No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger Race Facts
Richmond Int'l 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. 113
Car Info: Raced at Marinsville and Phoenix
KASEY KAHNE QUOTES
“I’m definitely looking forward to Richmond. It’s important to go back there and run well. It would be great to win it two years in a row, but things are going to be a lot different this year. We tested our Dodge Charger there with the setup that we ran last year. It was two seconds off the pace. We’ve had to do a lot of work to figure out a new combination. Having won there certainly gives us confidence.
“At Talladega, we just got in the wrong spot. It was disappointing to get caught up in a wreck nine laps into the race, but it happened. I’m fine and will be ready to go at Richmond. “
STATS & FACTS
KASEY KAHNE AT RICHMOND INT'L RACEWAY
Saturday night’s race marks Kahne’s fifth start at Richmond Int’l Raceway. He started from the pole in last year’s event and led seven times for 242 laps including the final 106 en route to his first Nextel Cup Series victory. Kahne’s margin of victory was 1.674 seconds over Tony Stewart. In last year’s event, Kahne posted four of the race’s fastest 10 laps.
In the fall race at RIR last year, Kahne started 14th and finished eighth, leading once for six laps.
KAHNE OFF TO GOOD START IN 2006
Kahne has two wins, four top-five and six top-10 finishes in the first nine races this season.
KAHNE HAS TWO WINS IN 2006
Kahne posted wins at Atlanta and Texas. On both occasions, he started on the pole just as he did in his first career victory last year at Richmond.
His victory at Texas was the eighth Nextel Cup Series win for Evernham Motorsports. The organization has won at least one race each year since it’s inception in 2001.
GOOD RESULTS FOR DODGE
A Dodge has won three of the last five Nextel Cup races at Richmond. Dodge has won three of the first nine races in 2006 which matches the 2005 total.
STARTING UP FRONT IMPORTANT AT RICHMOND?
Nine of the last 10 races at Richmond have been won from a top-10 starting position. Only one of the last 27 races has been won from the Bud Pole. There have been nine different winners in the last nine events at RIR.
