Kasey Kahne

At 44 years old, Kasey Kahne has this physical status:

Kasey Kenneth Kahne (born April 10, 1980) is an American dirt track racing racer and former professional stock car racing racer.

In 2018, he retired from racing in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series for the final time; driving the No. Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Leavine Family Racing, a 95 Dumont Jets/Procore Technologies Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 from Dumont family Racing. Kahne is involved in charitable service and is a member of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.

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

Kahne has been a 2-time Skagit Speedway champion of the Annual Jim Raper memorial Dirt Cup (2002 and 2003) and now holds the fastest lap lap record there. Kahne won 18 times in the Cup Series, including three Coca-Cola 600s in 2006, 2008, and 2012, as well as the Brickyard 400 in 2017.

In 2004, he was also the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year.

He stayed away from racing before the 2018 Cup Series season due to health issues and was substituted by Regan Smith at Leavine Family Racing.

Personal life

On October 13, 2015, Kahne and his ex girlfriend Samantha Sheets became parents to a boy named Tanner. Following their break sometime before 2018, the two are known to have an amicable marriage.

In 2020, Kahne began dating Amy Long, a former reporter.

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Racing career

Kahne first started racing open wheel sprint cars at 13 in Deming, Washington, before heading to Skagit speedway in Alger, Washington, and then to USAC. Kahne won the season opener at the historic Williams Grove Speedway in 2000. Jeff Gordon, Jason Leffler, Tony Stewart, Kenny Irwin Jr., were recruited by Steve Lewis, who had previously employed future NASCAR racers Jeff Gordon, Jason Leffler, Tony Stewart, and Kenny Irwin Jr. In his first year on the circuit, he was named Rookie of the Year, as well as winning the national midget championship. He continued to compete in USAC, as well as the Toyota Atlantic Series and the World of Outlaws.

Kahne made 20 appearances in the Busch Series, including the No. 7 in 2002. Robert Yates Racing's 98 Channellock-sponsored Ford Taurus. At Cabela's 250, his best finish was a tenth-place finish. He rose to the No. 1 position a year later. Ford is backed by Great Clips for Akins Motorsports to compete full time. He won his first pole at Michigan International Speedway and his first Busch Series race at the Ford 300. Kahne finished 7th in the points standings.

He took part in the Cup Series in 2004 and also ran 30 races for Akins in the Busch Series, finishing 13th in points. In 2005, he made 22 starts in the Busch Series, splitting time with Akins and Evernham's new No. The 6 team is made up of 6 people. At Texas Motor Speedway and the United Way 300 at Kansas Speedway, he took the O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway and the United Way 300 at Kansas Speedway.

Kahne won the Busch Series' Carquest Auto Parts 300 race at Lowe's Motor Speedway on May 26, 2007, his first victory of 2007. Kahne claimed the pole at Bristol in the Cup Series' Sharpie 500, his second pole position of the 2007 Nextel Cup Series season. In a 3-wide pass that included Jason Leffler on the bottom, Kahne passed Ryan Newman on the top side later that night during the Busch Series' Food City 250. He won his seventh Busch victory and second in 2007 after a hard-charging Leffler.

Kahne appeared in fewer NASCAR series in 2009 than previous seasons, with just seven events in the Nationwide Series and three in the Whelen Modified Tour). Kahne's Sprint Cup results marginally improved this year, with less distractions.

Kahne defeated Regan Smith on the final lap of the Nationwide Series during the 2014 season. The margin was 0.021 seconds.

Kahne has made six starts in the NASCAR World Truck Series, winning five of them; his lone non-victory is a second-place run at Pocono Raceway in 2010. He made his first appearance in the series at Darlington Raceway and Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2004, including the No. 0 in 2004. 2 Team ASE Racing Dodge Ram for Ultra Motorsports is the fastest in the series. Erik Jones won by.5 seconds in the 2015 Charlotte Truck race, the second-closest margin in Truck Series history.

