Kahne continues resurgence with a win at Pocono
Quote selected text Published June 8th, 2008 in NASCAR News
Kasey Kahne continued his resurgence in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series by scoring his second win in the last three races after he claimed victory in the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway.
Kahne started from the pole, overcame an early pit road penalty and led a race-high 69 of the 200 laps to continue the roll he’s been on since winning the All-Star race last month.
Brian Vickers was second for his best finish since joining Red Bull Racing at the start of last season. Denny Hamlin was third.
“Never. I’ve never had a car that dominant before,” Kahne said. “This one stayed the same all day long. It was so good all day long.”
Dale Earnhardt Jr. was fourth and appeared winded after racing over four hours on the hottest day so far of the NASCAR season. Temperatures hovered around 90 degrees all day, even after a brief rain shower halted action midway through the race.
“It’s pretty hot,” a red-faced Earnhardt said. “It’s going to be a little hotter the next couple months.”
Kyle Busch, who wrecked his primary car in Saturday’s practice session, started at the rear of the field when he had to switch to his backup Toyota and was running deep in traffic when he ran into Jamie McMurray as the battled for the same spot of race track. It sent Busch into the garage for repairs, and even though his crew rebuilt the car and got him back on the track, he wound up 43rd.
“I saw (McMurray) get high, get loose, and thought he faded back further than he did,” Busch said. “We broke the mirror trying to adjust it there before the race and couldn’t see anything out my right rear quarter panel. So I couldn’t clear myself. The spotter didn’t say anything, so I apologize to McMurray for wrecking their day.”
Interview with Pocono winner Kasey Kahne
Pocono Dodge teams/drivers race quotes
Pocono GM teams/drivers race quotes, notes
Pocono Ford teams/drivers race quotes
Pocono Toyota teams/drivers race quotes, notes
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS:
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 1 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 195/10 200 Running
2 15 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 175/5 200 Running
3 14 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 170/5 200 Running
4 7 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / AMP Energy 160/0 200 Running
5 18 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 155/0 200 Running
6 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 155/5 200 Running
7 11 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 146/0 200 Running
8 13 17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 147/5 200 Running
9 6 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 143/5 200 Running
10 3 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet Steak-umm Burgers 134/0 200 Running
11 35 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios / Betty Crocker 130/0 200 Running
12 8 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 127/0 200 Running
13 26 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 124/0 200 Running
14 36 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 121/0 200 Running
15 31 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 123/5 200 Running
16 40 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com 115/0 200 Running
17 25 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 117/5 200 Running
18 27 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Kodak 109/0 200 Running
19 34 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS 106/0 200 Running
20 20 26 Jamie McMurray Ford IRWIN Industrial Tools 103/0 200 Running
21 9 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters 105/5 200 Running
22 30 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 102/5 200 Running
23 23 28 Travis Kvapil Ford DISH Network / DishDVRs 94/0 200 Running
24 28 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Insurance 91/0 200 Running
25 17 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Pittsburgh Paints / Menards 88/0 200 Running
26 32 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet Kellogg’s / CARQUEST 85/0 200 Running
27 37 00 Michael McDowell * Toyota Champion Mortgage 82/0 200 Running
28 4 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet DEI / Principal Financial Group 79/0 200 Running
29 5 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row/ DenverMattress.com 76/0 200 Running
30 39 45 Terry Labonte Dodge Paralyzed Veterans of America 73/0 200 Running
31 41 21 Bill Elliott Ford U.S. Air Force 70/0 200 Running
32 22 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge Charter Comm. 67/0 200 Running
33 29 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 64/0 200 Running
34 16 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley Tools 66/5 200 Running
35 10 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 63/5 198 Running
36 38 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Robby Gordon Motorsports 55/0 198 Running
37 19 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 52/0 198 Running
38 21 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Texaco / Havoline 49/0 157 In Pit
39 33 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel’s 46/0 154 Running
40 24 70 Jason Leffler Chevrolet Haas Automation 43/0 140 In Pit
41 12 40 Dario Franchitti * Dodge Target 40/0 137 In Pit
42 43 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Mobil 1 37/0 130 In Pit
43 42 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s 34/0 95 In Pit
- Kahne wins pole at Pocono
- Dish Network to sponsor Yates/Kvapil No 28 at Pocono
- Andretti and McCumbee to fill in for Petty
- Crash burns truck, damages Fan Store at Pocono Raceway
- Man dies after falling from RV at Pocono Raceway
Despite what Boris Said predicted that the Pocono 500 would be boring last week on NASCAR Now, with the exception of the nightmare patch work in turn 3, this wasn’t a bad race when TNT had a picture and sound (not of the announcers) during the broadcast and another good win for Kasey kahne, there doing good now, plus Dale Jr. got another top 5 finish and a good boost in points.
