Budweiser Racing Team Notes of Interest
· This weekend will mark Kasey Kahne’s fifth career start at Chicagoland Speedway.
· Kahne’s best finish of 23rd came in the summer of 2006 at the 1.5-mile speedway.
· Kahne has an average start of 12th and an average finish of 33rd at Chicagoland.
· Kahne is eighth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver point standings. He is 509 points behind series leader Kyle Busch.
· Five of Kahne’s nine career wins have come on intermediate-style tracks.
· Kahne will be available for interviews with motorsports media members at Chicagoland this Thursday, July 10 at approximately 3:15 pm CDT in the infield media center.
Kahne Discusses Racing in the LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland:
What are your thoughts on racing at Chicagoland this weekend?
“I’ve qualified well at Chicago, but never had great finishes there. I feel like this is our year to get some good finishes on tracks like Chicagoland and Kansas where we have struggled in the past. I’m looking forward to racing at Chicagoland under the lights. It should add a lot more excitement to the race.”
Are there any concerns with going to tracks like Chicagoland for the first time in the COT?
“With the road course racing for the first time in the COT, I felt like we adjusted pretty easily. Kansas and Chicago are going to be tough tracks. I’ve never been that great at either one of them. We’ve had (good) moments, but it will be different (in the COT). I think that some of the things that the (GEM) guys have done in the last month will help at those tracks. I think that we’ll be real good.”
How much difference has it made recently to know that you’ve got a good race car underneath you?
“It allows you to just think about racing and passing the car in front of you and doing everything you can to give back the right information. What it’s all about is giving (the crew chief) the right information to make the next adjustment and when you have a car that is close; it’s easier then when the car is way off. The adjustments are a lot smaller and they improve the car.”
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