Kahne walks away from hard Sonoma impact

Kasey Kahne didn't complete the last lap at Sonoma Raceway but he did walk away from the hard crash that kept him from doing so.

After taking the white flag in the Toyota Save / Mart 350, Kahne was side-by-side with the Premium Motorsports No. 15 Chevy of Kevin O'Connell going into the left-handed Turn 1. The two made contact and Kahne's car shot into the concrete barriers, destroying the right side of his Chevrolet.

.@kaseykahnetakes a hard hit on the last lap at@RaceSonoma.#NASCARonFS1https://t.co/elALSyHwmN— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX)June 25, 2017

"It was a hard hit," Kahne said after being evaluated and released from the infield care center. "No. 15, no clue who he is. I saw him a lot today lapping him, but he went low down the frontstretch and then just, I was going to his outside and he just turned right and just hit me, put me straight in the wall getting the white flag there. No clue what he was thinking."

Kahne was credited with a 24th-place finish after starting the day 21st.

"We had a better car the longer the day went," Kahne said. "Just really tight early and the guys kept working on it and we got better and better. I have no clue where we were running, but we were definitely much better at the end than we were at the start and passed some cars later on."

The No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports team is 21st in points with three top-10 finishes.