Kahne hopes wins gives needed momentum

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Winning races used to be almost expected for Kasey Kahne. No driver won more of them in 2006 (six) than the babyfaced star when he raced his way into the Chase.

Then the victories dried up, and so did any hope of title contention. After more than a year when nothing seemed to go right for the popular Kahne, consecutive trips to Victory Lane could give him the momentum needed to make a push up the standings. "We needed a little boost. We got that," Kahne said Wednesday at Pocono Raceway. "I think everybody feels like we have a pretty strong company and pretty strong race cars, and we can keep building on that."
Kahne won the All-Star race at Lowe's Motor Speedway, then followed a week later on the same track with a victory in the Coca-Cola 600. The Sprint Cup victory snapped a 52-race winless streak in points events that stretched back to October 2006 -- back when Kahne imagined more wins would come more often than this.
He's the sixth driver in NASCAR history to win the All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same year.