Pittman and Sweet go back-to-back and both find victory lane

It’s hard to believe, but there’s only ten races to go in the 2015 World of Outlaws season. Both Daryn and Brad picked up wins on back-to-back nights on their latest road trip, and the haulers made their way back to KKR for the first time in over six weeks on Sunday night.

The next event on the schedule is this weekend at Eldora on Friday and Berlin Raceway on Saturday.

Also, be sure to check out the photo gallery from Skagit at KKR9.com, here.

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Great Clips Team Grabs Fourth Win of Season While in Canada

Daryn Pittman and the Great Clips team won their fourth race of the season last Saturday night at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Brad Sweet and the Ollie’s team were looking to make it a KKR 1-2 sweep when he was involved in a crash after contact from another car while racing for second with only a few laps to go.

This week the teams work their way back to the Kasey Kahne Racing motherland – the Pacific Northwest – with races at Skagit Speedway and Grays Harbor Raceway this weekend and early next week.

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Great Nationals Week in Iowa, 49 Team Adds New Crew Chief

Well known Pennsylvania crew chief Lee Stauffer was added to the No. 49 teams roster earlier this month, and the team quickly found success by winning the $20,000 to win Front Row Challenge at Southern Iowa Speedway last Monday, the week leading up to the Knoxville Nationals.

The KKR teams worked hard over four nights of racing at the most prestigious race week on the World of Outlaws schedule, finishing inside the top 10 in their qualifying races and they both finished in the top five in Friday night’s World Challenge race.

On Saturday, Brad Sweet captured his first career podium finish in the Knoxville Nationals, the richest race on the schedule which pays $150,000 to the winner. Daryn Pittman started the 50-lap race in 15th, and worked his way up to seventh before the checkered flag.

The teams kick off a mid-west to west-coast swing tonight at Junction Motor Speedway in Nebraska before stops in North Dakota, Alberta Canada, Washington, Oregon and California.

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Headed North of the Border

The Outlaws stopped at Williams Grove Speedway over the weekend for a two-night show before heading north of the border for three races in Canada. The first stop was Tuesday night at Ohsweken Speedway in Ontario. Both KKR cars had solid runs finishing in the top ten, following up a great night at Lebanon Valley.

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Month of Money Begins

One of the busiest stretches of the World of Outlaws season is now underway. With 16 feature events over the span of 30 days visiting Kansas, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, Canada and then back to the mid-west, July and August on the World of Outlaws tour prove to be the most grueling months in motor sports.

Brad Sweet and the No. 49 team picked up their third win of the season June 24th at I-96 Speedway in Michigan, while Daryn Pittman and the No. 9 team continue to contend for wins and finish up front night in and night out.

Kasey also got back into the action taking a car to Attica Raceway Park and Eldora for two All-Star Circuit of Champions races in mid-June. He had a race-winning run going at Attica before contact with only a few to go slipped him to a 5th place-finish, and Eldora was a great race as he started near the tail of the field and passed a lot of cars by the end of the race.

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Pittman Wins Third-Straight Event at New Egypt

Daryn Pittman and the No. 9 Great Clips/Sage Fruit/ASE team won their third straight event at New Egypt Speedway last night. Brad Sweet and the No. 49 Ollie’s Bargain Outlet/Sage Fruit/ASE team finished 7th.

Sweet remains third in the championship standings after the last few weeks’ events, while Pittman continues to climb in the standings after missing a race earlier this year due to a broken collar bone.

KKR’s annual Fan Day is being held tomorrow from 9:30-noon at the shop in Mooresville. Kasey, Brad and Daryn will be signing autographs and MRN’s Winged Nation will be having a live broadcast from 11:00-noon.

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Sweet Brings Razor-Back Team to Victory Lane for First Time

After a very tough team night at Placerville, Brad Sweet and the No. 49 team won their second race of the year on Saturday at Calistoga. This was the third consecutive win for Kasey Kahne Racing at “The Wine Country Outlaw Showdown” dating back to 2014.

