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The return of Kasey Kahne: Highlighting his finest moments in NASCAR
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The return of Kasey Kahne: Highlighting his finest moments in NASCAR

Motorsports April 16, 2025
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At 45 years outdated, it is unusual to suppose that we’ve not seen behind the wheel of a NASCAR inventory automobile in practically seven years. A veteran of over 500 Cup races with a powerful 18 wins, Kahne’s NASCAR profession got here to an abrupt finish in the midst of the 2018 season.

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over the course of the three to four-hour races, dealing with an out-of-control coronary heart price and an incapability for his physique to manage its inside temperature. The slender and well-trained Kahne was in form, however it doesn’t matter what he did, he couldn’t fight the acute dehydration, and it was solely getting worse. There was a concern of passing out whereas behind the wheel, and even struggling warmth stroke if he continued.

His ultimate NASCAR race could be the grueling Southern 500 at Darlington with Kahne noting: “It was actually laborious to maintain my eyes open. I used to be struggling to do this and I used to be making an attempt to regulate my coronary heart price as a result of it was so excessive. I simply sort of laid within the automobile and drove across the corners and tried to do as little as doable to get my coronary heart price to go down.”

However seven years later, he’s lastly again … at the very least for one race. Whereas the Cup Sequence enjoys its solely off-weekend for the remainder of the yr, Kahne might be driving the No. 33 Chevrolet this weekend. Kahne will make this extremely anticipated comeback at And whereas he hasn’t been racing inventory vehicles, he has been racing, working dozens of brief dash automobile occasions on grime. However his Saturday return at Rockingham would be the longest race he is finished since stepping away.

In celebration of Kahne’s return to inventory automobile racing, we determined to check out a few of his finest moments behind the wheel.

Driving like a veteran from the startMatt Kenseth takes the checkered flag inches forward of Kasey KahneMatt Kenseth takes the checkered flag inches ahead of Kasey Kahne<span class="copyright">Motorsport Images</span>

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Kasey Kahne’s 2004 rookie season was an uncommon one, merely due to how ridiculously shut he stored attending to Victory Lane. He led practically 700 laps and recorded 5 runner-up finishes with out a single win. . Reigning NASCAR Cup Sequence champion Kenseth entered the ultimate nook excessive and he absolutely thought the gullible rookie behind him would observe into the soiled air. It appeared that method at first, just for Kahne to chop down mid-corner and pull alongside Kenseth. In simply his second-ever Cup race, Kahne was the one driving like a veteran they usually drag-raced to the road in entrance of fifty,000 screaming followers. By simply 0.010s, Kenseth barely held on. Kahne by no means led a single lap that day, coming only a few inches shy of main the one one which mattered. From that day on, each NASCAR fan knew the identify ‘Kasey Kahne.’

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In 2008, Kahne, now sponsored by Budweiser after the model’s profitable partnership with got here to an finish, was not locked into the annual All-Star Race. He was unable to race his method into the primary occasion, however he did not want to fret because the followers had his again. Kahne made the All-Star Race by the use of the Fan Vote, taking the twenty fourth and ultimate spot on the grid. Displaying his gratitude to the followers who bought him there, Kahne proceeded to march by means of the sector and win the All-Star Race and accumulating the $1 million greenback bonus in a shocking upset. No different fan vote recipient has ever finished that. One week later on the identical monitor, Kahne went on to win one in all NASCAR’s crown jewel occasions when he received the Coke 600. It was his second of three wins in NASCAR’s longest race, which all got here with three totally different groups.

It does not get a lot nearer than thatKasey Kahne, JR Motorsports Chevrolet beats Erik Jones, Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota to winKasey Kahne, JR Motorsports Chevrolet beats Erik Jones, Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota to win<span class="copyright">NASCAR Media</span>

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Kahne had a knack for being concerned in picture finishes all through his profession. And in 2015, (on the nationwide stage) and the third-closest in Truck Sequence historical past. In an additional time restart, he pulled alongside in an exciting battle. Out of Flip 4, it was all Jones up high, however Kahne refused to let that stand as he swerved in direction of Jones in an try to side-draft off him. Contact was made and Kahne slid sideways, nevertheless it was by some means simply sufficient to surge forward. Kahne was victorious by a mere 0.005s.

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On mortgage to Crimson Bull for one yr earlier than transferring over to Hendrick Motorsports, Kahne joined the , that did not cease Kahne from giving it his all. He showcased the workforce’s true potential earlier than its NASCAR story abruptly ended. Within the penultimate race of the 2011 season, he performed spoiler in the midst of the playoffs and took the battle to the title contenders in his No. 4 Crimson Bull Racing Toyota. Holding off giants of the game, he claimed victory in Phoenix. Two weeks later, Crimson Bull Racing disappeared from the game and he moved on to HMS, having earned the workforce its ultimate win.

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This yr’s Rockingham revival is not really the primary. There was an try to carry it again with a Truck Sequence race in 2012, which Kahne gladly entered. Like lots of his Cup triumphs, Kahne did not present up till late within the race, however as soon as he did, there was little the sector may do to cease him. Kahne blew by Matt Crafton in a quick battle for the race lead with 46 laps to go and by no means appeared again, main the rest of the race and profitable the primary Truck race ever held at Rockingham. This weekend, the Xfinity Sequence returns to ‘The Rock’ for the primary time in 21 years and Kahne is nearly the one driver entered who has actual expertise there, so may historical past repeat itself as soon as extra?

Profitable one of many wildest Brickyard 400sRace winner Kasey Kahne, Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletRace winner Kasey Kahne, Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet<span class="copyright">Russell LaBounty / NKP / Motorsport Images</span>

Race winner Kasey Kahne, Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletRussell LaBounty / NKP / Motorsport Pictures

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Not each driver can have a memorable ultimate win to place an exclamation level on their Cup profession, however that is precisely what Kahne did in 2017. He and nobody else knew it on the time, however when NASCAR went to Indianapolis Motor Speedway that summer season, it ended up being the ultimate time the favored driver ever received on the Cup stage. , that includes a mid-race restart the place the 2 drivers who had dominated all the day took one another out ( and Martin Truex Jr.). From that time onward, it was pure mayhem. It morphed right into a fuel-mileage race however Kahne couldn’t not stretch it, diving to the pits for a splash-and-go. However that proved to fortuitous as a warning flew moments later and he was in a position to cycle to the very entrance of the sector. It was then warning after warning with Kahne having to fend off the pack by means of a number of restarts.

However the defining second got here with two laps to go when Kahne ended up within the center, three-wide for the race lead. To his exterior was and to his inside was his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson — whose automobile was smoking because the engine started to falter. Even nonetheless, Johnson by no means lifted. In truth, none of them did as they raced into Flip 3, three-wide for the win. Johnson crashed and Kahne narrowly prevented being collected, holding onto the race lead by means of the chaos. Extra wrecks and restarts adopted however Kahne by no means relinquished the lead once more. His 18th and ultimate Cup Sequence win got here in one other NASCAR crown jewel, kissing the enduring bricks.

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