Kasey Kahne picked up his first win of the season in Sunday’s Brickyard 400, so it’s fitting that he’ll field a car in the Overton’s 400 that highlights his newly acquired predatory status.
Kahne’s No. 5 Chevrolet SS will be adorned in a “Shark Week”-themed paint scheme when the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series takes to Pocono Raceway on Sunday. And if “Shark Week’s” recent “race” between Michael Phelps a great white has left a bad taste in your mouth, fear not, the Hendrick Motorsports driver will be in a real race car, not a computer-generated one.
Given that Kahne is the most recent NASCAR driver to punch his ticket to playoffs, NBC Sports likely will keep a camera on him during much of Sunday’s race. We just hope it also has the “Jaws” theme song on standby in case he smells blood in the water.
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