Kasey Kahne quote
“This is behind us now. As a team, our focus is on the upcoming events and the future.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I doubt he'll sacrifice his Cup car tomorrow, ... He's got a lot riding on that, racing for points, and I doubt he wants to do that. If he wants to nudge, we can nudge, too.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I really don't regret it at all,”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I just got into the corner and got on the gas to try and have good speed when I got to the start/finish and the car started going up a little bit and spun around. We just missed it a little bit. It's a shame this is a good car, this was our Indy car. So, we'll get it fixed up and get this other car going. Hopefully, we will get a good spot.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I probably had the best time of anybody to go out. It was our best qualifying in a while, and when the sun came back out, I was pretty excited. I didn't think there was anybody that was going to catch Greg.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I'm excited to start first here at Phoenix. It's a great track and I have a lot of experience here. I'm looking forward to racing at night.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“It was a good lap, we ran about the same as we did in practice. We practiced a lot of race setups. I think we have a top-five race car.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“It wasn't a perfect lap, but it was pretty close.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I thought my first pole would be somewhere else. There are a lot of good drivers here this weekend -- 10 Winston Cup drivers and all the Busch regular drivers. To sit on the pole and be in front of the field Saturday is a big accomplishment for this team.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“Seventeen of us are going to sit down and talk about different stuff and hopefully get to hang out with the President for five seconds or something.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“We tested up there [Pocono] last week and it went pretty good,”
Kasey Kahne quote
“Bill Elliott has always been good at Pocono, and he's given me a lot of pointers. He's helping me learn how to get through the corners. He's got great insight on how to each corner is different and how I need to get through it.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“It probably wasn't worth it. It made Kyle pretty mad and he made a lot of mistakes after that, so I think I got in his head. But it's never worth it to upset NASCAR by doing something you're not supposed to do on a caution.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I'm a Panthers fan until they play the Seahawks, and then I'm all about the Seahawks.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I was happy when it was over. I'm usually not like that. I like to race as much as possible, but I was happy when it was over, and I didn't want to race for three or four weeks. I remember the year before, when the season was over, I still wanted to be racing and after a week I wanted to also. I'm ready to go again now, and I'm looking forward to it.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“We had a great time. We got to the game around 11:30 and the game started at 3:30. We stayed at least 30 minutes after the game and the whole place was still packed. It was a blast.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“He does a good job of not being a crew chief.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“It's a little confusing and it keeps changing with the roles. Some people have left, and we've got some new people, too. Ray keeps looking for people who want to make a commitment, and that's what they want to focus on.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“You can do all the tests you want at Kentucky and Nashville but when you get to Vegas then you know where you stand with the other cars. So, I figure I need to be there.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I am the biggest Seahawks fan there is right now. My throat hurt so bad this morning when I woke up (from cheering). I acted just like a fan at one of our races.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“It was really a pathetic year. Some of the things I did — some of the crashes I was in — I didn't need to be in. I forced the issue.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“As soon as I got through the disappointment (of the 2005 season), all I've wanted to do is get back in the car.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“It's the way to go fast here. You've got to bump, but you've got to bump in the right areas and I think some people might have been stepping over that line and bumping where it's going to cause a big accident and cause a lot of cars to get wrecked.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I never even thought the sophomore slump existed. You hear the saying, but you never thought it was for real or anything. But that's kind of what happened to us last year, and I don't know really why that is.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I work great with those guys. They just throw things off each other. It's a great situation to be in.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“The car was perfect through the entire race.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“We didn't make any adjustments. The engine is the best it's been in a restrictor plate race. I learned a lot.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“That's the best run we've had in a while for a complete race, counting the last half of last year. I feel pretty good about it. Carl (Edwards) passed me (for third) at the end, but that's racing. It was fun .”
Kasey Kahne quote
“Within three or four weeks every Dodge team out there is running the same car and making those cars better instead of trying three or four different cars because right now Ford and Chevy are all running the same car and they're making that one car better each week.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“We're making progress and will continue to make it better.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“That's the best we've run in a while for a complete race, counting the last half of last year. I feel pretty good about it. We had great pit stops, and the engine ran awesome.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“We had a good finish Sunday. We'll take it and go on to Las Vegas. We have more work to do with the Dodge Charger. We'll work on some more things on the car and try to make it more comfortable to drive.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“This car handled identical to the one we had here last year, so we know we're not where we want to be with the Charger. We're making progress. That's the best we've run in a while for a complete race, counting the last half of last year.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I feel like we had a great race car at the test. We have to keep making the right adjustments and I have to give the right information to (team director) Kenny Francis. If we do that, we have as good a shot to win out there as anybody.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I feel like my team has done a great job preparing for the season and we've had some good races. It's very early in the season but it's definitely our best start yet.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“I think the track itself and the groove and the passing is really good there.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“These are definitely the hardest cars I've driven -- ever.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“It's still a really, really sensitive race car, especially in traffic. You can make a little change and it will totally hurt you here and help you a little bit there.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“It was just a great race. Matt and Kevin were both very good all day.”
Kasey Kahne quote
“The car was not working on the outside earlier in the race. Matt got by us until we made the right adjustments and I was able to get by Matt right away on the outside.”