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No. 38 Great Clips Toyota Camry - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR

November 20, 2010

· Kahne back in the seat of the No. 38 Great Clips machine for the 2010 season-finale… This weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway (HMS), Kahne will make his eighth start of the season for Turner Motorsports in the No. 38 entry. In seven races for the team, Kahne has captured one pole (Atlanta) and posted one top-five and two top-10 finishes with 72 laps led. Kahne drove the No. 38 Great Clips machine for three seasons for team owner, Doug Stringer, under the Akins Motorsports banner.

· Kahne brought Great Clips their first win at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2003! From 2003-2005, Kahne and his sponsor, Great Clips, Inc., reached momentous milestones together, including Kahne capturing his first career Nationwide Series victory in 2003 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It was also Great Clips’ first win as a primary sponsor in the series.

· Kahne proves impressive at Homestead… In six NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at HMS, Kahne is credited with one win, one top-five and two top-10 finishes, with a total of 36 laps led. He has an average start of 8.0 and an average finish of 18.7.

· Did you know? Great Clips is the longest-running sponsor in the Nationwide Series…Minneapolis-based Great Clips, Inc. came onto the scene in 2001 as a primary sponsor of Akins Motorsports No. 38 entry, then driven by Christian Elder. Kasey Kahne drove the car from 2003-2005, before Jason Leffler took over the wheel in 2006. This season, Leffler and Kahne shared driving duties of the No. 38 Great clips machine.

· Who’s on the pit box? Stewart Cooper will call the shots for Kahne and serve as crew chief for the No. 38 Great Clips team this weekend.

Kasey Kahne on his long-tenured partnership with Great Clips

“It has really been great to drive the Great Clips car again this season. It’s awesome to be able to partner up with them again after all this time. I got my start with them as my sponsor back in 2003, and that’s something I have never forgotten. We are not running for a championship so my ultimate goal for the season has been to take this Great Clips team back to victory lane. We have got one more shot at it this weekend and I feel pretty good about our chances. The Great Clips machine has been strong all season but we haven’t had much luck to go along with it. Hopefully, we can get that turned around this weekend!”

Equipment Information:

The No. 38 Great Clips team will hit the track with chassis #051 in this weekend’s Ford 300. This is the same chassis James Buescher last piloted at Texas Motor Speedway, where he captured the pole and ran in the top-five before his day was cut short when he suffered a blown right front tire.

– Turner Motorsports Press Release