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

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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. Apr 5 - 12:42 PM
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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
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne led the fourth practice for the Sprint Cup Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

He ran a fast lap of 197.737 mph in the No. 5 Chevrolet SS. No. 16 Greg Biffle, No. 24 Jeff Gordon, No. 10 Danica Patrick and No. 99 Carl Edwards rounded out the rest of the top 5 on the speed chart for this practice. Brian Keselowski in the No. 52 was the slowest of the 27 cars out on the track.
Feb 20 - 7:15 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne holds pair of top-five finishes (Kentucky, Loudon) in his two career starts with JR Motorsports, both in 2011.

His average finish is 3.5 with the team. Kahne has landed five top-10 finishes in his last six starts at Daytona International Speedway, dating back to 2008. He holds 25 victories among NASCAR’s top-three series, but still looks for an elusive restrictor plate victory. Kahne will make 10 starts with the No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet in NNS competition with Brad Sweet wheeling the ride in 17 events.-JR Motorsports
Feb 19 - 2:44 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Kasey Kahne is guaranteed a starting position in the Daytona 500.

Besides the front row starting positions being set today (Danica Patrick on pole and Jeff Gordon starting second), Kahne and his No. 5 Chevrolet SS will make the Daytona 500. Regardless of where he finishes in the two qualifying races on Thursday, Feb. 21st, his sixth fastest qualifying lap of 195.852 mph guarantees him a spot in the lineup.
Feb 17 - 7:40 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

JR Motorsports announced today the hiring of Mike Bumgarner as crew chief for the No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet in NASCAR Nationwide Series competition in 2013.

The team is currently slated for 27 races with drivers Kasey Kahne and Brad Sweet. Bumgarner has spent the last 18 years at Hendrick Motorsports, where he worked on cars for Terry Labonte, Jeff Gordon, and Kyle Busch. In 2007 he was crew chief on Busch’s No. 5 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series. Together they compiled four wins, 14 top-fives, 16 top-10s and three pole awards in 2007. Bumgarner’s jump into NASCAR came in 1992 with a team owned by Kenny Bernstein. Three years later he began employment at Hendrick Motorsports.-JR Motorsports
Jan 10 - 4:32 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Great Clips Inc. signed a primary sponsorship agreement for 28 Nationwide Series races bringing Kasey Kahne and Brad Sweet to JR Motorsports.

The addition of Great Clips guarantees the company will field at least two entries in 28 of 33 Nationwide Series events. Regan Smith is already committed to driving a full schedule, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will compete in select races in a third car. Kahne and Sweet will split time in the No. 5 Chevrolet for 27 races. Smith will compete for a championship in the No. 7, and Earnhardt Jr. will carry his familiar No. 88 in a limited schedule that presently stands at four races. One of Earnhardt’s races will be with Great Clips branding to fill out the 28-race sponsorship package.-JR Motorsports
Jan 2 - 2:55 PM
Kasey Kahne - Hendrick Motorsports-5

Great Clips Inc. has joined Hendrick Motorsports as a primary sponsor of the team's No. 5 Chevrolets with driver Kasey Kahne for three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in 2013.

Great Clips was Kahne's co-primary sponsor in the Nov. 4 race at Texas Motor Speedway, marking the company's first-ever Sprint Cup sponsorship. In 2013, the Minneapolis-based company will be the No. 5 team's primary sponsor March 17 at Bristol, Tenn., July 28 at Indianapolis and Sept. 22 at Loudon, N.H.-Hendrick Motorsports
Mon, Nov 26, 2012 09:24:00 PM