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
anybody close fast guys jumping likes nascar problem race racing talented time top type watch
Those guys are very talented. You can watch them and see how talented they are. Anybody that talented and likes going fast and doesn't have a problem racing close and jumping on top of each other just about wouldn't have a problem with any other type of racing. If he wanted to race NASCAR and he put in the time and effort, I don't see why he couldn't.
cars difference early great hit preparing race setup team track
The big difference is we've hit on a setup early in the season. The team is preparing great race cars. I'm comfortable in there. I've never had cars that I got to the track with and been comfortable with.
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.
atlanta favorite race
Atlanta is one of my favorite race tracks, and it always has been.
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.
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.
strong struggle race
We started on the pole but by Lap 150 we were ninth or 10th and we were struggling. The car was sliding around a lot, but I did not get upset. I just said, 'Let's just keep working hard.' Last year, I would have been so upset about getting passed by those cars I would have been overly aggressive and would have worn our tires out. You can't do that in a 500-mile race if you want to be strong at the end.
feel-better thinking race
I work out hard, and I do things that I feel make me better throughout the race and after the race. And I feel better mentally because of working out, being prepared and being in great shape. Driving the car, I think with reflexes and things throw at your so quickly, you have to make adjustments - the feeling of your car, the heat. Some tracks can be tough on your neck and arms, and other tracks, not so much. I think there's a lot there that definitely takes some athletic ability, and I think that helps being athletic and being prepared like that. It helps me for sure.
momentum weekend
We had momentum. We've had momentum all weekend long.
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.
best bruce car direction late run second throughout trip turn
Trip Bruce made two adjustments right at the end and they were the right adjustments. He made the car turn the best it had throughout the whole race. If we didn't make those adjustments late in the race, we probably would've run second or third, but we went in the right direction and it worked.
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.