INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Kasey Kahne proved he’s still capable of winning races.
Now he must convince team owner Rick Hendrick he still belongs on one of NASCAR’s strongest teams.
One day after 19-year-old William Byron won his third Xfinity Series races in less than a month, Kahne overcame dangerous heat, painful muscle cramps and a grueling, crash-marred, six-hour marathon Cup race to earn his first win in almost three years. It might take an even bigger effort to keep his job.
”Our plans are not set for the No. 5 car,” Hendrick said after Sunday’s Brickyard 400.