I was out at a rodeo tonight, but I recorded the All-Star race. I have to say, I was shocked. When we heard that Kasey Kahne won the race, the kids actually said, “Kasey Kahne still races?” He must have some fans somewhere because they voted him into the race in the first place.

Kasey Kahne won a popularity contest, then parlayed it into a $1 million payday.

After failing to qualify for the All-Star race, Kahne grabbed a spot in the field when the fans voted him into Saturday night’s event at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.

Already running on house money, he gambled on his final pit stop to steal the $1 million prize. And in holding off Greg Biffle in the final segment, Kahne became just the third driver in All-Star race history to advance from the preliminary race into the show and then win the main event.

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Earnhardt faded to eighth after leading 14 laps in the third segment and was followed by Mark Martin and Carl Edwards, who was picked by track president and master prognosticator Humpy Wheeler to win the race.

Oh, yeah, and Humpy Wheeler was wrong. Again.

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