Bill Elliott was replaced by Kahne in the No. 102. Elliott announced a part-time schedule for Evernham Motorsports at the end of the 2003 season. Since Kahne was still under Ford's employment, the automaker filed a lawsuit against him after he joined Evernham Motorsports. Judge Robert Cleland ruled in favour of Kahne, citing a clause in his Ford deal that required that the manufacturer provide Kahne with a full-time ride on a Ford team that both sides mutually agreed on. That clause also stated that if an agreement could not be reached by either party, Kahne would seek a ride with a different company without breaking the terms of his Ford contract.

Kahne shocked many by winning four poles and 13 Top 5's in 2004, winning four poles and winning the Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award. Since Jeremy Mayfield, his teammate's, claimed the final spot, he barely missed out on the Chase for the Nextel Cup.

After a dominating result in the Chevy American Revolution 400 at Richmond International Raceway in 2005, Kahne won his first Nextel Cup victory in his sophomore season of 2005. It was also the first victory for the Dodge Charger, which made its NASCAR debut that year. It was the first time a Dodge has dominated a race at Richmond International Raceway since Richard Petty did so in 1975. In addition,, he was the first driver born in the 1980s to win a race in NASCAR's premier series. During the same year, he scored two poles in back-to-back weeks at Darlington and Richmond. Despite this, he was plagued with inconsistency and slumped to 23rd in the points.

Kahne won the rain-delayed Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 20, 2006. He was named in the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 at Texas just over three weeks later. He then went on to win four more races, including a season sweep at Lowe's Motor Speedway in the Coca-Cola 600 and the Bank of America 500, featuring Jimmie Johnson (who finished second in both categories) and victories in California and Michigan.

After finishing third in Richmond, Kahne successfully raced his way into the Chase for The Cup on September 9, 2006. He was the 10th and final qualifier to qualify for the Chase. Tony Stewart, the defending Nextel Cup Champion, was defeated by 16 points at New Hampshire, a tragedy in Dover, and running out of gas at Kansas ended his hopes for his first championship title. 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.

Kahne was honoured in November 26, 2006, when he was given the opportunity to fly the traditional 12th Man flag before the Seattle Seahawks' Monday Night Football game against the Green Bay Packers at Qwest Field in Seattle. The festival has been running since 2003, and it involves at least one Seattle sports hero and/or beloved citizen of the area kicking it off before every Seahawks home game. The Seahawks defeated the Packers 34–24.

Officials with the 2007 Daytona 500 discovered holes in his Dodge Charger's wheel-wells. It was just tape that had fallen off a hole in the tire, according to a crew member. The tape had been cut off, according to officials. He was one of Matt Kenseth and his two colleagues, Scott Riggs and Elliott Sadler, whose cars had been discovered with aerodynamic-improving upgrades. His crew was one of six teams found with illicit changes in the Daytona celebrations.

Kahne dominated the majority of the race leading 305 out of 500 laps, finishing second to Carl Edwards at the Sharpie 500, a day after winning the pole and Busch race. This was his best finish of the 2007 season. Kahne's average finish of 22.2 after a disappointing 2007 season with zero wins, one Top 5, eight Top 10's, and a single finish.

Kahne started the 2008 season well by finishing in the top 10 in both the Budweiser Shootout and the Gatorade Duel, with new sponsor Budweiser.

Kahne finished 10th in the 50th Daytona 500 on February 17, 2008, as a result of his fourth-place finish in the duel. In the 2008 Daytona 500, he came in seventh, behind teammate Elliott Sadler, who came in third, and seventh respectively.

Kahne went from 20th to 14th in the early laps of the Auto Club 500, but brushed the wall on lap 7. Despite that, he was able to finish ninth after the race was postponed due to a long rain delay. Kahne had to start in the back due to a engine change in the UAW-Dodge 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but he did finish sixth.

Kahne's followers were voted into the Sprint All-Star Race XXIV on May 17, 2008, via cell phone text messaging and online voting. Kahne's fourth segment took second on old tires after making the mandatory "stop-and-goal" pit stop. He went on to win the race and earn $1,012,975 in the process. Kahne was the first driver to win the Sprint Showdown and third driver to compete in the Sprint Showdown and then go on to win the All-Star competition.

