Dodge Motorsports has all the details on Saturday's Bank of America 500, in which Kasey Kahne finished third:

Kasey Kahne used a third-place finish in Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway to move up two spots to ninth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
 
 

The temperatures fell into the mid-40s before the 334-lap race ended just before midnight, but Kahne had the No. 9 Budweiser Dodge Charger putting plenty of heat on the front runners including eventual winner Jimmie Johnson.  Kahne led twice for 67 laps and had built up a seven-second lead over Johnson when the seventh caution appeared on lap 292.
 
 

All 20 cars on the lead lap headed to pit road for tires and fuel.  Kahne elected to take four tires as did most of the front runners.  Kahne’s crew serviced the No. 9 Dodge without incident and Kahne exited pit road in a dead heat with Johnson who had the preferable No. 1 pit stall.  The nod went to Johnson with Kahne restarting second.  Each time he appeared ready to take another shot at the lead, another caution would appear.  And, the final set of tires fell a bit short on performance compared to those used earlier in the race.
 
 

“We had a great Budweiser Dodge throughout the race,” said Kahne.  “The tires we took on the last stop shook and didn’t turn.  I guess that was our bad set for the night.  It’s disappointing.   We had the car to beat.  Our car was as good as anything here.  We just didn’t get it done at the end.  We weren’t good enough that final run.  We were the best car at times, but the final run when it counted, we weren’t.  Jimmie showed up and beat us all.”
 
 

Kahne started third and was in the top-10 throughout the race.  The finish was his best in the five Chase events and moved him to ninth in the standings, 43 out of eighth.
 
 

Kurt Busch claimed his fourth top 10 in the five Chase races, finishing 10th in the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger.  Busch started 15th and ran as high as second, couldn’t find the adjustments on the final pit stop that would provide the handling needed to challenge for a top-five finish.
 
 

“I thought we had a good night with our Miller Lite Dodge, but we just didn’t finish the race off and that’s pretty much par for us the last five races,” Busch said.  “We just can’t finish races off like we need to in the Chase.  It’s frustrating, but the Miller Lite Dodge ran up front, we led a lap and got some bonus points.”
 
 

Busch has finished no worse than 11th in the five Chase events, but with Johnson picking up his third win in the 10-race playoff, he now trails the leader by 177 points with five races remaining.
 
 

“In the Chase, the usual trend is a marathon-type pace early on and then you have a 100-yard dash at the end,” said Busch.  “It’s almost like clockwork.  But, the team that has the car to make that short run at the end is going to be successful.  My guys worked hard, we just didn’t have enough for the 48 on that last run.”
 
 

David Stremme had plenty of battle scars at the end of the 500-mile event, but managed to finish 19th in the No. 12 Penske Racing Dodge.  Reed Sorenson, driving the No. 43 Super 8 Motels Dodge finished 21st, the final car on the lead lap.