Budweiser Racing Team
Notes of Interest
· This weekend will mark
Kasey Kahne’s fifth career
start at Indianapolis Motor
Speedway (IMS).
· In four starts at the
famed Brickyard, Kahne has
two top-five finishes.
· Kahne has an average
start of sixth and an
average finish of 21st at
IMS.
· Kahne has only one
start outside of the top
five at IMS (he started 12th
in 2004).
· Kahne led 39 laps en
route to a runner-up finish
in only his second start at
the Brickyard.
· Kahne is 11th in the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
driver point standings. He
is 586 points behind series
leader Kyle Busch.
· Kahne will be available
for interviews with
motorsports media members at
IMS this Friday, July 25 at
approximately 1 pm EDT in
the plaza village pavilion
behind the Pagoda.
Kahne Discusses Racing in
the Allstate 400 at IMS:
What would winning at the
Brickyard mean to you?
”Winning at the Brickyard
and the Daytona 500 are on
the top of my list. I think
it depends on what type of
racing background you have
which one is more important
to you. For me, coming up in
the sprint car ranks, I
raced in the Indianapolis
area a lot and learned early
on how significant winning
at the Brickyard was. When
you think about the drivers
that have won at Indy
throughout the years it
would mean a lot to be able
to add my name to that list.
We’ve been close a few times
and it’s certainly a victory
I’d love to pull off.”
Talk about the next few
races? “I’m really looking
forward to this next
seven-race stretch. Those
tracks should all be good
for us. I feel like we’re
still learning, still
getting better. We’ve got
some great racecars. For
Indy, we have a brand new
car that is being built that
looks awesome. I’m excited.
It’s a great time of the
season, a great time of the
year for us to show that we
deserve to be in the top-12
in points and hopefully win
a couple more times before
the Chase rolls around.”
Do you still feel like
your team is progressing? “I
know that we are progressing
as a team, as a company. All
the cars are better and the
things that we are doing to
the race cars are much
different from what we did
four months ago. So I think,
as a company, we are
definitely progressing. I’ve
really learned a lot about
the COT and how to make it
turn and still be on the
race track. That was our
biggest problem. I feel like
we’re really close to being
more competitive than we
have been.”
