Kasey Kenneth Kahne (/ˈkeɪn/; born April 10, 1980) is an American professional driver. He currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports, and part-time in the Xfinity Series, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports.

Off the track, Kahne is active in charitable work and is a member of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation. He also owns his own race team, Kasey Kahne Racing, which competes in the World of Outlaws series, fielding two World of Outlaws sprint cars for Daryn Pittman, and Brad Sweet; his team also fields a car in the USAC Sprint Car Series for Brady Bacon and in USAC midgets for Sweet. Kahne is a 2-time Skagit Speedway winner of the Annual Jim Raper memorial Dirt Cup (2002 and 2003) and currently holds the fastest lap record there.

Kahne has scored 17 career wins in the Cup Series, including three Coca-Cola 600s in 2006, 2008 and 2012. He also was the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year in 2004.

Kahne began racing open wheel sprint cars at Deming Speedway at 17 in Deming, Washington, before moving up to Skagit speedway in Alger, Washington, and then he moved to USAC. In 2001, Kahne made a trip to Pennsylvania where he won the season opener at the historic Williams Grove Speedway. He was hired by Steve Lewis, who had also employed future NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon, Jason Leffler, Tony Stewart and Kenny Irwin, Jr. In his first year on the circuit, he was named Rookie of the Year, as well as winning the national midget championship. He continued to run USAC, as well as the Toyota Atlantic Series and the World of Outlaws.

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