Kasey: It was just a great race. Matt and Kevin were both very good all day.
Kasey: These are definitely the hardest cars I've driven -- ever.
Kasey: 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: 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: We're making progress and will continue to make it better.
Kasey: 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: I work great with those guys. They just throw things off each other. It's a great situation to be in.
Kasey: 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: 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: 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: He does a good job of not being a crew chief.
Kasey: 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: 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: We tested up there Pocono last week and it went pretty good.
Kasey: 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: 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: 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.
He started UAW-Ford 500 in 2006 in 25th spot and ended the race in 2nd place.
He spent 2002 driving for Robert Yates.
Kahne was introduced by Steve Lewis as "The Next Jeff Gordon".
One of his hobbies is racing open-wheeled cars.
Kasey's #1 guilty pleasuer is sleeping in.
His team members are Elliot Sadler (#19) and Scott Riggs (#10).
Kasey was the 2000 USAC Silver Bullet Rookie of the year.
He was the first driver, since Jeff Gordon, to win consecutive "Night Before the 500 Classic" at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 2000 and 2001.
Kasey is sponsored by Dodge Delers/UAW.
Kasey Kahne was rookie of the year in 2004.
Kasey Kahne began his Nascar career in 2002 running 20 Busch races with one top 10.
In 1994 he won four Micro-midget events racing a car prepared by his father.
Kasey Kahne replaced Bill Elliot.
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