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Chase Elliott & Dale Earnhardt Jr Join NASCAR Community in Celebrating New Life

Published 01/23/2023, 12:30 PM EST

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Former NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne is best known for winning three Coca-Cola 600 races in his career. Over the span of 15 years, he has picked up 18 wins in the Cup Series. As far as his personal life goes, he and former girlfriend Samantha Sheets had one son together before an amicable split around 2018. Then, he began dating Amy Long in 2020, and they have been a happy couple ever since. Now, he and Amy have just welcomed a baby girl into the family, and many in the NASCAR community were thrilled. When he posted on social media, the likes of Chase Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and many more reacted.

 

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Safe to say, everyone pretty much fell in love with the baby. Dale Earnhardt Jr’s wife Amy declared that Ana Danielle Kahne was ‘The sweetest!’ and congratulated the couple. Meanwhile, former teammate Jimmie Johnson congratulated Kahne on the birth of his newborn daughter. Other well-wishers included Mark Martin, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Martin Truex Jr’s partner Sherry and IndyCar champion Scott Dixon. The news delighted even his former team boss, Ray Evernham. He said, “wow a girl Congrats buddy.”

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Even drivers like Chase Elliott and Dale Earnhardt Jr were happy for him

There were several others in the NASCAR community who were thrilled. Among them were Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chase Elliott, Justin Marks, and so many more. Little Ana now makes it a family of four, along with her older brother Tanner. The 42-year-old ex-Hendrick Motorsports driver competed in the Cup Series between 2004 and 2018.

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Kahne’s first race win came at the Richmond Raceway in 2005, driving for Evernham Motorsports in the #9 car. From a championship perspective, he never quite won, but the closest he ever came was a 4th place finish during the 2012 season. At the time, he was racing for Hendrick Motorsports in the #5 car. What made this even more incredible was the fact that it was his first season with the organization.

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Dhruv George is a senior Motorsports author for EssentiallySports, having authored nearly 12000 articles spanning different sports like F1, NASCAR, Tennis, NFL, and eSports. He graduated with a PG Diploma in Journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications. Dhruv has also conducted interviews with F1 driver Pierre Gasly and Moto2 rider Tony Arbolino.
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