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.

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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

Continue reading “2011 NASCAR Race #35 Results, Chase Race #9: Phoenix”

By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(November 13, 2011)

AVONDALE, Ariz.—It was Ali-Frazier in the Garden. It was Celtics-Lakers with Bird and Magic.

It was NASCAR’s dream. Punch and counterpunch—the top two drivers in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup trading shots in Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

Yes, Kasey Kahne won the race—his first victory of the season and the 12th of his career—but Edwards and Stewart dominated the action as their battle for the 2011 championship remained as close as it was at the start of the day.

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RACE RECAP | PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
10 Clint Bowyer
9 Paul Menard
8 Marcos Ambrose
7 David Reutimann
6 AJ Allmendinger
5 Ryan Newman
4 Jeff Burton
3 Tony Stewart led the most laps (160)
2 Carl Edwards hangs onto the points lead over Tony by 3

VICTORY LANE

1 Kasey Kahne breaks an 81 race winless streak (Sept 2009) to grab his first win of the season

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