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No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge California Race Facts
by KaseyKahne.com
Auto Club 500 -- California Speedway
Driver: Kasey Kahne
Team Director: Tommy Baldwin
Team Owner: Ray Evernham
CHASSIS INFO:
Chassis No. 106 — Brand new — tested at California, Vegas, Atlanta
| Last weekend... | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race | Start | Finish | Led | Points | Status |
| Daytona | 37 | 22 | — | 97 | Running |
| 2005 Nextel Cup totals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Poles | Top-fives | Top-10s | Led | Rank |
| — | — | — | — | — | 23 |
On new qualifying procedure
"It's kind of like wait and see, but we made one run at California similar to what you can do to the car. There are a few more things you can do before qualifying and change back. It wasn't too bad. You're not going to be able to run that lap with the nose weight and be able to get the car down like you want to. You're going to have to be careful with the tire and valance. There are things you're going to have to think about, but we'll still be able to go for poles"
On racing at California
"California has been one of my favorite race tracks, and it's one that I'm looking forward to going back to this year for sure. We had good cars in both races last year, and we would've liked to have had the win there in the fall. I think we'll be strong. We're bringing back the same car that we tested with in the off-season. Hopefully we can get up front, lead some laps and put ourselves in a position to go for the win again. I'd like to be the first team to win in the new Dodge Charger this year. That'd be pretty cool."
Special commitments in California
"We usually have a few things to do out there. I have a pretty good schedule when we're in California. I'm going to go to the Lakers game Friday night, which will be pretty neat. I've never been to the Staples Center, so that'll be a lot of fun to do that. I've watched a lot of Seattle Sonics games growing up. I went to see the Sonics, Seahawks, Mariners games. I went to a lot of sporting events."
KAHNE AT CALIFORNIA
TOP FINISHER AT CALIFORNIA
SECOND PLACE TALLY
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No. 9 DODGE DEALERS/UAW DODGE THE DEW CREW | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Shop/Track Position | Hometown | Birth date | Spouse | Children |
| Kasey Kahne | Driver | Enumclaw, WA | 4/10/80 | None | None |
| Tommy Baldwin | Team Director | Bellport, NY | 10/27/66 | Beth | Tommy, Jack, Jamen |
| Jim Pohlman | Lead Mechanic | Chicago, IL | 4/17/78 | None | None |
| Nick O'Dell | Front Tire Changer | ||||
| Bill Pink | Tuner 9 | Woodland Hills, CA | 6/21/58 | Arletha | Brittany, Zachary |
| Steve Lawrence | Mechanic | Sound Beach, NY | 7/16/66 | Sally | Deanna Marie |
| Ramon Zambrano | Mechanic | San Miguel, El Salvador | 4/7/81 | None | None |
| Tim Malinovsky | Race Engineer, Shock Specialist | Kannapolis, NC | 8/13/74 | None | None |
| Brent Wentz | Mechanic | Lehington, PA | 7/27/81 | None | None |
| Joe Kruschek | Rear Tire Changer | Pierz, MN | 4/19/79 | None | None |
| Bob Askins | Tire Specialist | Syracuse, NY | 8/28/69 | None | None |
| Nick Bailey | Front Tire Carrier | Cornelius, NC | 2/8/79 | None | None |
| Eric Wakeland | Rear Tire Carrier | Plymouth, IN | 11/2/69 | None | None |
| Todd Colburn | Jack Man | Celina, OH | 8/10/68 | Mindy | Jordan, Logan |
| Rodney Rhodes | Fuel Man | Chesapeake, VA | 3/7/71 | Lori | Cody, Katelyn |
| Greg Miller | Team Trainer/2nd Fuel Man | Akfon, OH | 5/26/72 | Melissa | Kennedy, David, Reagan |
| Mike Janssen | Pit Support | Sibley, IA | 8/23/67 | None | None |
| Jeff Seaburg | Truck Driver | Las Vegas, NV | 6/5/66 | None | None |
| Sheila Lumpkin | Scorer | Atlanta, GA | 5/26/54 | Tracy | RT, Casey, Jason, Diane |
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