Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kenneth Kahneis an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports, and part-time in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 5 and No. 88 Chevrolet Camaros for JR Motorsports...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth10 April 1980
CityEnumclaw, WA
change definitely last learned momentum quick tough year
We're got some momentum right now. Things can change so quick in this sport. Last year we had a tough year, and I learned a lot. But we're definitely on a high.
felt last might needed strong team today trusted year
Last year I might not have been able to make that call, but today I felt strong enough to say we needed to do it. And the team trusted me enough to do it.
giving last mark
As Mark was reeling me in, I was doing all I could to go fast. I was giving about all I had those last 30 laps.
car definitely felt figured helped last year
There were times when I felt like we should try this or try that. It may have helped at times last year when we didn't have the Charger figured out. But right now the Charger is the car we definitely want to have.
real years lasts
I never even thought the sophomore slump existed. You hear the saying, but you never thought it was for real or anything. But that's kind of what happened to us last year, and I don't know really why that is.
capitalize
We've got to capitalize while we do have this and, hopefully, keep it going all season.
kenny looking setting together
I got together with Kenny and started working with the new team, setting goals, and looking at what I did wrong.
car felt glad great stuck year
It did for us. We've been right there all year long. We felt like we had a great car with the Charger and I'm glad we stuck with it.
control gave hard spin
I was working real hard not to spin the tires. It was all about throttle control and how much you gave it and where you were in the corners.
alongside atlanta came clean competitor kept mark race racing tough traffic won
Mark came alongside me in lapped traffic and we just kept on racing him. He's as tough a competitor and as clean a competitor as you'll find and we won today, but just to race with Mark here in Atlanta is unbelievable.
drive experience hope race testing work
I think Erin can be very good. She's going to need a lot of work in testing and getting to drive around other race cars, things she really hasn't got a lot of experience in. If she can get all that I hope that she can be good.
accept actions channel emotion energy productive racetrack responsibility results share sponsors team toward
I accept responsibility for my actions and will in the future, channel the competitive energy and emotion that my team and I share toward productive results on the racetrack for Evernham Motorsports, our sponsors and fans,
accept actions behind channel emotion energy events focus productive racetrack responsibility results share sponsors team toward
I accept responsibility for my actions and will, in the future, channel the competitive energy and emotion that my team and I share toward productive results on the racetrack for Evernham Motorsports, our sponsors and fans. This is behind us now. As a team, our focus is on the upcoming events and the future.
coming forward four hurt looking michigan racetrack run turn
We usually run well at Michigan ... I used the whole racetrack coming off turn four and that probably hurt us a little bit. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.