An 18-time race winner in the NASCAR Cup Series, Kasey Kahne's career abruptly ended in 2018 after suffering extreme heat exhaustion as his body struggled to properly keep him cool inside the race car.
Since then, he's been competing in dozens of shorter sprint car races, but no lengthy stock car racing events. That changed earlier this year when NASCAR returned to Rockingham, a track Kahne loves. He finished second in the last-ever Cup race at 'The Rock' in 2004, and won the last Rockingham revival with the Truck Series in 2012.
