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Kasey Kahne, Brad Sweet to share Turner Motorsports Nationwide ride
By Bob Pockrass, Tuesday, January 03, 2012
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Kasey Kahne will compete in 15 Nationwide Series races in 2012 for Turner Motorsports.
Jeff Robinson
NASCAR Illustrated
Kasey Kahne will drive in 15 Nationwide Series races for Turner Motorsports, while rookie Brad Sweet will drive the remaining 18 in the No. 38 car sponsored by Great Clips, the team announced Monday.
Kahne has had a long-standing relationship with the hair salon chain, and Sweet is a driver for Kasey Kahne Racing who also competed in select races in trucks the last three years, including last season at Turner Motorsports.
Turner Motorsports has an affiliation with Hendrick Motorsports, for whom Kahne will drive the No. 5 Sprint Cup car this year. Kahne has seven career Nationwide victories.
"It's been great teaming back up with them again," Kahne, who first broke into the Nationwide Series in 2003 with Great Clips sponsorship, said. "They gave me my first real shot in this sport and that is something I have never forgotten."
The 26-year-old Sweet will be eligible to compete for rookie honors in the Nationwide Series.
"Turner Motorsports is a first-class organization with equipment capable of contending for wins week in and week out,” Sweet said in a news release. “I don't think I could be in a better position to take the next step in my racing career."