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Texas: Dodge NASCAR Sprint Cup - Chase Notes
2009 CHASE REWIND
• Kahne started the 2009 Chase sixth in driver standings. Busch started the Chase eighth in the standings.
• Busch race results: Loudon (6th), Dover (5th), Kansas (11th), Fontana (8th), Lowe’s (10th), Martinsville 17th, Talladega (30th). He is currently sixth in driver standings.
• Kahne race results: Loudon (38th), Dover (8th), Kansas (sixth), Fontana (34th), Lowe’s (3rd), Martinsville (32nd) and Talladega (2nd). He is currently ninth in the Chase standings.
• Engine problem relegates Kahne to 38th at Loudon.
• Busch trails leader Jimmie Johnson by 312 points. Kahne is 414 points behind the leader.
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DODGE IN THE CHASE
• 2004: Former Dodge drivers Jeremy Mayfield and Ryan Newman were in the inaugural Chase. Both had problems in the first event at NHMS with Newman finishing 33rd and Mayfield 35th.
• 2005: Three Dodge drivers (Mayfield, Newman and Rusty Wallace) made the Chase field with Newman winning the opener at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Newman ended up sixth, Wallace eighth and Mayfield ninth in the final standings.
• 2006: Kahne was the lone Dodge driver in the Chase field, finishing eighth in the final standings.
• 2007: Busch was the lone Dodge representative in the Chase. He finished seventh in the final standings.
• 2008: There were no Dodges in the 2008 Chase field.
DID YOU KNOW
• Dodge has two wins at Texas Motor Speedway (Newman – 2003, Kahne - 2006).
• Kahne is the only NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver to win from the pole at Texas Motor Speedway.
• In 57 Sprint Cup starts at 1.5-mile tracks, Kahne has six poles, six wins and 24 top-10 finishes.
• Busch has scored one victory in each of the last eight seasons (2002-2009). Busch won the spring event at Atlanta this year.
• Kahne has led 213 laps at Texas Motor Speedway, the most by any current Dodge driver.
• Busch’s 14.8 avg. finishing position leads all current Dodge drivers at Texas Motor Speedway.
THE CHASE –KURT BUSCH AT TEXAS
• Dickies 500: Qualified: 3rd
• Texas career starts: 13
• Texas career wins: 0
• Texas career top 5s: 1
• Texas career top 10s: 8
• Busch was the 2004 Sprint Cup champion.
• Busch is making his fourth Chase appearance and second driving a Dodge.
• Busch’s best finish at Texas (fourth) came in 2001 during his rookie season in the Sprint Cup Series.
• Average start at Texas: 18.3 Average finish: 14.8
THE CHASE – KASEY KAHNE AT TEXAS
• Dickies 500: Qualified: 2nd
• Texas career starts: 10
• Texas career wins: 1
• Texas career top 5s: 2
• Texas career top 10s: 2
• Kahne won six races in 2006 en route to his only previous berth in the Chase. He finished eighth in the final standings.
• Kahne’s won the Texas spring event in 2006, starting from the pole and leading 63 laps en route to victory.
• Average start at Texas: 12.9 Average finish: 21.9
THEY SAID IT
“We’re running the R6. They had the latest version at Charlotte and that’s when I started to run well again. We ran the R5 for a little bit. We ran the R6 back in Charlotte; it was awesome in Charlotte and good again today. I’m looking forward to this weekend. We’ve made some really nice gains in our engine shop here the last few months.”
Kasey Kahne, No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger
“What we’re hoping with Brad (Keselowski) is that he jumps into the 12 car, competes in the top 15, top 10 and brings in a good bit of information from the outside. It will be interesting to see how we filter through that information and see how we’re able to apply that to our cars.”
Kurt Busch, No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger
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