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CONCORD, N.C. – Hendrick Motorsports driver Kasey Kahne will be ready for the Feb. 18 Budweiser Shootout, the Feb. 26 Daytona 500 and all of Daytona Speedweeks after undergoing successful outpatient knee surgery this morning.
Kahne, driver of the No. 5 Chevrolets, had an MRI Thursday after experiencing swelling in his left knee. The MRI revealed a torn meniscus, which was treated this morning with a partial medial meniscus removal. Following the common arthroscopic procedure, he was released from an outpatient facility in Charlotte, N.C.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (January 2, 2012) – Turner Motorsports, along with Great Clips, Inc., is proud to announce that Kasey Kahne will increase his time behind the wheel of the No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet in 2012 to compete in 15 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) events. Up and coming driver, Brad Sweet, who has competed on a limited basis in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) for the last two years and in the USAC Sprint Car Series and World of Outlaws Series for Kasey Kahne Racing (KKR) for the last four seasons, will make a run for the Rookie of the Year title and will round out the balance of the 33-race NNS schedule when Kahne is not behind the wheel.
1 10 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota
2 9 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford
3 8 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1 / Office Depot Chevrolet
4 14 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Global Mining Chevrolet
5 30 39 Ryan Newman U.S. Army Veterans Day Chevrolet
6 2 43 A J Allmendinger WIX Filters Ford
7 7 00 David Reutimann TUMS Toyota
8 3 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford
9 11 27 Paul Menard Peak / Menards Chevrolet
10 28 33 Clint Bowyer USO / Cheerios / Hamburger Helper Chevrolet
11 25 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota
12 33 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota
13 29 16 Greg Biffle 3M / Meguiar’s Ford
14 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet
15 26 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
Kasey Kahne’s hot streak continues as he finally notches a win for Red Bull Racing, ending an 81 race win-less streak. Tony Stewart finished 3rd after leading the most laps, and Carl Edwards second, hanging onto the points lead by just 3. The season concludes this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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