Kahne was close to running the 2016 Indy 500

Kasey Kahne

Kasey Kahne met with members of the media at Media Day at Daytona International Speedway on Tuesday, a few of the Q&A's:

Q) YOUR NAME COMES UP ABOUT RUNNING THE INDY 500, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS YEAR BEING THE 100TH.
Kahne: "I actually thought it would be really awesome to run the 100th and be part of that. I've always wanted to be part of that and do some IndyCar stuff. I worked on a couple of deals, but nothing really played out. Maybe in the future there still would be an opportunity to do something. I loved watching Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon, AJ Allmendinger and then Kurt Busch what they've done over the years. And then Jeff Gordon going back and forth with what he did last year driving the pace car. I've always been a huge fan of what those guys are doing."

Q) DID IT GET AS FAR AS TALKING WITH TEAMS?
Kahne: "It actually was more about the team and being in the right spot and things like that. It's definitely on my radar. It's something that could happen in the future. It didn't really get off the ground, but I did some talking to see what was out there."

Q) DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO RUN TRUCKS THIS YEAR?
Kahne: "I don't have any plans to run in trucks. Last year kind of came up late as well, and we were in that race at Charlotte and were able to win. That was cool. It was a highlight of my season. But I don't have any plans to run at this point in time, but I'm going to pay attention to the truck race with their new rules. I have one Xfinity race this Saturday, and that usually changes to add one or two more. Last year I think I ran 10 NASCAR races other than Cup, and this year I plan on running one. I actually would like to spend a little more time with my Sprint Car teams. If I get an opportunity to race there, where it doesn't affect my Cup deal, I'd like to race more Sprint Car races and things like that on the dirt. I would rather do that at this point in time and full in on the Cup stuff." More at Team Chevy