Like I said, not a bad race overall. Works for me.
Could of been worse. Nice win for Kasey Kahne the Hurricane.
HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA…………….
TO ALL YOU KYLE SCHRUB LOVERS,
HE SUCKED TODAY, ARROGANCE PAYS BACK,
AND ALSO ALOT OF WHINING PAYS BACK,
ALSO AGGRESSIVENESS PAYS BACK TO THE
SCHRUB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
☺☺☺☺☺☺ ☻☻☻☻
♫♫♫♫♫♫♫ TO MY EARS
Hey JAG, its not like you BFF Ralphy never did anything like that either……
Fisha695 wrote:
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Get it right it’s Ralph D Earnhardt the best there ever was and will ever be.
But lets change alittle here, there are rules now, rules weren’t in place when RDE was alive, and Yes RDE got it too when he did that and he got em right back but better……..
Kahne wins…and another top-5 for dale jr…made up for last weeks Dover race for both of them….Awesome weekend boyz…when that 88 pit crew gets their head on straight, they will be winning….so JR Nation….keep your head high cause its coming SOON!
darrell wrote:
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That’s right and it’s getting closer & closer, get ready to move 2nd in points then 1st☺☺☺♫♫♫
top 5 for jr, burtons 21 points outa 1st, and shrub is dead last. plus my fantasy picks were all top 10. only way today could have been better is if jr got a win out of it.
time for the shrub to go back to where he belongs, mid pack
JAG wrote:
Just so you know I was talking about Jr whose real name is also Ralph
Shrub reminds me more of Tim Richmond, but my girlfriend says “minus the good looks” Some on this blog will not know who i am talking about.
congrat to Kane. He ran a great race. except for a little mishappen at the beging. his pit crew were top, his car was tops and Kane was awesome. the shrub was wrecking so the others could get some top points before he comes at them again. now when he wins more races the other drivers and fans can’t cry. they will realize how good a driver he really is. great run for brian and denny.
JAG wrote:
JAG wrote:
JAG wrote:
PLease go to another forum with all your childish comments, everyone on here are sick of reading your crap.Kenneth should ban you from his site. you cant say anything good about Kasey winning, just your crap about Kyle not winning. congrats to all the Kasey fans out there.
Nice to see the BUD car back in victory lane. It’s been a loooooooooong time for that.
hey anon….the bud car was in Vic lane at Charlotte…unless u missed that race lol this is kahnes 2nd win in that Bud car!
heres a little bit of info from Joe Menzer on Nascar.com that i think all the JR Nation Haters, especially FISHA, should enjoy…cause its the cold hard facts!!!
“did you see …
The sweet race move Earnhardt put on Jeff Burton to hold the hard-charging Burton off for fourth place in Sunday’s race? After Burton had made his own strong pass, Earnhardt immediately retaliated with a swift and unexpected dive underneath. For all those Junior critics who say he can’t drive, it was hard evidence that, well, yes, he can”
it was an awesome move….and YOU ALL SEEN IT….so cut the crap and stop criticizing him…he may be over rated…and i agree but he can drive and when he wins, you all can sit and cry about it cause its going to start a chain you wont be able to handle!!
You mean he made a pass in a four hour race?
Isn’t that his job?
It was your basic cross-over move…..yawn.
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Ya damned right, I agree with ya Darrell♫♫♫ It will be music to all the Junior Nation…
it was an awesome move….and YOU ALL SEEN IT….so cut the crap and stop criticizing him…he may be over rated…and i agree but he can drive and when he wins, you all can sit and cry about it cause its going to start a chain you wont be able to handle!!
that was not in Joe Menzers article, and I hope Dale can still pass, if he couldnt pass another car he wouldnt be racing anymore.he has not won for 2 seasons now and he is due, but the hard facts are that the JR Nation thinks he has to win a race or they think he is not getting good equipment or something is wrong at Hendrick. Actually Rick could care less if Dale wins, he just wants him in the chase and that is what he is doing.if he wins 3 races this year that would be great but that is not expected of him right now.
Howie Motorsports Photography wrote:
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UT-OH, we have Fisha’s Internet Police Officer Partner out here sargeant shutterbug !!!
Fisha695 wrote:
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No, Duhhhhhhhhhhh, did your internet Sargeant tell ya that or did you look it up in one of your books?
I’m surprised, I thought you were talking about the deceased.