Kasey Kahne drives pace car for Texas Cup race

• Kahne recently returned to racing after retiring in 2018 due to health concerns.
• He competed in the Xfinity race at Rockingham, finishing 14th.

Former NASCAR Cup Series driver Kasey Kahne is the pace car driver for the Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway on May 4.

After stepping away from NASCAR in 2018 due to health issues related to dehydration along with burnout from the demanding schedule, Kahne, 45, returned for the Xfinity race at Rockingham on April 19.

Kahne, who has won a truck series race at Rockingham in 2012, finished 14th in the race, which was won by Sammy Smith.

Kahne drove for Richard Childress Racing and indicated he may be interested in returning to NASCAR competition in some form. He has competed full-time on the Kubota High Limit Racing winged sprint cars series on dirt over the last two years.

Kahne won 18 Cup series races in his career.

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