Heading into Lowe's holding the titles for the All-Star Race and the Coca-Cola 600, Kasey Kahne had all intentions of pulling off the first ever season sweep at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Kahne put up quite an impressive run to the top, but was unable to catch the winner Jeff Burton before the checkered flag flew. Kahne's second place effort in the Bank of America 500 tied the closest that a driver has come to collecting the sweep.

Although he did not reach his goal, Kahne is still pleased with how strong he has been performing at the speedway.

“Kenny Francis, Gillett Evernham, we have good setups,” Kahne said. “Every time we came here four or five years, the cars have been good.”

Crew chief for the No. 9 Dodge Charger Kenny Francis went on to explain the success a little further.

“I think Kasey has got a good [feel] for the track,” Francis stated. “He knows where he needs to run and the biggest thing at any track is getting up off the corner good, and he’s getting off these corners good. He’s got a good idea on how to drive off the corner to get the best exit and I think that’s why he is good here.”

While the team has quite a big improvement to make when you look at the big picture, Kahne is optimistic that the team can reach greatness.

“We’ll keep working to try to find ways to be this good at other tracks,” Kahne noted. “That’s the main thing. We run pretty strong here all the time. We have to figure out how to be this strong at other race tracks.”