Rick Hendrick had the whole evaluation of Kasey Kahne in the middle of the release of Hendrick Motorsports of the latter at the end of the season of the 2017 Cup series. The owner of the HMS congratulated Kahne and praised the ethics of The latter’s work in a report published by Hendrick Motorsports in 2017.
Kahne joined Hendrick Motorsports in 2012 after his previous team, Red Bull Racing, went missing at the end of 2011. Kahne arrived at HMS to drive the car n ° 5 and replaced Mark Martin, who moved to Michael Waltrip Racing this year -there.
During his first year in HMS (2012), the driver born in enum won two victories, 12 top 5, 19 top 10s and four poles. He finished this season in an impressive fourth place.
After that, he won two additional victories in 2013, one victory in 2014 and one in 2018. Finally, at the end of 2018, Kahne decided to leave the Rick Hendrick team after six years and six victories in his bag. Here is what Hendrick said at the time:
“Kasey worked extremely hard,” said Hendrick. “He is a great teammate and a person, and he is totally dedicated to our program from the first day. I always believed that he was a special talent, and I know he will prosperate in the right situation. We will do our best to end the season as strong as possible. »»
Meanwhile, this is what Kahne said about his time at HMS:
“I want to thank Rick and everyone at Hendrick Motorsports for their hard work and their dedication, while providing me with an excellent opportunity and success in the past six years.”
Kahne moved to Leavine Family Racing in 2018, replacing Michael McDowell in the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 # 95. Meanwhile, Hendrick Motorsports called on William Byron to replace Kasey Kahne in entrance n ° 5.
Kasey Kahne to return to the cup in 2025
Kasey Kahne is ready to return to the Cup series in 2025. He will run for Richard Childress Racing under a part -time obligation. According to reports, the 44 -year -old man will lead entry # 33 for RCR to Rockingham Speedway on April 19.
“I saw this Rockingham race appear, and I said to myself:” Dude, it’s a song I know, and I liked running over the years “, so I started handing my hand and Trying to understand a way to go back to this and race, “said Kahne about his next race. “It was like four or five years maybe since I had run, and it’s more like six and a half years, that’s what they had said, so it’s been a while.”
Kahne will lead for the first time in the Cup series since her full -time race retirement in 2018. During his 15 -year career in the leading carat stock race, he participated in 529 races, Claiming 18 victories, 27 pole positions pole and 176 top 10s in total.
Edited by Pratham K Sharma
