Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin Blast Through Practice 1 at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Kasey Kahne likes driving at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He really likes it. And in the first practice, he showed it, topping the speed charts at 183.874 mph. He turned a lap nearly two-tenths faster than the next closest competitor, Kurt Busch. Kahne explained in his teleconference earlier this week exactly why he likes to drive Atlanta so much. "I wish we could race at Atlanta more than twice. For me, it's been my favorite track since I came into NASCAR. It's fast, it's a little bit rough, real line-sensitive...you can [drive] from the white line to the wall. Atlanta really suits me." Kahne is one of several favorites heading into Atlanta, joining Carl Edwards and the elder Busch (in the chassis with which he won the All-Star race), who has g...

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