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Kasey Kahne on "Fast Cars & Superstars: Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race"
Kasey Kahne on "Fast Cars & Superstars: Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race" - © ABC
Kasey Kahne is one of the NASCAR "Gillette Young Guns" drivers featured on ABC's "Fast Cars & Superstars: Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race."

Kasey Kahne has proven he is one of NASCAR's promising young drivers after qualifying for the Chase in 2006, just his third year in the Cup series.

Kasey Kahne slumped in his second year despite picking up his first career Cup victory, falling from 13th in the final points in 2004 to 23rd in 2005.

Kasey Kahne excelled in 2004 in all three of NASCAR's top series: He had 13 top-fives and 14 top-10s in his first full season racing Cup; had nine top-fives and 14 top-10s in 30 Busch races; and won both Craftsman Truck races he started.

The driver who replaced "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville" Elliott in Ray Evernham's No. 9 Dodge recorded five second-place finishes and the rookie of the year award in 2004. Kasey Kahne was named one of "America's Top 50 Bachelors" that year by People magazine.

The frenzy surrounding Kasey Kahne began early in the Washington state native's life. In 1994 he won four Micro-Midget events racing a car prepared by his father. In 1996 Kasey Kahne won 11 of 14 Mini-Sprint events to win both the Hannigan (Wash.) Speedway and Northwest Mini-Sprints championships.

Steve Lewis, former employer of Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart, offered Kasey Kahne an opportunity to race Sprint, Midget and Silver Crown series in 2000. That year Kasey Kahne won the USAC Midget championship and was named that series' national driver of the year, and was rookie of the year in the USAC Silver Crown Series.

From 1998-2000, Kasey Kahne competed in the World of Outlaws, Gumont Racing Series, All-Star Circuit of Champions and Northern Sprint Tour racing circles, and in 2001 raced in the Atlantic Series and Formula Ford 2000 Series. Kasey Kahne won the "Night before the 500" Classic at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 2000 and in 2001, became the first driver to post back-to-back victories in the annual event since Jeff Gordon in 1989 and 1990.

Kasey Kahne began his NASCAR career in 2002 running 20 Busch races with one top-10. In 2003 Kasey Kahne recorded his first victory, in the series finale at Homestead, and finished the year with four top-fives and 14 top-10s and a seventh-place ranking in the final point standings.

Also in 2003 Kasey Kahne became the first Washington native to win back-to-back titles in the Jim Raper Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Washington.

In May 2005 Kasey Kahne started from the pole and won at Richmond for his first Cup victory. Kasey Kahne had five top-fives and eight top-10s. Kasey Kahne also posted two Busch wins that season.

Hometown: Enumclaw, Washington
Birthday: April 10, 1980






KASEY KAHNE: FACTS

How tall is Kasey Kahne? How old is Kasey Kahne? Where was Kasey Kahne born? Find out here.

Age: 29 years old
Birthday: April 10, 1980
Height: 5' 9"
Nickname: Kase
Full Name / Real Name: Kasey Kenneth Kahne
Birthplace: Enumclaw, WA




 
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KASEY KAHNE: TWITTER

March 21, 2010
@MPRacing Yea last year's 600 was a rip off. It sucked! So you got to see the times Jimmie Johnson, Casey Mears, and Kasey Kahne won, eh?
6 hours ago
HAPPY RACE DAY!! Good Luck to my nascar Boyz, Kasey Kahne and Denny Hamlin!
7 hours ago
So uh.. @karlafig and I are discussing houses we want to live in. I sent her one on a beach. ....she sent me a pic of Kasey Kahne's house.
10 hours ago
Just got home.Race was fun but Kasey Kahne was out after a wreck.DANG IT!!!I didn't watch after that I texted!Looking foward 2 tomorrow!!!
10 hours ago
main event begins soon!! :) GO KASEY KAHNE RACING AND JASON SIDES
11 hours ago
soccer is kicking my butt! happy to have the weekend off. woot GO KASEY KAHNE!!!!!!
11 hours ago
Kasey Kahne nude scene in what movie?
12 hours ago
Good luck Kasey Kahne and KKR tonight in the WOO sprint race.
13 hours ago
Knoxville=let down. Ugly and really industrial looking. Next stop Bulls Gap, TN for some Kasey Kahne. Racing. Could get pretty red.
15 hours ago
Kasey Kahne just crashed, damn it. He was the leader for alot of the race. My day is half ruined now. Blahhhh
16 hours ago
@ChesneyGirl09 also kasey kahne
16 hours ago
Kasey Kahne wrecks! Life is a great success now.
16 hours ago
Kasey Kahne has the worst luck in NASCAR
16 hours ago
Kasey Kahne has overheating problems.
16 hours ago
Kasey Kahne has overheating problems.
16 hours ago
Kasey Kahne (@KaseyKahne) has retaken the lead at lap 114.
16 hours ago
 
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