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] Date Posted: 19:32:36 01/10/05 Mon In reply to: Melissa 's message, "Another Article" on 10:17:22 01/10/05 Mon Oooooooooh! I like this one! Those are some pretty big names they are comparing Kasey to! =0) I happen to agree! Daytona can't get here fast enough! Kristen K. Georgia >Great Beginnings >By Dan Beaver, Editor >January 5, 2005 12:00 PM ET > >Kahne was the runaway winner of rookie honors. > >Kasey Kahne entered the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami >Speedway with a chance to tie Ryan Newman's record for >the most top-fives by a NASCAR Cup rookie. When Newman >posted 14 in 2002, he broke Tony Stewart's >three-year-old record. Kahne came up one race short. >The similarity between Newman and Kahne is striking. >Both shy performers have been great in qualifying: >Newman earned six poles in his rookie season compared >to Kahne's five. Both drivers earned a lot of >runner-up finishes in their freshman seasons: Newman >had six to Kahne's five. > >Under Ray Evernham's tutelage, victories will come >quickly. Another of Ray's rookies went winless in his >first season, but Jeff Gordon went on to win 69 times >in the ensuing years. Kahne has that same unflappable >driving style. > >Equally important for the fantasy owner is the fact >that Kahne is remarkably predictable. Seven of Kahne's >13 top-fives came on the intermediate speedways >measuring. Since these tracks dominate the 2005 >schedule, Kahne will be a driver that will pay >dividends throughout the year. > >Where Kahne will break into victory is anyone's guess. >His five runner-up finishes have come on the two-mile >super-smooth speedways of Michigan and Fontana, the >high-torque 1.5-milers of Texas and Las Vegas and on >the rough pavement of Rockingham. He was also moving >toward victory on the concrete canyons of Dover before >he slipped in another driver's oil. > >This preview—plus 39 others—can be found in the >Fantasy Racing 2005 Guide on newsstands everywhere >later this month. > >**Had to share this one. I can't wait for the season >to begin!!! I'm ready to see Kasey win a Cup race! > > >Melissa >Texas [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |