Kasey Kahne impressed with Olympic efforts
Kenny Bruce
Kenny Bruce is a three-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association's George Cunningham Writer of the Year Award. He joined Street & Smith's Sports Group in 2001.
FONTANA, Calif. – Kasey Kahne has more than just a passing interest in this year’s Winter Olympics, currently taking place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
And it’s not only because the Richard Petty Motorsports driver’s No. 9 Ford is carrying an Olympic paint scheme for the second consecutive week. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver debuted the paint scheme a week ago in the season-opening Daytona 500.
It seems Kahne has a genuine interest in the events that make up the Winter Games.
“I like watching about everything,” he said, “but I think the most impressive has been Shaun White snowboarding. Just how ridiculous he is compared to most guys. The crazy things he can do, the air, the height he can get.”
The popular White won the gold medal in Men’s Halfpipe Wednesday night.
“The skiing … I watch figure skating,” Kahne said. “I watch everything, I like it all; I always have.”
Kahne, who hails from Enumclaw, Wash., says he’s done a little snowboarding himself, but admits, “I ski a litter better. [They’re] so impressive.
“I watch them and have no clue how they do that, because I can barely go down a hill,” he said.