Stewart defeated his second Coca-Cola 600 by beating Tony Stewart with two laps to go on May 25, 2008, as Stewart had a flat tire going into turn 1. This was Kahne's first points-paying victory of the season. He also became the sixth driver to win the 600 and the Sprint All-Star Race in the same season.

Despite being 38th in the standings at one point during the race after a miscue in the pits, Kahne won the Pocono 500 from the pole on June 6, 2008. He captured another pole at Infineon Raceway on June 20, 2008, his second pole in three races. However, Kahne came out on the track and finished 33rd after being treated early in the season.

Following two consecutive appearances (including a Bristol Motor Speedway crash causing miscommunications between Casey Mears and his spotter, as well as an engine failure at Michigan International Speedway), Kahne found himself outside the Top 12 in contention for the Chase. David Ragan and Clint Bowyer were fighting for the 12th position in the Richmond International Raceway's last regular season series. Kahne was unfortunately not able to rack up enough points to place him in the Sprint Cup. He missed the 2008 Chase by 69 points and ended the season at 14th place.

Richard Petty Motorsports, Kahne's latest team for 2009, was the result of a merger between his team's previous incarnation, Gillett Evernham Motorsports, and Petty Enterprises. Kahne's year started off with early Top-ten finishes in Atlanta and Bristol. Kahne won the Toyota/Save Mart 350 event on June 21, 2009, his first road course victory.

Kahne soared to Chase contention after a hot summer with three top tens in a row. Kahne won his second game of the season on September 6, 2009, following a late race pass and holding off Kevin Harvick for his second victory of the season. Following the first 26 races of the season, Kahne ranked in the Top 12 in points, earning him a spot in the Chase for the Championship. He was seeded fourth in points. Despite finishing second in the final season standings at Talladega Superspeedway after suffering an engine failure at New Hampshire and a car accident in California, Kahne continued to qualify for the championship and finished 10th in the final season standings.

Richard Petty Motorsports will team up with Yates Racing on September 10, 2009. Kahne will continue as one of RPM's four principals alongside his current teammates Sadler and Allmendinger, as well as Yates Racing driver Paul Menard. The team converted to Ford and received Roush-Yates engines and other Roush Fenway Racing equipment.

Kahne, a new Ford Fusion rider, took the Gatorade Duel No. 107. On February 11, 2010, there were two at Daytona International Speedway. In the 2010 Budweiser Shootout, he also placed in second place. After being late in the game, Kahne came in 30th in the Daytona 500, finishing 30th. For the bulk of the season, he had been running at the top and had the fastest lap of the competition. Kahne had a good ride at the Auto Club 500, but he spun late in turn 4.

Kahne had a good run in Atlanta a few weeks ago, leading the most laps of the race and finishing outside the top 5. Kahne will be unable to participate in race victories for the next two months as a result of miscalculation and fires has put a dent on the team's Chase hopes.

He had a top-five car all race long at Pocono Raceway, but some squads stalled early in the race, rather than joining the leaders on pit-road. Kahne was in the back of the Top 20 after a green-checkered finish, and he was fighting for tenth place. However, his colleague A. J. Allmendinger blocked him and ran down into the wet grass. Kahne spun back into the racing surface and was struck by Greg Biffle and Mark Martin. The No. On both four wheels, the 9 car sped and landed on the roof, crushed a tree behind the wall, and span back to the track. Both Kahne and Biffle blamed Allmendinger for the massive crash.

Kahne recovered from Pocono's humiliation by leading laps in the following race at Michigan and finishing second, behind dominant Denny Hamlin. After bouncing back from a disappointing first run to a podium finish in Infineon Raceway the following week, he transformed the pole position into a respectable fourth-place finish.

Kahne earned his second pole position of the season in qualifying for the 2010 Carfax 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Kahne debuted the Price Chopper 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 3, 2010.

