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Kahne wins NASCAR pole

Sat, 10/02/2010 - 13:37 by harsheeb

Kansas -- Kasey Kahne, who is in his last season with Richard Petty Motorsports, won the pole Friday for Sunday's running of the Sprint Cup Price Chopper 400.

The race is the third of the 10 events in the Chase for the Championship.
Kahne recorded a lap of 174.644 mph at Kansas Speedway, edging teammate Paul Menard for the pole. It was Kahne's third pole of the season and the 19th of his Sprint Cup career.

Kahne will drive next year for Red Bull Racing and then take over Mark Martin's car for Hendrick Motorsports in 2012.

Jeff Gordon qualified third, the best effort among the 12 drivers who are in the championship chase. Gordon, who has won twice on this track, is in eighth place in the points race.

Kahne wins pole for Michigan race

Sat, 08/14/2010 - 11:55 by Prince damin

Brooklyn, Mich. -- Kasey Kahne won his second Sprint Cup pole of the season Friday and will start out front in Sunday's running of the CARFAX 400.

Kahne turned a lap around the 2-mile Michigan International Speedway in 187.183 mph. It was the 18th pole of his Sprint Cup career. He started from the pole and won in Michigan four years ago.

Kahne announced this week he will join Red Bull Racing in 2011 and then move to Hendrick Motorsports the following year to drive Mark Martin's car. Kahne currently drives for Richard Petty Motorsports.

Jimmie Johnson qualified .02 of a second behind Kahne. Clint Boyer was third, followed by Tony Stewart and Juan Pablo Montoya, who won last week's race at Watkins Glen.

Kahne captures Sprint Cup pole

Sat, 06/19/2010 - 10:27 by Rakhi

Sonoma, Calif. -- Kasey Kahne won the pole Friday for Sunday's Sprint Cup series road race at Infineon Raceway.

Kahne won on this track a year ago for his first road course victory. He turned in a qualifying lap of 93.893 miles per hour for his first pole of the season and the 17th of his career.

"We showed up with a great car and then made a few adjustments," Kahne said. "We haven't had a pole in a long time."

Kahne last started out front in a race at Infineon two years ago.

He is currently in his final year of a contract with Richard Petty Motorsports and is signed to replace Mark Martin at Hendrick Motorsports in 2012. Kahne said Friday his status for the 2011 season is uncertain.

Johnson wins pole for NASCAR race

Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:57 by shalini.bahadur

Concord, N.C., Oct. 16: Points leader Jimmie Johnson, hoping to take command of the Chase for the Championship, grabbed the pole Thursday for Saturday's NASCAR Banking 500.

Johnson, trying to become the first driver to win the series championship four straight years, took the points lead last Sunday in California.

He backed up that victory by turning in a lap of 192.376 mph at the Lowe's Motor Speedway. It was the fastest qualifying lap in the three years since NASCAR introduced major changes in the cars used for its Sprint Cup series.

Johnson won his third pole of the season and the 22nd of his NASCAR career.

He will enter the fifth of 10 playoff races with a 12-point lead over teammate Mark Martin.

Kasey Kahne wins Sunday's Sprint Cup race

Mon, 09/07/2009 - 10:16 by harsheeb

Hampton -- Kasey Kahne, driving the No. 9 Dodge, won Sunday's Sprint Cup Pep Boys Auto 500 auto race at Hampton, Ga., beating Kevin Harvick to the checkered flag.

Kahne passed Harvick following a double-file restart with 11 laps left, and then beat him by just under 2 seconds for his second victory this season.
The race featured eight caution flags.

Juan Pablo Montoya (Chevrolet), the 2000 Indianapolis 500 winner, in his first season in the Sprint Cup Series, was third. David Reutimann (Toyota) fourth and Mark Martin (Chevrolet) completed the Top 5 finishers.

"We knew Harvick and Montoya would be there, but we had a little bit better car," Kahne said in a post-race interview.

Mark Martin wins Chicagoland auto race

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:34 by preet_20

Joliet, Ill. July 12: Mark Martin beat Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon to the checkered flag to win Saturday's Sprint Cup LifeLock 400.com at Joliet, Ill.

Martin captured a stirring two-lap shootout after establishing a Chicagoland Speedway record by leading the race for 195 laps. He briefly gave up the top spot to Jimmie Johnson after a late-race restart, but Denny Hamlin pushed Johnson out of position with Brian Vickers and Hamlin getting together.

Martin and Gordon then seized the momentum and Martin later recorded his Sprint Cup Series-leading fourth win this season.

Bowyer wins Nationwide race

Sat, 07/04/2009 - 09:46 by preet_20

Aytona Beach, Fla. July 3: Clint Bowyer held off Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards in a two-lap sprint to the finish Friday to win the Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona International Speedway.

The Nationwide series victory was Bowyer's first at Daytona.

Bowyer was in front when a four-car accident brought out the yellow flag near the close of the race. He grabbed the lead on the restart, got a push from Busch and fought off a challenge from Edwards.

Busch, the series leader, increased his advantage over the second-place Edwards to 172 points. Joey Logano and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top five.

Auto: Kahne edges Stewart at Sonoma

Mon, 06/22/2009 - 07:44 by harsheeb

Sonomo -- Kasey Kahne took the lead with 34 laps to go and held on to edge Tony Stewart by a fraction of a second in Sunday's Toyota/Save Mart 350 in California.

Kahne's first win of the season in the Sprint Cup Series came amid several late-race restarts at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, including a green-white-checkered flag finish in which Kahne nipped Stewart by 0.784 seconds.
Stewart increased his lead in the point standings over Jeff Gordon, who finished eighth.

Marcos Ambrose came in third despite having to start from the back of the pack after blowing an engine in Saturday's practice runs.

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Sprint drivers gear up for Showdown

Thu, 05/14/2009 - 12:58 by Salinder Kumar

Concord, N.C. -- Drivers of all ages are fired up about Saturday's Sprint Cup Showdown at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.

NASCAR's annual all-star event ran in four 25-lap segments in 2008, but this season, in celebration of its silver anniversary, the race's format will be divided into four different segments.

For the first time since 2001, the All-Star race will feature a 10-lap shootout for its final segment.

"To be a part of the All-Star race and that group of drivers is always cool, and to do it at Charlotte is a lot of fun," Matt Kenseth said.