Kasey Kahne scored his sixth top-five finish of the year. Credit: Autostock

Sunoco Pit Move of the Week: Pocono

If Kasey Kahne makes the Chase for the Nextel Cup -- he's only 69 points out -- he certainly will have his crew to thank for the role they played at Pocono.

Kahne's Dodge was damaged on Lap 109 when he ran into a spinning Tony Stewart. His crew quickly improvised a new nose during the ensuing caution.

VIDEO Pit Move of the Race Kasey Kahne's crew makes repairs after an accident on Lap 109

Thanks to Pocono's size, Kahne's crew had ample time to make repairs and pack the car full of fuel, enabling Kahne to gain track position during each of the ensuring cautions.

Kahne said the car didn't suffer after the wreck.

"I'm surprised it took off like that (after accident). We had the fenders and part of the nose was still really good," Kahne said. "I was on the brakes hard when Stewart hit the wall, but I was still going fast enough that I hit the right rear corner of the trunk and my nose was down. I just got hit right in the middle of the car."

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"If it was the fender or front nose, it definitely would have screwed up our day pretty bad. They just taped up all around the hood, and I think pounded it out a little bit and flattened it out."

Kahne's crew also came up big on the day's final pit stop, when they got their driver out of the pits in just 14 seconds, putting Kahne in third spot -- a position he held until the checkered flag.

The finish was Kahne's second top-10 finish in a row, which marks his first back-to-back top 10 stretch since March.