Kahne was released from the remainder of his deal with Richard Petty Motorsports on October 20, 2010. Kahne will drive for Team Red Bull for the remainder of the season as well as the full 2011 season, which will begin with the TUMS Bring It On 500 at Martinsville Speedway.

Kahne underwent knee surgery in Homestead after the 2010 season finale due to the discomfort and pain caused by plica syndrome.

Kahne announced on April 13, 2010 that he would not be leaving Richard Petty Motorsports after the 2010 season to race in 2012 with Hendrick Motorsports. 5. After Kahne was banned from RPM in 2010, Team Red Bull announced on August 10, 2010 that Kahne would drive one of their cars for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Kahne's Red Bull Toyota used the number 4, a nodulation to the number he used in Sprint Cars. The No. 301 was discarded prior to the purchase. Morgan-McClure Motorsports made the 4 popular. Kahne earned his first pole for Red Bull Racing the year before winning the #83 at Homestead in 2010. Farmers Insurance Group would sponsor Kahne for 22 races in 2012. Kenny Francis, the current crew chief, would also join him in Hendrick.

Kahne dominated the early stages of the Brickyard 400, but the event was delayed and the winner had to settle for 18th place. He led 48 laps, a record high.

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

Kahne won his first game of the season on November 13, 2011, his first victory for Team Red Bull and Kahne's first victory in over two years. Kahne was only leading the final 14 laps of the race.

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

In 2012, Kahne won the No. 1 race in the world. 5 Farmers Insurance/Quaker State/HendrickCars.com-sponsored Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, Inc. with Mark Martin's move to Michael Waltrip Racing. In the Budweiser Shootout, he was involved in an early accident in the first segment. During the second segment, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were killed. Kahne qualified and ran well in his Gatorade Duel, but Jamie McMurray, Regan Smith, Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, Tony Stewart, Tony Stewart, and Aric Almirola were killed in a crash on lap 188 involving Jamie McMurray, Regan Smith, Steven Burke, Carl Edwards, Bradley Smith, Steven Keselowski, Tony Stewart, Aric Almirola. He came in 29th overall.

Kahne revealed in late March that he would compete for Turner Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series at Rockingham Speedway in April, driving the No. 22. In the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 200, there are four members. He led 47 laps and went on to win in that competition.

Kahne had a rough start to 2012, finishing no better than 14th in the first five races. However, he recovered with seven straight Top 10 finishes, including a win in the 2012 Coca-Cola 600 for his 300th Sprint Cup Start. This was also his first victory with Hendrick Motorsports. Kahne and teammate Jeff Gordon earned the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at Loudon on July 15, 2012, and the two Wild Card winners, along with teammate Jeff Gordon, made the Chase through the two Wild Card spots. Kahne won poles at Talladega and Kansas during the Chase. He ended the season in fourth place in the rankings, with two victories, four poles, 12 Top 5's, and 19 Top 10's.

Kahne had a slow start to 2013 after finishing 36th and 19th at Daytona and Phoenix, respectively. Despite a good start in the last laps, he led 114 laps (which was almost double the number of laps he had led in all of his previous Vegas starts) and finished second, behind Matt Kenseth in second. Kahne was able to redeem himself after losing at Bristol this week. After Bristol, he had a good run at Auto Club Speedway in which he finished ninth, but he had an even better run at Martinsville, where he had one of the best cars and finished fourth. He then placed eleventh at Texas, finishing eleventh. In a finish very similar to Las Vegas's, Kahne finished second to Kenseth in a finish that was similar to that of Las Vegas.