At Brad Sweet’s Placerville Showdown on Wednesday night, Daryn Pittman was caught up in a multi-car crash that left him upside down, on fire, and with a broken collar bone. He flew home to Indianapolis the next day for surgery, and was at home recovering by the next afternoon.

I was announced today that Daryn has been cleared to return to action this week, he’ll be back in the No. 9 Great Clips car tomorrow night at Kings Speedway in Hanover, CA.

Thanks to Cody Darrah for filling in for Daryn last week at Calistoga!

Photos from the west coast trip are online at www.kaseykahneracing.com/photos.

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Great Clips team wins at Antioch on Sunday night

This past weekend was a great one for the KKR teams, both Brad and Daryn finished in the top 10 in both events, with Pittman and the Great Clips team winning Sunday night in Antioch.

Both teams improved their championship point standings over the weekend, with Brad only 13 points out of the lead in third, and Daryn close behind in fifth – just 27 points back.

The next event on the World of Outlaws schedule is next Wednesday, April 8th at Placerville Speedway for the Brad Sweet Presents Placerville Showdown – Brad’s first race he’s promoted. This is the first time the Outlaws have visited Placerville since 1992.

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West Coast swing underway

The teams are still in the midst of the early West Coast swing, and will be at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA this Saturday and Antioch Speedway in Antioch, CA on Sunday. The California swing runs through the weekend of April 18th, when they start making their way through Texas and back to the east coast.

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West Coast swing underway

A quick recap this week, the teams are still in California and only had a two-night show at Thunderbowl Speedway in Tulare, CA last Friday and Saturday.

Night one kicked off with Brad Sweet setting fast time while setting a new track record. The feature was a wild one however, and both Kasey Kahne Racing teams were running in the top five when both the No. 9 and No. 49 were caught up in two separate incidences.

The teams worked hard the next morning to get the cars repaired and ready for night two, where both teams bounced back with Brad finishing third and Daryn eighth.

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West Coast swing underway

The No. 9 and 49 teams are in full west-coast swing mode, with races in Las Vegas and Tucson that have been completed, with Brad holding the second-place position in the point standings and Daryn close behind in third. Both KKR teams have five top-5 finishes in the seasons first six races of the season.

We would like to welcome our newest partner, Razor-Back Professional Tools to the KKR family. Razor-Back will be the primary sponsor on the No. 49 car for the west coast swing of the Outlaws schedule, as well as other select events throughout the season.

The teams continue on this week to Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, CA on Friday and Saturday night.

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Racing is back!

Pittman and Sweet both win; bring home Gators

Kasey Kahne Racing opened the 2015 season on a high note with Daryn Pittman winning the season opening All Star Circuit of Champions event on Thursday night, while backing it up with the season opening World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series win on Friday night. Brad Sweet and the No. 49 team closed out the week with a win on Sunday night, was able to collect two other finishes in the top 5, while securing the WoO points lead by the end of the week.

KKR also hit a digital milestone, we had our first Facebook post that reached 1,000,000 impressions with some in-car footage from Tuesday nights practice session on the 49 car. We also hit over 625,000 impressions with in-car footage from Thursday night’s win with Daryn Pittman and the No. 9 team.

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October 22 through November 12

Pittman closes out 2014 with a win Friday at Charlotte
Thank you for your support and a great season!

Kasey Kahne Racing closed out the season at Port Royal Speedway and at the World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte with six total top-10 finishes in nine starts over the course of the final three events.

Daryn Pittman and the No. 9 team won their 14th race of the season Friday at Charlotte. All three KKR teams finished in the top-10 in points, and Brad Sweet secured the 2014 World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year title.

Pittman and company are headed to Susquehanna Speedway in Pennsylvania this weekend for a local $10k-to-win show.

