No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger Race Facts
Pocono Raceway-- NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series
Driver: Kasey Kahne
Team Director: Kenny Francis
Car Director: Mike Shiplett
Engineer: Keith Rodden
Team Owner: Ray Evernham
Chassis: No. 124
Car Info: Ran at Vegas in March
KASEY KAHNE QUOTES
On racing at Pocono- “The key at Pocono is finding a setup that makes the racecar competitive in all three corners. It’s the total lap and not just one turn. We will be spending every minute of practice adjusting on the No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger finding that setup. Pocono is not the toughest track on you physically for strength. Going down those long straightaways, the air doesn’t usually leave the car. You get real hot. It’s a long 500-mile race.”
On Team Director Kenny Francis- “We had some good tests in the off season with Kenny Francis (team director). We hit on some new setups and have been building on that, making things better and better. Kenny has played a huge role. He put this team together two years ago. The communication we’ve had at the racetrack during practice and the race has been awesome. It didn’t take Kenny long to figure out what I was looking for in the racecar setup. I don’t know how he knew what to do, but it’s worked out well. The communication has been really good between us. That’s one of the big reasons for our success this year. The team is doing an awesome job.”
STATS & FACTS
KASEY KAHNE AT POCONO RACEWAY
Drive for Five - Kahne will make his fifth start at Pocono Raceway in this weekend’s Pocono 500.
Best Finish as a Rookie - Kahne’s best finish at Pocono came in his rookie season, when he finished third in the Pennsylvania 500.
Flashback: 2004 Pocono 500 - Kahne wins the third Bud Pole of his rookie season at the Pocono Raceway, after poles at California and Las Vegas, while teammate Jeremy Mayfield posts a second-place finish for Ray Evernham and Evernham Motorsports.
100 Percent….Almost - Another thing Kahne has done well at the Pocono Raceway is complete laps. Kahne’s lap completion percentage is one of the highest among active NEXTEL Cup drivers. His 99.6 percent is oh-so-close to perfect.
No DNFs - Kahne has been running at the finish in all four of his starts at Pocono.
CONTINUALLY CONSISTENT KAHNE
Kahne’s seventh place finish in Dover marks his eighth top 10 of the season.
Kahne is tied with Jimmie Johnson for the most wins this season (Three- Atlanta, Texas and Charlotte.)
