CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU WON THE ALL-STAR RACE?
“I wouldn’t have believed it until about lap 60 or so. At that point, our car was getting better and better. We were making the right adjustments. In the final 50 to 75 laps we were pretty loose. We made one small adjustment with the track bar, and left the tires on it. I knew we were quick the longer the runs went. I thought if we could get by some cars, the car was good enough to win.”
THE FIRST 25 LAPS YOU WENT FROM 24 TO 13TH, WAS THE CAR GOOD ALL NIGHT?
“The car was good all night. It was a little too loose early. We could have had (passed) a couple more cars there in the end on a couple of those runs in the end and kind of got held up. I didn’t want to force anything with the way it was slipping around on the bottom at the end. It feels pretty special to win this race. To get voted in by the fans - they voted us in - we didn’t even make our way in. The fans put us in the All-Star Race and hopefully we made them happy. Twenty-fourth to 1st, that’s the best that we can do.”
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PIT STRATEGY AFTER THE THIRD SESSION?
“That’s what we had to do; it was our only shot at winning the race. I knew that the longer the runs went, the better our Budweiser Dodge got. I thought we were getting better and some other cars were getting worse. We did that (stop and go pit) and came out in second. Denny Hamlin got a great start and we had to battle a little bit and get back out front.”
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOLDING OFF GREG BIFFLE AND DENNY HAMLIN LATE IN THE RACE?
“I knew both of them were going to be tough. I was better than Hamlin and was better than him off the corner. I was just waiting and knew we were a little bit better.”
- Kahne voted in by the fans to race in the All Star Main Event
- Fan Voting for All-Star Race driver close
- Budweiser to move to Kasey Kahne in 2008
- Kahne hopes to ride momentum from All Star win in Coke 600
- Kahne to run the Knoxville Nationals
Kasey did an awesome job last night!! I think he definitely deserved it. His car was fantastic and he raced his way to that first spot and the win. Congratulations Kasey!!!!
KASEY KAHNE THE HURRICANE Lol.
i was so happy last night. i was at that race and i couldnt have been any prouder to be a fan of kasey as i was last night. i am a HUGE kahne fan and that just made my night amazing. when he stopped on the backstretch and got out of his car he was right in front of me. great job kasey!! i will be there at the track rooting you on next week. go get ‘em!!!