KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 McDonald’s/Dodge Dealers Dodge Charger)

“We were out there battling. We had a great Dodge Charger. I thought we were going to be sitting good. The track was coming to us. Everything was working for the No. 9, I mean everything was. My spotter told me outside, outside, and I ran into him. I thought I had cleared him for some reason, but I totally knew he was there. I just thought I had cleared it. I don’t know, just a brain fade. We lost a lot of points. We lost a great finish, maybe even a win for us today. These are the races you’ve got to step up and perform under pressure and do everything you need to do, and we didn’t do that today. I think we were doing a great job for the first 250 laps. Then a bad deal happened, and I’ll take total blame for it. It was all my fault. We went from running bad early to fourth. We were going forward. It was all about the racetrack and the car. It was there.

“I’m perfectly fine with him (David Stremme). I don’t know what he’s talking about. David came down and asked what happened, and I told him what happened. I told him it was all my fault. I ran him over. It was completely my fault and then he went on to tell me I’d screwed up, that I’d run him over. I just told him I’d run him over, so I don’t know what he was talking about. He confused me. I took blame for the whole wreck. It cost my team a lot of points. I screwed up. I think we had a chance to win the race. We had a really, really good McDonald’s Dodge Charger. That’s the breaks of racing.

“I had passed him (Stremme) off turn four. He was out beside me. I was going down the front straightaway and my spotter said outside. I was looking ahead. I was looking at the cars I was racing with and by the time I got to the corner I had decided to go high. I thought that I had cleared him even though I knew he was there. I don’t know what went thought my head. It was just an error.

“You just know that race is over and we had a shot at winning. That’s all I wanted to do. I was just upset and frustrated with myself. There’s no one you can blame. You just have to take it yourself. It’s going to be tough to win it now unless everybody dropped out the last three races, which can happen. I guess we’re still in it, but who knows?”

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he's not out of it but he's not in it unless some people have some big problems

That was a funny interview

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haha, I love that boy

*nothing else to say other than he's awesome*

Haha. I know! "I told him get hell..." :lmao

I feel so bad for him tho, honest mistake. Hopefully him and David get it all straightened out. Anyway, I can't wait till next week. We'll get 'em at Texas... :drive :ram

For sure! :clap

:nod I agree too!