chase for the Nextel Cup championship.
"I missed it the last two years, so I need to make it," said Kahne, who was third in points after winning at Michigan in mid-June, his fourth victory in a 12-race span. "It's a big deal."
Entering Sunday's race at Watkins Glen International, Kahne is 37 points behind the 10th-place driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr. The top 10 in the standings - and any others within 400 points of the leader after the first 26 races - qualify for the 10-race Chase.
Barring a total meltdown in the next five races by leader Jimmie Johnson, who's 512 points ahead of Earnhardt, there will be only 10 drivers vying for the title for the third straight year. Earnhardt, who failed to make the Chase a year ago, climbed back into the top 10 after a sixth-place finish last week at Indianapolis. He and the crew of his No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet used pit strategy in the final 20 laps to rally from 28th place.
"Well, it wasn't exactly how we drew it up, but it's nice to get back into the top 10," Earnhardt said. "We're by no means out of the woods. It'll probably go right down to the wire."
That is almost a certainty. Just 171 points separate third from 11th place, and Kahne only trails the seventh-place driver, rookie Denny Hamlin, by 73.
Sunday's AMD at The Glen is the 22nd race of the season and the second and final road race of 2006. Kahne finished 17th here last year and 14th as a rookie in 2004, but on the road course at Sonoma in June he showed signs that the tutoring sessions with road race ace Boris Said and Bill Elliott, the man he replaced in the No. 9 Evernham Motorsports Dodge Charger, were beginning to have a positive effect. He qualified sixth and ran as high as eighth before a flat tire with four laps left relegated him to 31st.
"We've done really well, especially on the ovals," said Kahne, who wrecked on the last lap a week ago at Indy to spoil what seemed a certain top-10 finish. "But in the road racing, we've just been all right. There's a couple of things we're working on to get better. When we get to Watkins Glen, we'll be a top-10 car.
"It's not the end of the world. Maybe when we have a chance to win, we won't have that bad luck."
Greg Biffle's bad luck has mirrored Kahne's. Biffle also crashed last week on the final lap, which dropped him from a certain top-15 finish to 33rd. He now sits 12th, 115 points behind Earnhardt.
"It's been an up-and-down season for us, but I still feel five races is a lot of time," said Biffle, who has led a series-best 1,237.51 miles this year. "We saw drivers go from being in the top five in points to being out and then back in in a matter of four races or three. Certainly, people can move around a lot.
"But this is the time of the season where teams and drivers are being more consistent, are getting their stride, getting their consistency down," said Biffle, who was expected to contend for this year's title after finishing second last year to Tony Stewart. "So that makes it difficult as well. We need to average top-five finishes. It depends what the other guys do."
It doesn't help that three of the "other guys" Biffle is chasing have a history of excellence on The Glen's twisting 11-turn layout: Earnhardt has three consecutive top-10s; Stewart, just seven points ahead of Junior, has won three of the last four races; and Jeff Gordon, eight points ahead of Stewart, has four victories at the historic track among his NASCAR-record nine road course triumphs.
Combined, Stewart and Gordon have won seven of the last nine Cup races at Watkins Glen, with only Robby Gordon (2003) and Steve Park (2000) breaking through.
Still, Biffle has shown he can run well on NASCAR's two twisting layouts. He finished a solid fourth at Sonoma this year and in his rookie season three years ago qualified second here to Jeff Gordon. A fuel miscalculation in that race relegated Biffle to 30th, his best finish in three tries at The Glen. He had engine failure in 2004 and transmission failure in 2005.
Biffle can point to the success of two of his Roush Racing teammates for motivation. Matt Kenseth staged a stunning rally to make the Chase last year after leaving Indianapolis 168 points outside the top 10. And two seasons ago, Mark Martin left Indy with a flat tire on the final lap but made up a 123-point deficit in the final five races to crack the top 10.
"I've kind of vowed to not worry about where everybody else is and just concentrate on our team and not worry about where the points are or anything," Biffle said. "We're just going to do the best we can do. I got five races to do it."
Our guy will start 2nd, His best start ever for a road race. Luck,luck,luck
Did you see the average finish since Sonoma? Something like 31st. WOW, not good! I thought he was going to do decent today but wound up 22nd. At one point when Dale Jr. shot past turn 1 he had move up into 10th in points. Hopefully Michigan, CA., and Richmond he can improve and sneak in there.
Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006
PIT STOPS
Mike Finney
It happened so quickly that Kasey Kahne did not know what hit him. Pow! Pow! Suddenly, he was on the outside of the top 10 in the Nextel Cup Series points standings.
It all happened in the span of two laps at Watkins Glen International last Sunday and at Indianapolis Motor Speedway two weeks ago.
Kahne crashed his No. 9 Dodge on the last lap of both races to watch a solid day drip down the drain.
With four races left to qualify for the Chase for the Nextel Cup, Kahne is trying to remain optimistic. He is in 11th place in the points, 54 points behind Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the 10th and final spot in NASCAR's playoffs.
"The results the past three weeks don't reflect the potential of our team," Kahne said. "We certainly had a car capable of top-10 finishes in each. That's important. We just have to execute and do what we're capable of doing."
It is easy to see why Kahne remains so hopeful.
He was running in eighth place on the final lap of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard when he crashed after diving too hard to the inside of Tony Stewart in the third turn. He wound up with a 36th-place finish that dropped him out of the top 10 in points for the first time since the season began.
On the road course at Watkins Glen last Sunday, Kahne was in 12th when he once again found trouble on the last lap, crashing and winding up 22nd.
"There's a lot of pressure on every driver out there each week, especially those in the battle for a spot in the Chase," said Kahne, the 2004 Nextel Cup rookie of the year. "It's not that we haven't been doing everything possible to perform well and win the past [couple of] races.
"We've worked as hard as we did in winning four races. Now, we have to step up and make it happen."
Kahne would have a vastly different view had he been able to escape trouble and maintain the positions he was running at Watkins Glen and Indianapolis.
Had the 26-year-old not crashed and finished eighth and 12th -- where he was running at the time of his mishaps -- Kahne would enter this weekend's race at Michigan third in the points.
It shows how much can be gained or lost in one lap in the volatile Chase for the Nextel Cup. One second a driver is in the playoffs, the next he is out.
Greg Biffle is 13th in the points, but he has no problem accepting the fact that only 10 drivers will be racing for the Nextel Cup championship during the 10-race stretch that begins Sept. 17 at New Hampshire.
"I think 10 is a great number," Biffle said. "They've talked about putting a wild-card driver in there and that would be fine, somebody that's won the most races and is not in the top 10 or something to that effect. I wouldn't have a problem with that.
"But I really think that 10 is a good number for people to run for the championship. Let's face it, a playoff, and that's what we're creating, a playoff is to eliminate teams. When you start a playoff in football, baseball, any other kind of sport, any other kind of anything, it eliminates the teams each week. There's less and less teams that compete for the magic prize."
Kahne believes his team is still well within reach of NASCAR's magic prize. He won at Michigan in June, and expects to be solid at the two-mile oval again this weekend.
"We won there earlier this year and a had a couple other finishes in the top five," Kahne said. "I like the track because you can move around searching for a faster line. Cars will be running two- and three-wide.
"With four races left to decide the Chase field, we have time to get back in the top 10. The first chance comes this weekend at Michigan. We must take advantage of the opportunity."
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