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For the time being, Kasey Kahne and Robby Gordon are teammates, sort of. Gordon recently partnered with Gillett Evernham Motorsports, which has a three-car team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Kahne drives the No. 9 Dodge for GEM and Gordon owns and runs his race operation independently, receiving support and equipment from GEM.
Kahne said he is hoping the newly forged relationship will make Gordon a different driver. In other words, Kahne is hoping Gordon develops an appreciation for his new partners in racing.
“I’ve always got along with Robby Gordon,” Kahne said. “But as far as on the race track, when he’s out there, you have to race differently. He has a different style of racing. It’s very aggressive”
Gordon has been know to ruffle a few fenders and Kahne even said his spotter makes sure he keeps an eye on Gordon during races.
“Robby is the kind of driver that wants to be a teammate and wants to be part of our company,” Kahne said. “He’s going to race us like he wants us to race him.”

Talk about old school. No one was able to accurately gauge who had the fastest cars during Wednesday night’s practice for the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Irwindale Speedway.
None of the cars had transponders on them. Crew members, wives, girlfriends, parents and spectators were calculating times and speeds with stopwatches throughout the sessions.
Everyone was pretty much in agreement that Jason Leffler, Bobby East and Dave Steele had the fastest cars in the USAC Midget practices. Not many surprises there.
Leffler and East are mercenaries from NASCAR with extensive USAC experience. Steele is a USAC veteran with two Silver Crown series championships and more than 50 USAC wins.

"He’s been fast for the past 10 years,” Midget driver Brady Bacon said about Steele.

Kody Swanson was reportedly turning laps in the 16.8 second range in his Sprint car around the half-mile oval. He was one of the few drivers who was able to break the 17 second barrier.