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Texas Motor Speedway No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger Race Facts
04/12/2021
No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger Race Facts
Nascar Nextel Cup Series
Texas Motor Speedway
April 12, 2021
Driver: Kasey Kahne
Team Director: Tommy Baldwin
Team Owner: Ray Evernham
Chassis: No. 45
Info: Ran at Atlanta this year, Started 5th, finished 5th
STATS & FACTS
KASEY KAHNE AT TEXAS
• Kahne made his first career Cup Series start at Texas Motor Speedway in April 2004. He started third and led his No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge to a second place finish. He led six times for a race-high 148 laps led that day.
TOP SHORT TRACK RUN
• Kahne celebrated his 25 th birthday by recording his best finish of the season and career best run at a short track with a second-place effort at Martinsville last weekend. Kahne was in the top 10 by lap 150, gaining all but two of the spots on the track under green-flag conditions. “We didn't use any pit strategy to get up front; he passed those cars to get up to second,” said Team Director, Tommy Baldwin, following the race.
• Kahne's second place run at Martinsville marked his sixth career second place finish in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series.
PASSING GRADE
• Kahne passed 33 cars for position last weekend in Martinsville , as he moved from a 35 th starting position to finish second on Sunday. The number of positions gained in a single race (33) was a Cup Series career-high for Kahne.
MOVING UP
• With Kahne's second place finish at Martinsville he moved up six places in the point standings to 18 th , 92 points out of the top 10 and just 14 points out of 15 th place.
• In the past three races, Kahne has moved up 20 spots in the Nextel Cup standings from 38 th to 18 th .
KAHNE TO RUN ‘REVERSE' PIT CAP SCHEME AT INDY
Dodge pit caps seen in the grandstands each weekend, Kahne's No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger will sport a ‘reverse' paint scheme of the fan-favorite hat style. The special paint scheme, which will debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 2005 Brickyard 400, features a predominantly white design with two red racing stripes across the entire length of the car top – a ‘reverse' color design based upon the popular hat and the replica race car scheme that Kahne debuted in the 2004 Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
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