Kahne Wins at Atlanta

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Kasey Kahne, driver of the #5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Oral-B USA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on August 31, 2014 in Hampton, Georgia. Photo by Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images
Kasey Kahne, driver of the #5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Oral-B USA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on August 31, 2014 in Hampton, Georgia. Photo by Todd Warshaw/NASCAR via Getty Images

You can’t always bet that the most dominant car is going to win any race. Kasey Kahne proved that Sunday night in the Oral-B USA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kevin Harvick had the car to beat but Kahne got the better of him at the end.

A caution came out with about 30 laps to go when Brad Keselowski got into the back of Josh Wise. Denny Hamlin was about ready to pit and couldn’t get to pit lane as another car was slowing to let Hamlin go by which caused a bottleneck in that area. Wise slowed and Keselowski couldn’t avoid the collision.

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Kasey Kahne’s Crew Chief Fined after Talladega Race

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Kasey Kahne
Kasey Kahne

A rules violation committed on May 3 at Talladega Superspeedway has resulted in a fine for Kenny Francis, the crew chief for the No. 5 team for Hendrick Motorsports.

According to NASCAR officials, Sections 12-1, actions detrimental to stock car racing, and 12.4.3(A)1-c, unapproved added weight and/or weight affixed improperly, were violated as stated in the 2014 rule book.

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