106 Facts About Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kenneth Kahne is an American dirt track racing driver and former professional stock car racing driver.

Kasey Kahne owns his own race team, Kasey Kahne Racing, which competes in the World of Outlaws series, fielding two World of Outlaws sprint cars for himself, and Brad Sweet.

Kasey Kahne scored 18 career wins in the Cup Series, including 3 Coca-Cola 600s in 2006,2008, and 2012, and the Brickyard 400 in 2017.

Kasey Kahne was the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year in 2004.

Kasey Kahne retired from racing before the end of the 2018 Cup Series season due to health reasons and was replaced at Leavine Family Racing by Regan Smith.

Kasey Kahne began racing open wheel sprint cars at Deming Speedway at 17 in Deming, Washington, before moving up to Skagit speedway in Alger, Washington, and then he moved to USAC.

In 2000, Kasey Kahne made a trip to Pennsylvania where he won the season opener at the historic Williams Grove Speedway.

Kasey Kahne was hired by Steve Lewis, who had employed future NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon, Jason Leffler, Tony Stewart and Kenny Irwin Jr.

Kasey Kahne continued to run USAC, as well as the Toyota Atlantic Series and the World of Outlaws.

In 2002, Kasey Kahne made 20 starts in the Busch Series driving the No 98 Channellock-sponsored Ford Taurus for Robert Yates Racing.

Kasey Kahne's best finish was a tenth-place finish at Cabela's 250.

Kasey Kahne won his first pole at Michigan International Speedway and his first Busch Series race at the Ford 300.

Kasey Kahne won the O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway and the United Way 300 at Kansas Speedway.

On May 26,2007, Kasey Kahne won the Busch Series' Carquest Auto Parts 300 race at Lowe's Motor Speedway for his first win of 2007.

Later that night, during the Busch Series' Food City 250, Kasey Kahne passed Ryan Newman on the top side in a 3-wide pass that included Jason Leffler on the bottom.

Kasey Kahne held off the hard-charging Leffler to score his seventh career Busch win and his second of 2007.

In 2009, Kasey Kahne ran fewer events in other NASCAR series than previous seasons, only seven.

Kasey Kahne has six career starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, winning five of them; his lone non-victory is a second-place run at Pocono Raceway in 2010.

Kasey Kahne replaced Bill Elliott in the No 9 Dodge for Evernham Motorsports at the end of the 2003 season when Elliott announced a part-time schedule starting with the 2004 season.

Since Kasey Kahne was still under contract with Ford, the manufacturer filed a lawsuit against him after he joined Evernham Motorsports.

US District Judge Robert Cleland ruled in favor of Kasey Kahne; citing a clause in his contract with Ford that stipulated that the manufacturer had to provide Kasey Kahne with a full-time ride on a Ford team that both parties mutually agreed upon.

That clause stipulated, that if an agreement could not reached by either party, then Kasey Kahne could seek a ride with a different manufacturer, without breaking the terms of his contract with Ford.

In 2005, Kasey Kahne scored his first career Nextel Cup victory in his sophomore season of 2005, after a dominating performance in the Chevy American Revolution 400 at Richmond International Raceway.

Kasey Kahne scored two poles in back-to-back weeks at Darlington and Richmond during the same year.

On March 20,2006, Kasey Kahne won the rain-delayed Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

On September 9,2006, Kasey Kahne successfully raced his way into the Chase for The Cup after finishing third in Richmond.

Kasey Kahne was the 10th and last qualifier to make the Chase.

Kasey Kahne edged defending Nextel Cup Champion Tony Stewart out by 16 points, but a disappointing 16th-place finish at New Hampshire, a crash at Dover, and running out of gas at Kansas ended his hopes for his first championship title.

Kasey Kahne finished strong with five Top 10's in the remaining seven races including a winning the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

On November 27,2006, Kasey Kahne was honored by being invited to raise the traditional 12th Man flag prior to the Seattle Seahawks Monday Night Football game against the Green Bay Packers at Qwest Field in Seattle.

Kasey Kahne was one of the four drivers among Matt Kenseth and his two teammates, Scott Riggs and Elliott Sadler, whose cars had been found with aerodynamic-improving modifications.

Kasey Kahne's team was one of the six teams found with illegal modifications in the Daytona festivities.

At the Sharpie 500, a day after winning the pole and the Busch race, Kasey Kahne dominated most of the race leading 305 out of 500 laps and finished second to Carl Edwards.

