Filed under: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Bristol Motor Speedway, Sprint Cup, NASCAR
Kasey Kahne's fifth-place effort Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway earned his No. 9 team a cool $158,465.
There's no denying he earned every penny.
Kahne was the most prolific passer during the 500-lapper, according to
NASCAR's loop data, after making exactly 100 green flag passes for position -- 12 more than second-best
Brad Keselowski.
Keselowski, though, finished 19th. For a better comparison to Kahne and his pass-happy, top-five run,
Clint Bowyer finished fourth after making 27 fewer passes Saturday night.
Why did Kahne -- obviously with a good-handling race car -- have to work so hard to squeak out a top-five run?
It's simple: a pit road speeding penalty can really hurt.
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