Texas

[Raising Kahne]

Anybody know why Kasey was so slow in final practice

[Blah39]

yea that kind of bothered me too.. and what about the nationwide race?? Can he get any kind of luck??? Any would be nice...Hes has to work too hard for his finishes...

[Kasey Fan Forever]

Via his Twitter, he says the car should be good tomorrow. Said he had a couple fast cars this weekend, but one was cut short. So, I'm not too concerned with the practice chart anymore! Haha.

[Raising Kahne]

I hope so he was really fast on Friday.

[Raising Kahne]

KFF how bad was it on the scanner at the end of the race yesterday. Marty Smith indicated Kasey and Kenny were getting into it.

[Kasey Fan Forever]

Raising Kahne wrote:

KFF how bad was it on the scanner at the end of the race yesterday. Marty Smith indicated Kasey and Kenny were getting into it.

Nah, they weren't really getting into it. Kasey just said he was blowing up and Kenny told him to check his gauges and whatnot, and Kasey said he wasn't going to quit til it gave up on him. When they were talking about fuel mileage at the end, Kasey asked if it would be using less fuel now that it was down on power. Kenny said he really didn't know for sure and told him to save gas just in case. They got a little loud, but I don't think it was in a fighting sort of way, because they weren't arguing. They were going to be 6 laps short before the engine died down, and I can't remember what lap he ran out on but I think he ended up saving a couple of laps anyway.

He was pretty good on the scanner yesterday, considering. He didn't really get frustrated at all, even though the car wasn't the best. The only time he got mad was when someone blocked him from getting down to pit road. But otherwise, he was fine. Encouraging his crew and giving a lot of feedback to Kenny. The car was just too loose all day, that's what they were fighting.

[Raising Kahne]

Thanks KFF, I always appreciate your scanner reports.

[blah39]

Im so sick of this dodge engine... i cant wait for next year already, just hoping to be in the top ten at the end of the year. Look how good almendinger ran in his first start with the ford. Thats got to give anyone hope, i dont care who you are. I really think getting away from dodge, is the right thing to do, they cant handle for the short tracks, they are not reliable. But yet, kurt and penske havent had one engine go this year, so what gives???

[Kasey Fan Forever]

blah39 wrote:

Im so sick of this dodge engine... i cant wait for next year already, just hoping to be in the top ten at the end of the year. Look how good almendinger ran in his first start with the ford. Thats got to give anyone hope, i dont care who you are. I really think getting away from dodge, is the right thing to do, they cant handle for the short tracks, they are not reliable. But yet, kurt and penske havent had one engine go this year, so what gives???

YES! I AGREE! I'm so tired of Dodge's issues and the lack of power. Bring on the Yates horsepower! I'm looking forward to being able to GO on restarts again! At least we can be confident that they'll make it to the end, too. AJ did good in the Ford (as did Elliott)...ran top 15 most of the day with it. Looking forward to see how he runs in the last two races, so we can see where we stand going into the deal.

RK, no problem on the scanner updates! You can count on me.:)