Kasey Kahne

Yates/RPM Merge - Kasey in a Ford!!!!!!

feeds@yuku.com (Jim4Bill) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:58:27 GMT

Sweet - Kasey running a Ford for 2010. Let's see what he can do with Roush-Yates motors. The 9 is back as Ford.....as it should be!!!!!!!

Some 2010 NNS Plans Announced for Kasey...

feeds@yuku.com (awesomebill9) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:39:53 GMT

From Jayski:

Great Clips back for 3 years; Kahne, Leffler to split ride: Braun Racing announced that marketing partner of three years, Great Clips, Inc., will return for another three seasons to sponsor the #38 Toyota in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Jason Leffler will pilot the #38 Great Clips Camry for 27 of the 35 scheduled races while Kasey Kahne, a familiar face in the Great Clips firesuit, will drive the #38 in the remaining eight races. Leffler will complete...

Frustrating Race

feeds@yuku.com (woody9409) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:28:04 GMT

The ending to todays race sucked. There is no way a guy who brings out the last caution should benefit from that and win the race. What makes me even madder is that David Reuttiman finishes 4th. He is the luckiest driver I have ever seen. If Kahne and the 9 bunch would have any kind of luck he would be much higher than 13th in the standings. Kahne has outrun Reutimann at Charlotte(rain), Pocono(fuel), Michigan(fuel), and New Hampshire(rain), yet finished behind the 00 at all 4...

Way to Go Kasey

feeds@yuku.com (awesomebill9) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:00:55 GMT

Awesome job all day, pit crew did great and what about Kasey holding off Stewart restart after restart, great job Kasey!!!

Kahne and RPM

feeds@yuku.com (woody9409) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:15:47 GMT

I hope like heck that Kasey leaves RPM asap. RPM is a complete joke. Ever since Ray lost interest in this team they have gone downhill. The merger with Petty was nothing more than a publicity stunt in order to get the Petty name, which honestly doesn't mean much anymore. Kasey is stuck with an organization that has no interest in winning, no other competent drivers to share notes with, and the worst race strategies/luck in the entire series.
I am venting, so this may be...

Michigan Practice

feeds@yuku.com (goems) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:14:51 GMT

Well, Kahne is supposed to be running the new engine this weekend but it sure doesn't look like it in practice. Based on lap by lap progress, the car was a real slug off the truck and they finally found a little speed later in practice. Kasey has run a couple qualifying laps and the car is still far behind the top speeds posted. I don't think he's holding back because he normally only makes one qualifying run in practice. This will be a make or break race for the 9 team. If they...

RPM to Toyota

feeds@yuku.com (goems) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:29:47 GMT

I'm sure everyone has heard about the 9 employees being layed off at RPM this week and the ramblings of Richard Petty about payments from Chrysler being cut off. This is happening at RPM even though Penske Racing supposedly continues to receive cash support from Chrysler. Well, there seems to be some underlying factors behind this. First, Penske has three years remaining on their contract with Chrysler while RPM is in it's final year. Second, RPM made serious bids to get out of their...

New Motor Looks Good So Far...

feeds@yuku.com (awesomebill9) — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:54:32 GMT

Kasey was 2nd in practice and backed that up with the outside pole even though he went out first for qualifying. Hopefully engine, engine #9 will be first to the finish line. I feel the team really needs to win a race or two here in the next couple of weeks to give them a real legitimate chance at the chase. I think here at Dover, Michigan, Chicago, and Indy that they should be a threat with the new engine. All the RPM cars are starting top 10 as well Sunday. Seems like after they ousted that...

What New Engine?

feeds@yuku.com (goems) — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:05:04 GMT

Does anyone know for sure if any of the RPM cars ran the new Dodge engine in the all star races? They sure didn't look any better than have all season. Kahne ended up back by the Childress cars and never was a factor. I read rumors that they were bringing a new package for these races. Amazing how things have changed, for the worse, since last year at Charlotte. It's also amazing how Mikey Waltrip Racing can pickup some outcasts from RPM and show major improvement.

