NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup: Toughest Lessons of Round 9 at Phoenix

Victory finally came to Kasey Kahne as his stint at Red Bull Racing comes to a close, but on the way to the checkered flag others suffered the agony of defeat during the Kobalt Tools 500.Kahne had been winless for 81 races and his one hope was to prove he wasn't just wasting time at RBR until his contract with Hendrick Motorsports begins in 2012.Kahne and his crew chief, Kenny Francis, have steadily been building momentum for RBR, which faces closure at the end of the season.The driver of the No. 4 was sunglassed and emotional in Victory Lane as he remembered his maternal  grandfather who had recently passed.The 312 kilometer race was expected to possibly wreak havoc on the field including the Chase contenders because of...

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