Jeff Gluck

USA TODAY Sports

AVONDALE, Ariz. — After finishing 11th in Saturday's final practice session at Phoenix International Raceway, Kasey Kahne shifted his focus to another role: Playing tour guide.

Kahne escorted his friend Russell Wilson — the quarterback of Kahne's beloved Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks — on a tour of the Sprint Cup Series garage and showed Wilson the detailed interior of the No. 5 Chevrolet.

The Washington-born Kahne is teaming with Wilson for a charity golf event and concert called "The Drive" (June 23-24) that will raise money for a Seattle-area Boys and Girls Club. Several NASCAR drivers and NFL players are expected to attend.

"With Kasey being from the Washington area and all that, he's a big Seahawks fan and we have a connection," Wilson told USA TODAY Sports. "We wanted to do (the charity event) together. It's kind of cool. We're in different sports worlds, but at the same time, we have a great appreciation for each other. It's really exciting."

Wilson, in the Phoenix area to attend spring training with the Texas Rangers beginning Monday, watched practice from the top of a hauler and then spent time with Kahne afterward.

He pulled out his phone to take pictures of the garage and the car, though he acknowledged not knowing much about what he was looking at.

"Just how much detail it takes for everything," Wilson said when asked what impressed him about NASCAR. "In terms of backup car, the car he's going to use for the event, when he's turning and all that. Just how much detail it takes to perfect your game.

"It's similar in the sense of how I'm such a perfectionist in terms of how I play the game and all that. He's the same way. He's got a great poise to himself. He's very calm. That's what I like about him."

Kahne passed up a chance to attend the Super Bowl, instead opting to host a party at his Charlotte-area home with friends and family. He was still pumped up about the victory after arriving in Florida for last week's Daytona 500.

"It's kind of the same thing as a race, where you win and you're looking to the next one and want to do well there," Kahne said then. "It's pretty exciting. They have something there that can go for a long period of time and keep winning."

The Hendrick Motorsports driver also won a Super Bowl bet with Denver Broncos fan Kyle Busch, who had to wear one of Wilson's jerseys at public appearances during Daytona Speedweeks.

Busch, realizing the Broncos were going to lose, pulled out his phone while sitting at the game and ordered Wilson's jersey and a Seahawks hat before the third quarter was even finished.

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