MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Kasey Kahne Racing confirmed Monday afternoon that team owner Kasey Kahne will make his return to sprint car competition on Friday night.

Kahne will drive the No. 9 Karavan Trailers entry in the invitation-only World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event scheduled to be held at Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway.

The team announced Kahne’s comeback as “one night only” in a Tweet posted to the official KKR Twitter account just after noon ET.

He’ll take the reins in place of regular driver and Australian ace James McFadden.

Hello @JamesMcFadden25 is it okay if this guy borrows your uniform on Friday?@kaseykahne returns to the No. 9 #KaravanTrailers car for one-night only @knoxvilleraces. pic.twitter.com/lweTZSoE2R

— Kasey Kahne Racing (@KKRdirt) May 4, 2020

Friday night’s event is the first race for the Outlaws since the DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in February. The COVID-19 pandemic brought sports worldwide to a halt in March.

McFadden drove the No. 9 at Volusia to open the season, earning one top-five and two top-10 finishes in three features during the tripleheader weekend.

The Knoxville race will be Kahne’s first start behind the wheel of a sprint car since he was involved in a crash at Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway in March of 2019.

That incident left Kahne with undisclosed injuries and McFadden has filled in behind the wheel of the No. 9 since late May of last year, earning several 410 sprint car wins and the 360 Knoxville Nationals crown during that timespan.