NASCAR: Kasey Kahne’s Charlotte Victory Foreshadows Potential Chase Run

It only took 12 races for Kasey Kahne to take his first victory for Hendrick Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series. But to the 32-year-old native of Enumclaw, Washington, those 12 races must have felt like an eternity. Kahne won Sunday's Coca-Cola 600—his third victory in the sport's longest race and fourth victory at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The victory marked his sixth consecutive top-10 finish, elevating him to a season-high 15th in points and helping cement a turnaround in what had started out as a disastrous 2012 season. The next goal? Building off of that momentum to make it into the Chase for the Sprint Cup. After spending a year in a holding pattern with Team Red Bull, Kahne finally joined the powerhouse organization in it...

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