Dirtmeister Kahne gets first NASCAR road course win

Written by Scott Keller · June 23, 2009

Anyone who ever witnessed Kasey Kahne run a winged sprint car on dirt knew that they were watching a future star in big time racing.  I personally saw Kahne win the Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway two years in a row, a race that draw all the best winged 410’s on the west coast to northwest Washinton.  But for a guy that is so at home in the dirt, Kasey Kahne sure put out quite a performance on Sunday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma.

Kahne held off Tony Stewart to win a veritable crashfest on the natural terrain roadcourse.   A couple of drivers that were especially “crashy” on Sunday were Robby Gordon and Kyle Busch.  I lost track of exactly how many incidents these two were involved in, but it was more than a couple.

The win for Kahne is his first under the Petty Enterprises banner, and it was nice to see the King celebrating in Victory Lane again. 

USA Today has more:  Kahne, Petty brew up winning Sprint Cup combination

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