Making his first and possibly only Camping World Truck Series start of the year, Kahne cruised to a relatively comfortable win in Saturday’s Too Tough To Tame 200 at Darlington Raceway.
The victory made Kahne the first driver in the truck series to win three of his first four starts.
Kahne, a full-time driver in the Sprint Cup Series, scored truck wins at Darlington and Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2004 and finished second in a truck last year at Pocono Raceway.
Saturday marked Kahne’s second appearance in the Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota normally driven by team owner Kyle Busch, who was vacationing in Cancun.
“This is one of my favorite racetracks,” said Kahne, who qualified second and led four times for 95 of the 147 laps. “I’m really glad I came. I really enjoy driving this thing.”
Matt Crafton remained the series leader, stretching his advantage to six points on rookie Cole Whitt, who moved into second after three races. Whitt finished an impressive eighth after starting from the pole and leading twice for 30 laps before dropping back with a pit-road mistake and engine issue.
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NASCAR Truck Series: Too Tough To Tame 200 at Darlington - Race Results
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Matt Crafton 111 Leader 2 Cole Whitt* 105 -6 3 Timothy Peters 104 -7 4 Clay Rogers 103 -8 5 Johnny Sauter 102 -9 6 Ron Hornaday 99 -12 7 Todd Bodine 92 -19 8 Austin Dillon 92 -19 9 Max Papis 87 -24 10 Jeffrey Earnhardt* 86 -25 11 James Buescher 77 -34 12 Miguel Paludo* 76 -35 13 David Starr 75 -36 14 Craig Goess* 74 -37 15 Justin Lofton 71 -40 16 Parker Kligerman* 71 -40 17 Ryan Sieg 70 -41 18 Justin Marks 66 -45 19 Ricky Carmichael 64 -47 20 Brad Sweet 64 -47 21 Brendan Gaughan 64 -47 22 Joey Coulter* 61 -50 23 Nelson Piquet Jr.* 60 -51 24 Jason White 59 -52 25 Shane Sieg 54 -57 26 Travis Kvapil 50 -61 27 Johanna Long* 49 -62 28 Justin Johnson* 45 -66 29 Norm Benning 43 -68 30 Dusty Davis* 41 -70 31 T.J. Bell 35 -76 32 Chris Fontaine 25 -86 33 Jamie Dick 21 -90 34 Chase Mattioli* 21 -90 35 Mike Skinner 20 -91 36 Greg Pursley 16 -95 37 Tayler Malsam 15 -96 38 David Mayhew 15 -96 39 B J Mcleod 9 -102 40 Chad McCumbee 9 -102
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