Kasey Kahne finished seventh behind teammate Elliott Sadler in the 2008 Daytona 500, was a repeat of the 2007 race where they both finished sixth and seventh respectively.

Kasey Kahne had to start in the back due to an engine change in the UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but he did go on to finish sixth.

On May 17,2008, Kasey Kahne was voted into the Sprint All-Star Race XXIV by his fans via cell phone text messaging and online voting.

Kasey Kahne went on to win the race and earn $1,012,975.

Kasey Kahne became the first driver to win the race from the fan vote and the third driver to race in the Sprint Showdown and go on to win the All-Star race.

Kasey Kahne became the sixth driver to win the 600 and the Sprint All-Star Race in the same season.

On June 6,2008, Kasey Kahne won the Pocono 500 from the pole despite being 38th at one point during the race after a miscue in the pits.

However, after handling issues early in the race, Kasey Kahne fell victim to pit road, went a lap down, and finished 33rd.

Unfortunately for him, Kasey Kahne was not able to make up enough points to put him into the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Kasey Kahne missed the 2008 Chase by 69 points and ended the season finishing 14th.

Kasey Kahne would remain as one of four drivers of RPM alongside his current teammates Sadler and Allmendinger, as well as Yates Racing driver Paul Menard.

Kasey Kahne finished in second position in the 2010 Budweiser Shootout.

Kasey Kahne ended up 30th in the Daytona 500 after being wrecked late in the race.

Kasey Kahne had been running up front for most of the race and had the fastest lap of the race.

Kasey Kahne had a strong car at the Auto Club 500; however he spun late in turn 4.

Kasey Kahne had a good run at Atlanta a few weeks later where he led the most laps in the race, and finished inside the Top 5.

Kasey Kahne spun back into the racing surface and was hit by Greg Biffle and Mark Martin.

Kasey Kahne rebounded from the disappointment at Pocono by leading laps in the following race at Michigan and finishing second, behind the dominant Denny Hamlin.

In qualifying for the 2010 Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway, Kasey Kahne earned his second pole position of the season.

On October 3,2010, Kasey Kahne started the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway from the pole position.

On October 20,2010, Kasey Kahne was released from the remainder of his contract with Richard Petty Motorsports.

The next day, it was announced that Kasey Kahne would drive for Team Red Bull for the remainder of the season as well as the full 2011 season starting with the TUMS Bring It On 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

Kasey Kahne used the number 4 for his Red Bull Toyota, a homage to the number he used in Sprint Cars.

Kasey Kahne dominated the early stages of the Brickyard 400, but spun late in the race and had to settle for 18th position.

Kasey Kahne did not make it into the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup, resting at 21st in points following the cut-off race, the Wonderful Pistachios 400 at Richmond International Raceway on September 10.

On November 13,2011, at the newly configured Phoenix International Raceway, Kasey Kahne held off Carl Edwards in the closing laps to take his first victory of the season, his first victory for Team Red Bull, and Kasey Kahne's first victory in over two years.

Kasey Kahne finished the 2011 season 14th in points behind Clint Bowyer.

Kasey Kahne had a rough start to 2012, finishing no better than 14th in the first five races.

On July 15,2012, Kasey Kahne won the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at Loudon, and along with teammate Jeff Gordon made the Chase through the two Wild Card spots.

Kasey Kahne ended the season a career-best fourth place in the points, with two wins, four poles, 12 Top 5's and 19 Top 10's.

Kasey Kahne had a slow start to 2013, finishing 36th and 19th at Daytona and Phoenix, respectively.

Kasey Kahne was able to redeem himself for this near-miss the following week by winning at Bristol.

At Kansas, Kasey Kahne again finished second to Kenseth in a finish very similar to the finish at Las Vegas.

Kasey Kahne's season started with a number of run-ins with Kyle Busch, who wrecked him in three of the first 11 races: at the Daytona 500, Kasey Kahne was running in the Top 5 when Busch turned him approaching turn 1 on lap 33, resulting in a seven-car wreck collecting Tony Stewart, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jamie McMurray, and other cars.

At Talladega, on lap 43, Kasey Kahne was in the outside lane when Busch turned him into the wall again heading towards turn 1.

Kasey Kahne bounced off the wall and back into Busch and collected an additional 14 cars, including Kevin Harvick, David Reutimann, Brian Vickers, Tony Stewart, Marcos Ambrose, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Casey Mears, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, David Stremme, and Scott Speed.

At the Coca-Cola 600, Kasey Kahne had influenza and there was doubt he could finish the race.

