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] Date Posted: 19:19:38 01/25/05 Tue Q&A With Kasey Kahne Dodge Racing PR / Clear!Blue, LLC KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger) WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TO WIN A RACE? "If we just keep putting ourselves in position and once we do it enough and we start getting the breaks and get a full race that goes our way, I think it's going to start happening more often. Doing it that first time and breaking the ice is going to be the secret." COMMENT ON YOUR TEST AT DAYTONA "I was very satisfied. We came a long way. The engine shop has done a lot to help this program at the restrictor plate tracks. That was our weakest point last year, and I think it's going to be strong this year. I'm geared up to get out to Vegas and California and get back in the cars. I love testing and I love it early in the season. You want to get back in the car and get back in the swing of things. It's just like when we got in the draft the other day at Daytona, it was so cool. We hadn't done anything like that in a long time. It was fun. We're going to have four critical days of testing at California and Las Vegas to learn what the Charger is going to be like at those kind of tracks, but I'm really excited about getting out there." ARE YOUR SETUPS CLOSE TO THE OTHER EVERNHAM DRIVERS? "Not too close. The driving styles are so different. Me and Jeremy don't have similar setups. Me and Bill are different. You can still talk about things and learn from each other about what they did and what we did to make the car tighter or looser, but we have different springs and bars and camber." COMMENT ON YOUR ROOKIE SEASON. ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT A SOPHOMORE JINX? "I see what Jimmie Johnson did and Tony Stewart. They finished way better in points than I did and won races their first year. A lot of rookies have done well. I was fortunate enough to have a pretty good season last year. We're hoping we can have a much better season this year. I'm happy with what went on last year, some of the poles and second-place finishes. You're always looking to the next week and next race. I heard somebody say the other day that they didn't look back on the cool stuff they did until they retire, and I'm not ready for that yet. You don't know what's going on now. You just try to go to the next race and do better, do things you haven't done. We want to win races. I've heard about the sophomore jinx a few times, but my rookie season wasn't as good as I thought it should have been. We had problems in my rookie season that I didn't think we should have had. Maybe we had our sophomore jinx in our rookie season. I think with everybody's commitment here, we're going to have a much better season in 2005." WERE YOU HARD ON YOURSELF AFTER ALL THOSE RUNNER-UP FINISHES LAST SEASON? "I talk to myself a lot. I wasn't too happy about certain things, but I'm pretty happy about all our second-place finishes. Some wins got taken away because of oil on the track or yellow flags or things like that, but that's nothing you can control. Those were disappointing, but what can you do? There's nothing you can do. I'm happy with the way the rest of the season went. I just hope we can dominate an entire race this season and not just seven-eighths of a race." HOW IMPORTANT IS MOMENTUM? "Momentum is huge. You get rolling, you get hard to beat. Look at Ryan Newman. He gets a pole and gets another the next week and you can't stop the guy. It's all about the team and everybody working together. Once you get momentum on your side, you're pretty hard to stop." --------------------------------------------------------- I for one am glad I'm not the only one who talks to myself! LOL! J/K Just thought that comment was funny. ;0) Kristen K. Georgia [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Melissa [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 06:20:18 01/26/05 Wed >I for one am glad I'm not the only one who talks to >myself! LOL! J/K Just thought that comment was >funny. ;0) > >Kristen K. >Georgia LOL!!! I was thinking the same thing when I read that part. One of the things I like about Kasey is how honest he is. He says things in interviews that other drivers would never say, but they probably do the same thing. You can tell he's becoming more comfortable interviewing. Sophmore jinx? Ha! Kasey is gonna get in the Chase and knowing how determined he is...he'll win it! I want to see him win his first Cup race so bad. Come on February!!! I think when he wins one, all the other teams better watch out, 'cause I think Kasey will get on a winning roll. :0) Melissa Texas [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |