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Team: Hendrick Motorsports-5
Age / DOB:  (33) / 4/10/1980
Ht / Wt:  5'8 / 150

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Kasey Kahne has the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in Happy Hour practice for the Sprint Cup Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
His average speed of 196.046 mph in the No. 5 Chevrolet SS was best of the six cars that ran 10 consecutive laps on the track for this final practice session. No. 48 Jimmie Johnson, No. 55 Mark Martin, No. 31 Jeff Burton, No. 24 Jeff Gordon and No. 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were the rest on this list. Jun 15 - 8:48 PM

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Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne has the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in the second practice for the Sprint Cup Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

His average of 197.383 mph in the No. 5 Chevrolet SS was best of the 12 cars that ran 10 consecutive laps on the track for this session. No. 48 Jimmie Johnson, No. 24 Jeff Gordon, No. 15 Clint Bowyer and No. 20 Matt Kenseth are the rest of the top five on this list.
Jun 15 - 7:53 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne leads the first practice for the Sprint Cup Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

His lap of 200.619 mph in the No. 5 Chevrolet SS was the quickest of the 44 cars out on the track for the first practice session. No. 78 Kurt Busch, No. 43 Aric Almirola, No. 29 Kevin Harvick and No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. are the rest of the top five on the speed chart. No. 44 Scott Riggs was the slowest.
Jun 14 - 4:31 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne’s team won three race awards in the Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Kahne earned the 3M Lap Leader award (161 of 400 laps) and the American Ethanol Green Flag Restart award. Kahne started the No. 5 Chevrolet sixth in the lineup and finished second. Hendrick Engines won the Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race award. Kahne moved up one spot to fifth in the 2013 NSCS point standings.
May 27 - 1:09 AM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne was at the top of the speed chart in the Happy Hour practice leading to the Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The No. 5 Chevrolet SS driver put up a 188.594 mph lap in the final practice. No. 78 Kurt Busch, No. 11 Denny Hamlin, No. 20 Matt Kenseth and No. 16 Greg Biffle were the rest of the top five and No. 32 Timmy Hill was the slowest of the 40 cars running in this final session. Kahne also had a 10-lap average speed of 186.000 mph. This was the best of the 17 cars running at least 10 consecutive laps.
May 25 - 7:21 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne led the second practice for the Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

He ran a fast lap of 191.591 mph in the No. 5 Chevrolet SS. No. 78 Kurt Busch, No. 18 Kyle Busch, No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. and No. 48 Jimmie Johnson rounded out the rest of the top 5 on the speed chart for this practice. Josh Wise in the No. 35 was the slowest of the 43 cars out on the track.
May 25 - 12:35 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

In 18 Cup starts at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, Kasey Kahne has recorded two top-five finishes and three top-10s.

He scored his best result at the short track in April 2005 when he rallied from a 35th-place starting spot to finish second. The driver of the No. 5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet SS scored the pole position at the half-mile oval in April 2012 and has qualified sixth or better six times at the Virginia short track. Most recently, Kahne led 12 laps and scored a third-place finish at Martinsville in October 2012.
Source: Hendrick Motorsports
Apr 5 - 12:42 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne’s team won two race awards in the Sprint Cup Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Besides winning the race, Kasey Kahne won the American Ethanol Green Flag Restart award for recording the fastest average speed on restarts. Kenny Francis, crew chief on the No. 5 Chevrolet, won the Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race award for improving lap times from first half of the race to the second half.
Mar 17 - 8:09 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne won the 53rd Annual Food City 500, his 15th victory in 328 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.

This is the No. 5 Chevrolet SS driver's first victory and second top-10 finish in 2013. It is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 19 races at Bristol Motor Speedway. Kahne moved up seven spots to seventh in the 2013 NSCS point standings.
Mar 17 - 5:07 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

JR Motorsports general manager Kelley Earnhardt Miller a change in NASCAR Nationwide Series schedules for Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne.

Earnhardt Jr. was previously scheduled to race in the May 4th race at Talladega Superspeedway as part of his four-race Nationwide Series slate in 2013. Now he will compete in the Sept. 14th race at Chicagoland Speedway instead of Talladega. In turn, Kahne will now compete at Talladega as part of his 11-race line-up in 2013. Both drivers will compete in Great Clips-sponsored Chevrolets – Earnhardt in the No. 88 Camaro and Kahne in the No. 5. Kahne continues to share the work with Brad Sweet in the No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet, as together they make up 27 of the 29 Great Clips-sponsored races in 2013.-JR Motorsports
Mar 12 - 4:28 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne is 14th in the standings with 77 points; 52 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson.

In the Kobalt Tools 400, he put on a dominant showing that resulted in a second-place finish and rocketed him 17 spots up the standings. The No. 5 Chevrolet was among the fastest in the field. After a caution that lasted until Lap 241, Kahne was snared in traffic trying to exit pit road. He quickly jumped from six to second-place on the ensuing restart, but couldn't quite catch leader Matt Kenseth. In 18 starts at Bristol, he has three top fives, seven top 10s and one pole. For races in the past eight years at Bristol, he ranks 20th out of 47 drivers with an average place of 18.6.-NASCAR.com
Mar 11 - 8:51 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne’s team wins multiple race awards in the Sprint Cup Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Kahne won the 3M Lap Leader Award for leading the most laps (114 of 267) and the American Ethanol Green Flag Restart award for recording the fastest average speed on restarts. Hendrick Engines won the Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race award. Kenny Francis, crew chief on the No. 5 Chevrolet, won the Moog Chassis Parts Problem Solver of the Race award for improving lap times 0.258 seconds from first half of the race to the second half.
Mar 10 - 7:43 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne led the Saturday practice for the Sprint Cup Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

He ran a fast lap of 188.134 mph in the No. 5 Chevrolet SS and will start fourth in the race. No. 16 Greg Biffle, No. 18 Kyle Busch, No. 29 Kevin Harvick and No. 99 Carl Edwards rounded out the rest of the top five on the speed chart for this practice. Joe Nemechek in the No. 87 was the slowest.
Mar 9 - 2:26 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne had the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in the sixth practice for the Sprint Cup Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

His average of 195.305 mph in the No. 5 Chevrolet SS was best of the six cars that ran 10 consecutive laps on the track for this session. No. 10 Danica Patrick (195.258 mph), No. 24 Jeff Gordon (195.210 mph), No. 14 Tony Stewart (195.052 mph), No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (194.781 mph) and No. 39 Ryan Newman (193.934 mph) were the rest of the drivers on this list.
Feb 22 - 2:59 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Sprint Cup regular, Kasey Kahne, tops the speed chart in the Happy Hour practice session for the Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway.

He ran a fast lap of 191.930 in the No. 5 Chevrolet. No. 7 Regan Smith, No. 32 Kyle Larson, No. 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. and No. 31 Justin Allgaier rounded out the top five of the 42 cars out on the track. The No. 52, driven by Joey Gase, was the slowest in the final practice session.
Feb 21 - 1:27 PM