At Michigan, Kasey Kahne led the race, but slid into the turn 2 wall, and the car caught fire.

Kasey Kahne finished 38th, and dropped down four spots in the points standings to 12th.

At Daytona, Kasey Kahne was running behind Jimmie Johnson for most of the race until he got tagged by Marcos Ambrose on a late restart, sending him into the inside wall on the back straightaway and relegating him to a 32nd-place finish.

Kasey Kahne led 66 laps of the race and was involved in a tight battle with Tony Stewart for the lead in the final laps.

Kasey Kahne then had a seventh-place finish at Michigan, and then a runner-up finish at Bristol behind Kenseth for the third time in 2013.

Early in the 2013 Sylvania 300, Kasey Kahne got loose, wheel-hopped and hit a barrier extremely hard.

Kasey Kahne was uninjured but caused controversy when he acted like he could not hear a reporter in his interview which led many to speculate that Kasey Kahne suffered a head injury.

Kasey Kahne apologized for causing the false alarm and said he was too angry to talk about it and that he was not injured.

Kasey Kahne struggled in the first half of the 2014 season.

Kasey Kahne said that Kyle Busch was yet again responsible for the crash and Busch himself took responsibility that night.

At the Brickyard 400, Kasey Kahne led 70 laps due to great track position but lost the lead on a restart with 17 laps left to Jeff Gordon and ended up sixth.

At Atlanta, Kasey Kahne controlled the final 15 laps of the race.

Kasey Kahne lost four spots on pit road, but after two more cautions, sped by Matt Kenseth and won the race to clench a spot in the Chase.

Kasey Kahne finished 15th in the standings being eliminated from round 2 of the Chase.

Kasey Kahne received a three-year contract extension with HMS in November, which would run until the conclusion of the 2018 season.

Kasey Kahne made his return to the Camping World Truck Series driving the No 00 Haas Automation-sponsored Silverado for JR Motorsports at Charlotte.

Kasey Kahne beat 18-year-old Erik Jones by 0.005 seconds which was tied for the second closest finish in NASCAR Truck Series competition.

Kasey Kahne finished the season in 18th-place in the final points standings.

Kasey Kahne experienced a difficult 2016 season as he finished 17th in the final points standings with only three Top 5's and 13 Top 10's.

In July 2017, Kasey Kahne returned to Victory Lane at the Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400, surviving a crash-laden race that took out many contending cars, including holding off Brad Keselowski on an overtime restart that ended under caution.

Right away, Kasey Kahne was one of the fastest cars at Loudon, but bad luck plagued the 5 team in the Playoffs and had an early playoff exit.

Kasey Kahne led 41 laps in 2017, his second career lowest after the aforementioned 2016 season where he didn't lead a lap at all.

Kasey Kahne announced he would drive the 95 Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in 2018, replacing Michael McDowell.

On September 19,2017, Kasey Kahne announced he would be driving the No 95 for Leavine Family Racing in 2018.

Kasey Kahne finished 10th in the All Star race after going four laps down from a wreck.

Kasey Kahne led a season high 17 laps and scored the most points at the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, on the final restart, Kahne tried to make a move to the lead but stalled out due to not getting help.

Kasey Kahne fell back in line and finished fourth, a season best for him, tying the team's best finish as well as moving up three spots in the standings to 25th.

On September 6,2018, after heat exhaustion from the race before at Darlington, Kasey Kahne announced that he would sit out the 2018 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis and be replaced by Regan Smith, which would be the first race Kasey Kahne had not raced in since he began his full time career in the Cup Series.

On March 29,2019, Kasey Kahne was injured in a hard sprint car accident at Williams Grove Speedway, and Australian driver James McFadden replaced him.

Kasey Kahne did not race again for over a year, with his first race back coming at Knoxville Raceway on May 8,2020; he finished 11th in the last chance qualifier.

On December 22,2021, Kahne announced that he would compete full-time with the World of Outlaws in 2022 driving the Kasey Kahne Racing No 9 car.

Kasey Kahne began dating Amy Long, a former reporter, in 2020.

Kasey Kahne was featured in the premiere episode of the 2006 Biography Channel series Driven to Win.

Kasey Kahne was featured in two episodes of the second season of NASCAR 360 on the FX Network.

Kasey Kahne is mentioned by name by one of the race announcers.

In 2010, Kasey Kahne made a brief appearance in the music video "Smoke a Little Smoke" by Eric Church.