I tried to bring you what I thought would be a cool story on NASCAR star Kasey Kahne racing a sprint at Williams Grove on March 21.

It didn't happen. Here's what did.

At 6 p.m. when gates opened, a full 90 minutes before racing, I made my way to Kahne's trailer and asked a mechanic I knew how I would go about getting five minutes for two questions with Kahne. He passed the question off to another, who said that wasn't going to happen. It was now 6:05.

Two minutes later, if that, Kahne came nonchalantly walking out of the trailer I was just in, walked around his car and into the trailer housing his car and proceeded to measure some tires. Seeing he was busy, I stayed back.

At 6:10, Kahne quit what he was doing, walked onto the deck of his trailer, looked around, then turned and leaned on his toolbox, so I approached.

I politely introduced myself as both an employee of the facility and The Daily Item, shook his hand and asked if I could have just five quick minutes for just two questions.

He declined. That was his prerogative. I thanked him and departed.

At 6:30, Kahne attended the drivers meeting, and upon the meeting breaking up, he was mobbed by autograph-seeking fans with cameras. He didn't decline them.

You decide.

GOOD JOB: A thousand kudos to Selinsgrove Speedway and whatever and whoever is responsible for presenting a perfect track surface the past two weeks. Fans and competitors alike can't ask for any more. The extremely smooth racing surface has been drawing rave reviews from competitors, and rightly so!

NICE TO HAVE THEM BACK: Along with Blane Heimbach being back on track now at Selinsgrove Speedway after his broken leg last season, New Jersey's Steve Cannon is also back in the grind at the track after suffering moderate head injuries in a crash at the oval last April.

Heimbach had seven months of rust to shake off, while Cannon had almost a year. With Heimbach's 22nd career Selinsgrove win Saturday, he now needs three more to tie Chad Layton for the lead on the all-time 358 sprint win list.

HE WAS FAST: If warmup laps counted toward records, Selinsgrove would have set a new one-lap 358 sprint track record Saturday night. Pat Cannon posted a 17.860 second loop in hot laps, eclipsing the old mark of 17.982.

WEEKEND WINNERS: Aside from Blane Heimbach winning 358 sprints at Selinsgrove Saturday, other winners included Steve Campbell in late models, Chad Davis in pro stocks and Keith Bissinger in roadrunners.

Port Royal saw Jeff Shepard take oval career win number six in the 410 sprints, while Scott Haus won late models and Tim Krape won pro stocks.