Budweiser Team Notes of Interest:
Kasey Kahne and the No. 9 Budweiser Ford team return to New Hampshire Motor Speedway (NHMS) for the second time this season for Sunday’s SYLVANIA 300. In June’s race at the track, Kahne started second and led 110 laps before the car’s engine expired, leaving him with a 36th-place finish.
The Budweiser Ford team will utilize Chassis No. 637 this weekend. It’s the same car they ran in June at NHMS when Kahne led more than a third of the race.
In 13 starts at NHMS, Kahne has scored one top five and five top-10 finishes. His average start at the track is 15th and his average finish is 19.4.
With 10 races to go in the 2010 season, Kahne has earned two pole awards, six top fives and eight top-10 finishes. His average starting position is 12.3 and his average finish is 18.2. Kahne is currently ranked 18th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver point standings.
Kasey Kahne discusses racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway:
What are your thoughts on NHMS?
“It’s a track that has very long corners, so it’s going to be important that we get our Budweiser Ford to roll really well through the center of the corners. The straightaways are long for just a one-mile track and the turns are extremely flat, so having good brakes that will last you to the end is important if you want to run well.”
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