First Step Taken to Right the Ship

feeds@yuku.com (goems) — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:59:28 GMT

Well, it's about time that something was done to shake this organization up. Tom Reddin is out as CEO of RPM. As is typical in the corporate world, it says that he resigned but we all know better. The entire management team has come under fire recently for the obvious lack of performance. Reddin was nothing but another corporate suit with, of course, a financial background. Hopefully they don't replace him with another accountant who can't handle the heat when things don't go...

Better Performance Goes Down the Drain

feeds@yuku.com (goems) — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:40:53 GMT

Wow, somehow Mark McArdle made the right choice in cars to bring to Darlington. The performance was much better until the questionable call to take four tires instead of two halfway through the race. The longer pitstop left the 9 car stuck in lapped traffic on the restart and the resulting front end damage pretty much ended the race for them. Track position at Darlington has become even more important with this new car and it was obvious all night. Getting through lapped traffic was...

Kasey Speaks Out

feeds@yuku.com (goems) — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:21:02 GMT

Kahne is pissed at RPM and he's letting the press know it. Monday, he vented to many reporters about the lack of urgency by the organization to provide the drivers with more competitive equipment. He complained that their cars are too heavy and the engines are weak. He told them that he's had the same complaints since the last half of last season and nothing seems to have been done to improve things. So, by coincidence, Robby Loomis announced Tuesday that one of the RPM cars will have...

The Slide Continues

feeds@yuku.com (goems) — Sun, 03 May 2009 10:21:15 GMT

The slide down the standings continues and the Driver's frustration was more than evident at Richmond. And it's the same complaints about the car - under powered, won't turn and way too loose off the corners. And this year, they can't seem to make the car better during the race. The RPM organization has obviously shifted it's focus away from track performance. I believe the PE cancer has taken hold of the 9 team. The Budweiser sponsorship money has not helped and is...

So how does Kasey stack up for 2009??

feeds@yuku.com (Jim4Bill) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:27:13 GMT

Looking like their performance (9 car) is about where they ended last season. A Top 15 car, with occasion worse or better runs. On pure speed I think they might actually be off a little off from end of last season compared to the rest of the field. I attribute most of that to lack of HP - gains made by the big teams appear to be significant.

Doug Yates said the Ford engine failures at Vegas were due to running more RPM then they have in the past - so obviously improvements are...

Couple comments on RPM

feeds@yuku.com (Jim4Bill) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:19:09 GMT

1. There was a lengthy Penske interview last week about the new engine for Dodge. Penske is using it (except for restrictor plate tracks) and RPM is not. Dodge is no longer building parts for the old engine - so at some point RPM will be forced to switch. RPM wanted to wait and see if Dodge would be back to NASCAR in 2010 before committing to the new engine. Penske said they decided they had to make the change, and wonder if RPM is already planning to leave Dodge for another...

Kasey looked like the slowest Dodge from RPM during the Daytona 500

feeds@yuku.com (Jim4Bill) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:47:27 GMT

Must not have figured out the handling - he was saying "tight" all week when they interviewed him

Race2win did not even have a KK post race quote...lol

Will Kasey make the chase?

feeds@yuku.com (alum98) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:22:12 GMT

What say ye? Looking good at Cali thus far!

Pocono - Aug race

feeds@yuku.com (Jim4Bill) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:41:55 GMT

Kasey is bringing back the car that won the last Pocono race. Apparently they have been saving it for the return trip.

I know the Hendrick boys have been talking about all the HP their engine shop found. If the 48/24/88 put a hurting on the rest of the field it probably will have to do alot with engines - but I also think they have their cars sorted out so they will be tough come "the Chase". In particular I think the 48 has "the look" of the team to beat,...

Brickyard Preview

feeds@yuku.com (Jim4Bill) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:09:17 GMT

I read Kasey's notes for the Brickyard - I figured the Pocono car would be used, but Kasey said they are bringing a brand new car to Indy. Should be interesting..............he seems pretty confident in what EMS is doing to improve the cars, so hopefully he will be a front runner on Sunday.

Will Kasey make the chase?

feeds@yuku.com (alum98) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:45:23 GMT