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Kahne sets Speedway lap record

Associated Press

Friday, March 5, 2004

Kahne LAS VEGAS -- A week off hasn't cooled down Kasey Kahne. The 23-year-old rookie, who missed winning the race Feb. 22 at Rockingham by inches, grabbed his first NASCAR Nextel Cup pole Friday in a record-smashing qualifying session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that featured NASCAR's "Young Guns.'' "I messed the first lap up a little bit, but I got it straightened out,'' said Kahne, who watched nervously from the top of his team's transporter until Kurt Busch, the last of 44 drivers ...

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