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Brad Keselowski Pushes Big Brother Brian Into Daytona 500

February 17, 2011   Holly Cain   No comments

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brian Keselowski was still sitting in his race car on Daytona International Speedway‘s pit road well after the checkered flag when his little brother Brad leaned in for a hug and a congratulatory word. It wasn’t a victory, but the Brothers Keselowski provided the unquestionable feel-good story of Thursday’s Daytona 500 qualifying races.

Driving a barely-sponsored, five-year-old race car, Brian Keselowski will make his debut in the Daytona 500 Sunday, thanks to the kindest shove he ever received from the little brother he used to wrestle as a kid.

After spinning early in Thursday’s Gatorade Duel qualifier, Brad Keselowski, 27, fell to the rear of the field and had to drive his No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge back up through the pack.

On his way, he dropped the famous Penske Racing “Blue Deuce” in behind Brian, 29, and literally pushed — and willed — his big brother’s wayward No. 4 Dodge forward during the second half of the race. Brian finished fifth, Brad seventh, and for the first time in their lives, they will have the opportunity to compete against one another in NASCAR’s Super Bowl.

“Oh, my God,” an emotional Brian Keselowski said after climbing from his car. “He’s got to be the best pusher here. … I’ve watched him push others for the past three years and to push me into the Daytona 500 today. .. ”

“I’m gonna ask Roger (Penske) to help him out with a little better motor,” Brad Keselowski joked afterward.

 

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Nationwide Champ Brad Keselowski ‘Will Live With’ NASCAR’s New Format

January 12, 2011   Holly Cain   No comments

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TAMPA, Fla. — Brad Keselowski arrived at Tampa’s Busch Gardens theme park Wednesday to help promote the Feb. 20 Daytona 500 wearing a black jacket emblazoned with a NASCAR Nationwide series logo — a proud nod to the series championship he won in 2010 but won’t be defending in 2011.

In a posting on its official Twitter account earlier this week, NASCAR announced that drivers must declare themselves eligible for only one championship among its three national series, Sprint Cup, Nationwide and the Camping World Truck series.

That means Keselowski, who drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge for Penske Racing in the marquee Sprint Cup series, will race in multiple series but won’t be able to simultaneously accumulate championship points in Cup and Nationwide as he did this season.

And while NASCAR isn’t formally commenting on or confirming the format change yet — President Mike Helton and Vice President for Competition Robin Pemberton will address it in a scheduled news conference next Friday in Daytona Beach — Keselowski appeared resigned to his fate.

“There’s a lot of different ways of looking at it,” Keselowski said Tuesday. “Obviously NASCAR has an obligation of trying to do the best for the sport and everything and I respect and appreciate that.

“I still plan on competing even though I can’t compete for the championship. I still plan on living up to the commitments that we’ve made for our sponsors and for our team. I’ve had the luxury of competing in both series last year and enjoyed it. We’ll just kinda live with it and deal with it this year.”

 

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2010 Team Reviews: Penske Racing Perseveres as Lone Dodge Team

January 06, 2011   Geoffrey Miller   No comments

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When Ryan Newman took the checkered flag in the 2008 Daytona 500, Penske Racing, his team at the time, got its first win in NASCAR‘s biggest race. Now team owner and motorsports mogul Roger Penske is in the market for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.

In that regard, Penske looked to be in terrible position before the start of last season after it became the lone team operating under the Dodge banner. Penske made the best of the situation and, in fact, may have gained from the undivided attention his operation received from Dodge.

The team’s driving leader, former champion Kurt Busch, made a small push by securing another berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, while Brad Keselowski often struggled in his first season as a full-time driver in the Cup Series. The team’s other driver, Sam Hornish Jr., may see his ride disappear in NASCAR’s top division after yet another disappointing season in his three-year career.