Kahne's season got off to a good start in three of the first 11 races with Kyle Busch, who crashed him in three of them. On lap 43 of Talladega, Kahne was in the outside lane when Busch turned him into the wall again going into turn 1. Kevin Harvick, David Reutimann, David Vickers, Tony Stewart, Kevin Stewart, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Jamie McMurray, Kurt Busch, David Stremme, and Scott Speed were among the 14 cars on the road leading into Busch, which included Kevin Harvick, David Reutimann, David Reutimann, Steven Mears, Tony Stewart, Colin Stewart, Matt Smith, Kevin Harvick, David Reutimann, Busch sent Kahne into the wall when being questioned for the lead late-race at Darlington later today, triggering a caution. Kahne had influenza and there was doubt he would finish the run at the Coca-Cola 600. This didn't stop him from leading the most laps and almost winning the race, but Kevin Harvick came close to beating him on a restart with 11 laps to go. Kahne led the race in Michigan, but the vehicle collided with the turn 2 wall, causing the car to catch fire. Kahne finished 38th and fell four places in the points standings to 12th, placing him fourth in the standings.

Kahne regained control after the DNF in Michigan with a sixth-place finish at Sonoma and an 11th-place finish at Kentucky. Kahne was running behind Jimmie Johnson for the majority of the run before being tagged by Marcos Ambrose on a late restart, dragging him into the inside wall on the back straightaway and relegating him to a 32nd-place finish. An 11th-place finish at New Hampshire was followed by a third-place finish at Indianapolis.

Kahne started on August 18th at Pocono. He dominated 66 laps of the championship and was involved in a close contest with Tony Stewart for the lead in the final laps. Kahne was able to draft past Gordon in turn 1 and then sail away to his second career Pocono race win and second overall victory of the 2013 season, bringing him up to eighth position in the points after Gordon's decision to start the final count on lap 158 on the inside lane. His form didn't carry to Watkins Glen, where he was shattered by Matt Kenseth on a late revival that culminated in him collide with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and finish 34th. Kahne earned his seventh-place finish at Michigan, as well as a runner-up finish at Bristol behind Kenseth for the third time in 2013.

He qualified for the Chase, but there was no chance of him winning after a disaster at Loudon. Kahne got loose, wheel-hopped, and struck a wall hard in the 2013 Sylvania 300. Kahne was uninjured, but it caused controversy when he seemed to be unable to hear a reporter in his interview, leading to widespread rumors that Kahne sustained a head injury. Kahne apologised for causing the false alarm, but said he was too ill to worry and that he was not wounded.

In the first half of the 2014 season, Kahne struggled. In June, he was close to winning at Pocono, but he was on the outside looking board late in the game, costing him his shot at the winning. Kyle Busch had been blamed for the accident again, according to Kahne, and Busch himself assumed responsibility for the night. When Kahne learned that Busch had apologised for the accident, he shrugged it off, saying, "I don't want to talk to him any more about our wrecks." "I'm tired of his rage and the fact that his activities are influencing my own achievements" says the author.

Kahne started rumors of his departure from Hendrick Motorsports with a sponsorship deal with Farmers Insurance for 12 races in the 2015–2017 seasons. Kahne led 70 laps due to his exceptional track position, but Jeff Gordon took the lead on a restart with 17 laps remaining and ended up sixth.

Kahne led the final 15 laps of the race in Atlanta, Georgia. With three laps remaining, it seemed as if he lost it when a warning came out. On pit road, he lost four spots on the track, but after two more cautions, sped by Matt Kenseth, and won the race to clench a spot in the Chase, he took the Chase. It was his first victory of 2014. He finished 15th in the standings after being barred from round 2 of the Chase. Kahne was granted a three-year deal extension with HMS in November, which will continue until the end of the 2018 season. Keith Rodden, a long-serving engineer and Jamie McMurray's 2014 crew chief, had been confirmed by a day earlier that he would return to HMS and replace Kenny Francis as Kahne's crew chief. Since the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Francis has been Kahne's crew chief. In NASCAR's first two decades of the 21st century, Replacing Francis became the second-longest driver/crew chief pair in the second decade.