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October 1 through October 22

2014 season winding down; personnel changes at KKR

The end of the racing season is here. A quick way to tell, for sprint car fans anyway, is most of the shows are now on Saturday nights as opposed to the often mid summer mid-week shows throughout the country. To close out the season, the KKR teams are in-shop from Monday to Thursday evening, with Friday’s designated as a travel day for the remaining four events of 2014.

KKR has gone through a few personnel changes recently, with No. 49 crew chief David Fero moving over to the NASCAR world in 2015 as a mechanic on Kyle Larson’s No. 42 Sprint Cup car. Former No. 9 mechanic Mike Carber was promoted to the No. 49 crew chief for Brad Sweet, and Austin Wenrch, a seasoned mechanic from Pennsylvania, was added to the No. 49 crew.

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September 3 through October 1

After a four-month road trip, teams return to Mooresville.

With the longest stretch in professional sports, and the most miles traveled on the World of Outlaws tour, the Kasey Kahne Racing teams made their way back to North Carolina last week for the first time in nearly four months. For the remainder of the season they’ll trade in the norm of working behind the haulers in parking lots to working in the friendly confines of home. Continue reading Kasey Kahne Racing – Results Recap September 3 through October 1 →

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August 27 through September 3

Quick West Coast Swing

It’s a trip south on I-5 from Washington to Oregon to California over the next week before the World of Outlaws Series heads back to the midwest, and then to the east coast.

KKR had a great showing in the Pacific Northwest. The first night at Skagit Cody and Brad battled hard for the lead when contact from another car put Cody and the No. 4 team out of the running. Brad went on to finish third, while Daryn knocked out another top-10 finish and came home ninth.

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August 20 through August 27

KKR Headed to Washington for West Coast Swing

The World of Outlaws had one stop this past week, a back-to-back show at Castrol Speedway in Alberta, Canada. All three KKR teams finished in the top 10 both nights, and currently the guys are headed to Washington to Kasey’s old stomping grounds for races at Skagit Speedway and Grays Harbor Raceway.

Rain Slows First Night of 54th Annual Knoxville Nationals; Pittman Wins World Challenge on Saturday Night

Rain early in the week in Knoxville slowed the start of the 54th Annual Knoxville Nationals, and as it is every year, the competition was fierce, lots of fans, and lots of racing. Over 100 cars entered this year’s event with the goal of winning the $150,000 A-main on Saturday night.

All three KKR teams made the main event, with Daryn Pittman winning Saturday night’s World Challenge event – with Brad Sweet finishing third – and Sweet also won the hard charger award by advancing 10 positions in the 50-lap race.

Last night the Outlaw tour stopped in McCool Junction, Nebraska. Brad Sweet challenged for the win coming home in fourth, while Pittman collected another top-10 finish. Cody Darrah won the team appointed “Kitchen Sink” award as everything but the kitchen sink was thrown at the team throughout the night. The 4 team never gave up and came home 14th.

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July 22 through July 30

KKR heads back state-side after three races in Canada

After few stops in the northeast, the World of Outlaws tour headed to Canada for three races in four nights. Once again the Kasey Kahne Racing teams kept up their consistency as Daryn Pittman and Brad Sweet finished in the top 10 in all three races, while Cody Darrah battled for the win in a hard-fought race at Autodrome Dummond before finishing third and grabbing his 33rd top-10 finish of the year at Oshweken with a sixth-place finish on Tuesday.

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July 16 through July 22

No Rest for the Wicked, Pittman Wins Two Features This Week

The busiest month of the season for the Outlaws rolls on but it hasn’t slowed Daryn Pittman and the No. 9 Great Clips/Sage Fruit/ASE team down. They captured their tenth and eleventh wins of the season this past week (and last night) and remain in a close battle in the point standings. This is the first time in Pittman’s career he’s won double-digit features in a season on the Outlaw tour.

Cody Darrah and the No. 4 Ollie’s/Sage Fruit/ASE team moved up a spot in the points after a pair of top-5 finishes this past week, While Brad Sweet and the No. 49 SureTest/Sage Fruit/ASE team continue their top-5 push.