11th – Kurt Busch [2 wins, 9 Top-5s, 17 Top-10s, 2 DNFs, 15.3 Avg. Finish]

It took just four races in the 2010 season for Kurt Busch to lay claim to his first win of the year, taking the checkered flag at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March. The win — which featured Busch scraping the wall several times — seemed to galvanize Busch’s chance of being a real championship contender.

 

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Brad Keselowski Wins This Time at Gateway

October 23, 2010   Motorsports FanHouse   No comments

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MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Brad Keselowski won the NASCAR Nationwide 5-Hour Energy 250 on Saturday, rolling past Reed Sorenson with two laps remaining at Gateway International Raceway.

Keselowski, who has a large lead in the series standings, earned his sixth Nationwide victory of the season and No. 12 for his career.

Mike Bliss finished second, followed by pole-sitter Justin Allgaier.

Keselowski took on four tires during a pit stop with 10 laps remaining. The move paid off as he rallied from fifth place with five laps left.

The Nationwide stop likely was the final race at Gateway. Dover Motorsports, owner of the track, has put the property up for sale and has not requested any racing dates for 2011.

Brad Keselowski Wins This Time at Gateway originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:14:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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Brad Keselowski Wins This Time at Gateway

October 23, 2010   FanHouse Newswire   No comments

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MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Brad Keselowski won the NASCAR Nationwide 5-Hour Energy 250 on Saturday, rolling past Reed Sorenson with two laps remaining at Gateway International Raceway.

Keselowski, who has a large lead in the series standings, earned his sixth Nationwide victory of the season and No. 12 for his career.

Mike Bliss finished second, followed by pole-sitter Justin Allgaier.

Keselowski took on four tires during a pit stop with 10 laps remaining. The move paid off as he rallied from fifth place with five laps left.

The Nationwide stop likely was the final race at Gateway. Dover Motorsports, owner of the track, has put the property up for sale and has not requested any racing dates for 2011.

 

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No Doubt About NASCAR’s Dirtiest Driver: Brad Keselowski

August 24, 2010   Motorsports FanHouse   No comments

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Sure, every sport has dirty players.

Think of the now-retired Bruce Bowen in basketball, Rodney Harrison of the New England Patriots in football, A.J. Pierzynski in baseball or any number of hockey goons.

But most team sports limit the amount of time athletes have to spend competing against those dirty players. No matter how bad he may be, the schedule dictates that the number of games that, say, Kobe Bryant might be defended by Bruce Bowen, is minimal.

That’s true for every sport but one — stock car racing.

Racing is unique because the best athletes compete against each other in every race, week after week after week. That means that the dirtiest driver has more of an impact on the sport of racing than any dirty athlete in any other sport.

So who is the dirtiest driver in NASCAR right now, the dirty player that can impact dirty play more than any other?

I’ll tell you. It’s Brad Keselowski, the driver of the No. 12 Penske Racing Verizon Wireless Dodge. Keselowski makes Mike Tyson’s ear biting look tame, the worst days of Bill Laimbeer come off as mere child’s play. How bad is Keselowski? I’d call him a dirt bag, but dirt would be offended.

No Doubt About NASCAR’s Dirtiest Driver: Brad Keselowski originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:08:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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No Doubt About NASCAR’s Dirtiest Driver: Brad Keselowski

August 24, 2010   Clay Travis   No comments

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Sure, every sport has dirty players.

Think of the now-retired Bruce Bowen in basketball, Rodney Harrison of the New England Patriots in football, A.J. Pierzynski in baseball or any number of hockey goons.

But most team sports limit the amount of time athletes have to spend competing against those dirty players. No matter how bad he may be, the schedule dictates that the number of games that, say, Kobe Bryant might be defended by Bruce Bowen, is minimal.

That’s true for every sport but one — stock car racing.

Racing is unique because the best athletes compete against each other in every race, week after week after week. That means that the dirtiest driver has more of an impact on the sport of racing than any dirty athlete in any other sport.

