Changes at Vegas don't bother Kahne
He breaks his own record on the revamped facility there and wins the pole position for Sunday's Nextel Cup race.
By Jim Peltz, Times Staff WriterMarch 10, 2007
LAS VEGAS — Kasey Kahne wasn't ready to relinquish the track record at Las Vegas Motor Speedway simply because they changed the track.Kahne won the pole position Friday for Sunday's Nextel Cup race as he and most of the field obliterated his previous track record, as expected, thanks to the revamped Las Vegas Motor Speedway.The track was repaved in the off-season and its corner banking was raised to 20 degrees from 12, lifting speeds for this year's UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400.Kahne set a lap record of 184.856 mph in his No. 9 Dodge for Evernham Motorsports, nearly 10 mph faster than his old mark, 174.904 set in 2004."I'm happy to not give the track record up here just yet," Kahne said. "I felt like we had a good car when practice was over."David Stremme qualified second at 184.193 mph and will start next to Kahne on the front row.Elliott Sadler, Kahne's teammate, was third, and Juan Pablo Montoya, Stremme's teammate at Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, was fourth.All drive Dodges and, in fact, Chargers took seven of the top 10 starting spots.
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