Kasey Kahne's mood brightened considerably Saturday night. You'll have that in big-time auto racing, especially when you win $1 million and a signature event during the NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Friday, after a practice session for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race that did not go well, Kahne didn't have a lot to be upbeat about. "I didn't feel like we were that good as far as what I was looking for in the car," he said. "That was some anger. I don't know. I just get frustrated. I get down. "Sometimes when you're finishing 10th to 15th, you feel like you're battling the car a little bit more than everybody is battling the car these days, that you're further off than you think you are." His Saturday started with the Sprint Showdown, a preliminary for drivers not qualified for the main event, and his fifth-place finish wasn't enough to advance. However, a fan vote put Kahne in the field, and he won the 24th running of the all-star race. That pepped Kahne up. "Winning tonight, I am already looking forward to next weekend's (Coca-Cola) 600," he said. "It gets me excited to come back to the track next week. It's good for myself and I know it's good for the team and the guys who work on the car. "They need to win once in a while. They're putting in so much time, so many hours, and it pays off. We won a really big race tonight." After fans gave Kahne the chance to race, he moved up from the 24th starting spot to seventh by the end of the third ...
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