So who is the dirtiest driver in NASCAR right now, the dirty player that can impact dirty play more than any other?

I’ll tell you. It’s Brad Keselowski, the driver of the No. 12 Penske Racing Verizon Wireless Dodge. Keselowski makes Mike Tyson’s ear biting look tame, the worst days of Bill Laimbeer come off as mere child’s play. How bad is Keselowski? I’d call him a dirt bag, but dirt would be offended.

 

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Spotter’s Stand: At Slumping Hendrick Motorsports, Last Top Five Was July 10

August 16, 2010   Motorsports FanHouse   No comments

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Jimmie Johnson took home top honors for the Hendrick Motorsports camp in Sunday’s Carfax 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway.

That’s not surprising, Johnson being a four-time defending champion of the series and all. What is surprising, though, is that Johnson took best-of-Hendrick honors at Michigan with a lowly 12th-place finish.

Thanks to the team’s sub-par showing, the Cup series hasn’t seen a Hendrick-owned Chevrolet finish in the top-five for four consecutive races. That span — races at Indianapolis, Pocono, Watkins Glen and Michigan — marks the first time since 2002 that Hendrick hasn’t been represented in the top five for four consecutive weeks.

The last Hendrick top five was on July 10 at Chicagoland, when Jeff Gordon finished third.

Gordon, despite starting 36th after his worst qualifying effort in a year and a half, looked to be the one carrying the Hendrick banner at Michigan with a mid-race march that moved him to second. After a poor restart dropped him back, Gordon suffered a cut tire and enough contact from Jeff Burton to change the aerodynamic handling of his No. 24.

Spotter’s Stand: At Slumping Hendrick Motorsports, Last Top Five Was July 10 originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:10:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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Spotter’s Stand: At Slumping Hendrick Motorsports, Last Top Five Was July 10

August 16, 2010   Geoffrey Miller   No comments

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Jimmie Johnson took home top honors for the Hendrick Motorsports camp in Sunday’s Carfax 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway.

That’s not surprising, Johnson being a four-time defending champion of the series and all. What is surprising, though, is that Johnson took best-of-Hendrick honors at Michigan with a lowly 12th-place finish.

Thanks to the team’s sub-par showing, the Cup series hasn’t seen a Hendrick-owned Chevrolet finish in the top-five for four consecutive races. That span — races at Indianapolis, Pocono, Watkins Glen and Michigan — marks the first time since 2002 that Hendrick hasn’t been represented in the top five for four consecutive weeks.

The last Hendrick top five was on July 10 at Chicagoland, when Jeff Gordon finished third.

Gordon, despite starting 36th after his worst qualifying effort in a year and a half, looked to be the one carrying the Hendrick banner at Michigan with a mid-race march that moved him to second. After a poor restart dropped him back, Gordon suffered a cut tire and enough contact from Jeff Burton to change the aerodynamic handling of his No. 24.

 

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Keselowski Beats Edwards at Michigan, Danica 27th

August 14, 2010   Motorsports FanHouse   No comments

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Brad Keselowski found a new way to avoid getting wrecked by Carl Edwards — running away from him.

That’s exactly what Keselowski did on the final restart with 10 laps to go in the Nationwide race at Michigan International Speedway Saturday.

Meanwhile, Danica Patrick struggled with a loose race car but finished the race in 27th place, four laps down.

Keselowski restarted the race in second, but leader Edwards chose the outside lane, and it was not the best choice. Keselowski ran hard and low into turn one on the inside, and by the time he emerged from turn two, he was well clear of his nemesis.

Two laps later, Keselowski was two-tenths of a second ahead, and he gradually stretched it out from there, beating Edwards by at least 30 car lengths.

“We just fought back from adversity with an awesome Dodge Challenger,” Keselowski said in victory lane. “These new cars are sweet to drive and they’re even better to drive when this Dodge Challenger is that fast.”

Keselowski Beats Edwards at Michigan, Danica 27th originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:21:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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