Race 2 Win: Sprint Cup Series Race Notes

Sprint Cup Series

Coke Zero 400 - Kasey Kahne Notes

Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger
Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway

Budweiser Racing Team Notes of Interest

This weekend will mark Kasey Kahne’s 10th career start at Daytona International Speedway (DIS).

In nine starts at DIS, Kahne has three top-10 finishes.

Kahne has an average start of 27th and an average finish of 18th at the 2.5-mile speedway.

Kahne is 10th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver point standings. He is 465 points behind series leader Kyle Busch.

In nine starts at the 2.5-mile speedway, Kahne has only one DNF. Kahne was unable to finish in his very first Daytona 500 due to an engine failure. It was also his first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start.

Kahne will be a guest on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain Sunday, July 6th. Tune into SPEED at 9 pm EDT to catch the broadcast.

Kahne will be available for interviews with motorsports media members at DIS this Thursday, July 3 at approximately 1:45 pm EDT at the Budweiser transporter.

Kahne Discusses Racing in the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona:
What is the key to restrictor-plate racing? “You have to make the right decisions, but a lot of it is luck. You have to depend on other cars to help you get to the front. There are so many things out of your control when it comes to plate racing, so you better hit all the marks on everything you can control, or you can really dig yourself a hole.”

You had a great run at the Daytona 500, does that give you a little more confidence returning to Daytona this weekend? “Yeah, we had a great car at the Daytona 500. I think we ran in the top 10 almost all day. Everyone at Gillett Evernham Motorsports has worked really hard to get our restrictor-plate program where it needs to be and I don’t see this weekend being any exception.”

What does your team have to improve on to set yourself up for the chase? “We just need to keep doing what we are doing. We’ve improved a ton since the start of the season. We started good and we’ve gotten better. That’s our mindset, keep improving. Since Mark McArdle took over in December, it has been to improve all year long and figure out how to keep getting better and better. That’s all our focus has been. If we keep doing that, we’ll be in the Chase and win some more races.”

Today's Budweiser Lager Lesson: In the mid-nineteenth century, German-American brewers perfected the crisp, refreshing beer style now called American lager, changing not only Americans’ choice of beers, but how and where Americans enjoyed beer, ultimately converting America into a country of beer lovers.