2009 CHASE REWIND
• Kahne started the 2009 Chase sixth in driver standings. Busch started the Chase eighth in the standings.
• Busch race results: Loudon (6th), Dover (5th), Kansas (11th), Fontana (8th), Lowe’s (10th), Martinsville 17th, Talladega (30th), Texas (Win) and Phoenix (6th). He is currently fourth in driver standings.
• Kahne race results: Loudon (38th), Dover (8th), Kansas (sixth), Fontana (34th), Lowe’s (3rd), Martinsville (32nd), Talladega (2nd), Texas (33rd) and Phoenix (15th). He is currently 10th in the Chase standings
• Busch trails series leader Jimmie Johnson by 211 points. Kahne trails by 476 points.
• Kurt Busch has five top-10 finishes in six Chase races this season (Loudon, Dover, Fontana, Lowe’s, Texas and Phoenix). For the year, he has nine top-five and 20 top-10 finishes.

DODGE IN THE CHASE
• 2004: Former Dodge drivers Jeremy Mayfield and Ryan Newman were in the inaugural Chase. Both had problems in the first event at NHMS with Newman finishing 33rd and Mayfield 35th.
• 2005: Three Dodge drivers (Mayfield, Newman and Rusty Wallace) made the Chase field with Newman winning the opener at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Newman ended up sixth, Wallace eighth and Mayfield ninth in the final standings.
• 2006: Kahne was the lone Dodge driver in the Chase field, finishing eighth in the final standings.
• 2007: Busch was the lone Dodge representative in the Chase. He finished seventh in the final standings.
• 2008: There were no Dodges in the 2008 Chase field.

THE CHASE –KURT BUSCH AT HOMESTEAD
• Ford 400: Qualified 12th
• Homestead-Miami starts: 8
• Homestead-Miami wins: 1
• Homestead-Miami top 5s: 3
• Homestead-Miami top 10s: 3
• Busch was the 2004 Sprint Cup champion.
• Busch is making his fourth Chase appearance and second driving a Dodge.
• Busch’s best finish at Homestead came in 2002 when he won the event after starting from the pole.
• Average start at Homestead: 16.2 Average finish: 21.5

THE CHASE – KASEY KAHNE AT HOMESTEAD
• Ford 400: Qualified 25th
• Homestead-Miami career starts: 5
• Homestead-Miami wins: 0
• Homestead-Miami top 5s: 1
• Homestead-Miami top 10s: 2
• Kahne won six races in 2006 en route to his only previous berth in the Chase. He finished eighth in the final standings.
• Kahne’s best finish at Homestead came in 2006 when he finished fourth.
• Average start at Homestead: 5.8 Average finish: 17.6

DID YOU KNOW
• Dodge has one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win at Homestead-Miami Speedway (Bill Elliott - 2001).
• Busch is one of only two drivers to win at HMS from the pole position. (Bill Elliott -2001).
• Busch finished 43rd in last year’s fall event at Homestead; Kahne started 18th and finished sixth.
• Busch earned his 20th career Sprint Cup victory two weeks ago at Texas Motor Speedway, tying him with Speedy Thompson for 32nd overall.
Kahne earned the pole and led 90 laps in 2006 en route to his best HMS finish of fourth.
• Busch has improved 14 positions in the NSCS driver standings from 2008 entering HMS.

THEY SAID IT
“I think we do have another win in us. We’re bringing back ‘Patriot,’ the car we won with at Texas. It’s a great car. Our team has an upbeat feel. We’ve had a long year. We’ve had a successful year. There’s no better way than put together a 100 percent effort this week and go out with a bang and hopefully a win.”
Kurt Busch, No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge

“There are a lot of things that we’ve done this year as a team that are much better than what we’ve done in the past. It’s things that we can build on and try to stick together and make progress moving into next season.”
Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Budweiser Dodge