Kahne was back in the Camping World Truck Series, leading the No. At Charlotte, 00 Haas Automation-sponsored Silverado for JR Motorsports. Kahne finished second best finish in the NASCAR Truck Series competition behind 18-year-old Erik Jones by 0.005 seconds, tied for the second fastest finish in the event. Chevrolet was credited for their 200th victory in the Camping World Truck Series. Kahne will debut in the Daytona 500 as a 9th-place finisher in the Cup series. He will fail through the year and will only have 10 Top 10's and three Top 5's, his highest finish at Phoenix, Dover, and the Kansas Chase Chase series. Kahne finished the season in 18th place in the final points standings.

Kahne had a difficult 2016 season, finishing 17th in the final points standings with only three top 5's and 13 Top 10's. Despite leading the most laps in the series, Kahne did not lead a single lap in any race during the season.

Kahne's 2017 season started off similar to previous years, but she did manage to lead laps over the previous year. Things started to look up after disappointing races at the start of the year. Kahne returned to Victory Lane in July 2017, beating out several rivaling cars, including holding off Brad Keselowski on an overtime restart that ended under caution. It was Kahne's 18th victory in the Cup Series and first in 102 races. The race was also the reason why the Overtime Line was scrapped from the NASCAR sanctioning body.

Kahne will not be returning to the team for the 2018 season, according to Hendrick Motorsports, and two days later, William Byron was announced as Kahne's replacement. The No. tennent was announced simultaneously. Hendrick Motorsports' original entry in NASCAR, the 5 car, will no longer be available at Hendrick Motorsports going forward. The No. ranked No. ranked in 2020 will take home the No.. After being assigned to Kyle Larson, a 5 vehicle was returned.

Crew Chief Keith Rodden was replaced with Darian Grubb after several lackluster finishes in the opening race in the chase for Chicagoland Speedway. Kahne was one of Loudon's fastest cars, but the 5 team suffered with bad luck and ended early in the season, and the team was forced to call off the playoffs right away. He ended up with a career low in Top 10's with six kids at the end of the season, tied for his lowest in Top 5's with three. In 2017, he led 41 laps in his second lowest finish after the 2016 season, where he didn't lead a lap at all. Kahne, a former Michael McDowell, confirmed that he would drive the 95 Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in 2018.

Kahne confirmed on September 19, 2017 that he would be driving the No. 203. In 2018, Leavine Family Racing celebrated its 95th anniversary. Leavine revealed in the offseason that he will work with Hendrick Motorsports chief engineer Travis Mack, who previously substituted for Greg Ives as the Crew Chiefed for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to his best run in 2017. After being four laps down from a wreck, Kahne finished 10th in the All Star race. After a disappointing first half that included his best run of 17th place on three occasions and a dismissal of crew chief Travis Mack for lead engineer John Leonard, the team's chief engineer was dismissed. On the final return to Daytona, Kahne attempted to make a move to the lead after leading a season high 17 laps and scoring the most points. He came back in line and finished fourth, a season high for him, tying the team's best finish while also climbing three spots in the standings to 25th.

On August 16, 2018, Kahne announced that he would not return to full-time competition at the end of the year. Kahne revealed on September 6, 2018, after heat exhaustion from the race before in Darlington, that he would miss the 2018 Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis and be replaced by Regan Smith, the first time Kahne has participated in since he began his full time in the Cup Series. Following the Brickyard race, Kahne will continue to miss the next three races, with Smith still filling in.

On October 9, 2018, he revealed on Twitter that he would not be out for the remainder of the year, bringing an 8-year career to an end.

Kahne was injured in a serious sprint car crash at Williams Grove Speedway on March 29, 2019, and Australian driver James McFadden replaced him. Kahne did not race again for more than a year, with his first race back at Knoxville Raceway on May 8, 2020; he finished 11th in the last chance qualifier.

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

Motorsports career results

(Bold) (British – Pole position awarded by qualifying time) (Bold) is the most important. Italics – Pole position gained by points standings or practice time. (Most laps led): * – Most laps led.)

* Season is still on the books. Ineligible for series points.

(Bold) (Bold – Pole position won by qualifying time) is the most important) Italics – pole position earned by points standings or practice time. (Most laps lead) – most laps led.)

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