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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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NASCAR Drivers Must Declare for One Championship in 2011

January 10, 2011   Holly Cain   No comments

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NASCAR drivers will have to declare which championship they want to contend for in 2011 — choosing to earn championship points in only one of the three national touring series, Sprint Cup, Nationwide or the Camping World Truck Series, according to a posting from NASCAR’s official Twitter account late Monday night.

NASCAR President Mike Helton will be addressing the media in a “competition update” on Jan. 21 during the open test session at Daytona International Speedway and there was no official statement regarding the format change. However, NASCAR.com is reporting that veteran driver Kenny Wallace confirmed the change in policy after receiving his 2011 licensing agreement from NASCAR last week.

According to Wallace, drivers are asked to place a check next to the series of their choice, meaning that while they may compete in multiple series, the days are gone for a Cup driver to also run for the Nationwide title and/or truck series title. Cup driver Brad Keselowski (above), for example, is the reigning Nationwide Series champion and will have to decide whether to defend his title or stay eligible to try to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

It is still unclear how the points will be awarded to drivers competing in multiple series, but that issue and possible changes to the Cup series’ Chase playoff format are both expected to be addressed next week in NASCAR’s competition update news conference.

NASCAR Chairman Brian France has said repeatedly this season that he was open to changing the format in the Nationwide Series to better showcase the up-and-coming Nationwide Series-only drivers and to entice and reward teams to compete in NASCAR’s triple-A series. And he has also hinted that he’s open to “tweaking” the Chase format it he felt it would significantly improve the playoff feel.

 

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Gateway Incident Adds to Carl Edwards’ Dark Side

July 22, 2010   Motorsports FanHouse   No comments

Geoffrey Millerby Geoffrey Miller

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Carl Edwards certainly has been full of what marketing-types like to call “crossover appeal.”

He’s been the star of AFLAC’s main Olympic commercial. He’s glanced the cover of Men’s Health magazine while becoming a spokesman for healthy fast food chain Subway.

And, of course, he’s become a favorite of the “SportsCenter” highlight reels with his trademark backflip after a win.

But Edwards, ever the effervescent spokesman and intelligent thinker when asked questions in news conferences, has obviously shown to have a much darker side on-track at times — with none more evident than what he was penalized for Wednesday by NASCAR.

Edwards lost 60 Nationwide Series driver points, earned a $25K fine and will be on probation through the end of the calendar year for wrecking Brad Keselowski on the final lap of Saturday night’s Nationwide race just outside St. Louis.

Gateway Incident Adds to Carl Edwards’ Dark Side originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:41:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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Gateway Incident Adds to Carl Edwards’ Dark Side

July 22, 2010   Geoffrey Miller   No comments

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Carl Edwards certainly has been full of what marketing-types like to call “crossover appeal.”

He’s been the star of AFLAC’s main Olympic commercial. He’s glanced the cover of Men’s Health magazine while becoming a spokesman for healthy fast food chain Subway.

And, of course, he’s become a favorite of the “SportsCenter” highlight reels with his trademark backflip after a win.

But Edwards, ever the effervescent spokesman and intelligent thinker when asked questions in news conferences, has obviously shown to have a much darker side on-track at times — with none more evident than what he was penalized for Wednesday by NASCAR.

Edwards lost 60 Nationwide Series driver points, earned a $25K fine and will be on probation through the end of the calendar year for wrecking Brad Keselowski on the final lap of Saturday night’s Nationwide race just outside St. Louis.

 

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Drivers Give New Car Rave Reviews at NASCAR Nationwide Test

May 18, 2010   Motorsports FanHouse   No comments

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For those of you who pine for the good ol’ days when NASCAR‘s racers looked like the production cars they claimed to be, the new-look Nationwide Series has your back.

Twenty-five cars were at Daytona International Speedway Tuesday for a two-day test session to work out last-minute kinks and fine tune the Nationwide Series’ “Next Generation” cars in preparation for their July 2 race debut here.

The reviews from the garage ranged from rookie Brian Scott‘s “pretty interesting to drive” to the series’ current points leader Brad Keselowski‘s “every indication is that we’ll be fine.”

It should be a big boost for a circuit that has always struggled to define itself in the shadow of its Sprint Cup Series sibling. The distinctive looks of the new Chevy Impala, Dodge Challenger, Toyota Camry and the Ford Mustang — the latter in particular from its hood to doors to the famous GT logo on the back — will go a long way toward creating a new and unique identity.

“There’s a coolness factor to (the way the cars look),” Keselowski said. “And I think that’s important for the sport.”

Drivers Give New Car Rave Reviews at NASCAR Nationwide Test originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Tue, 18 May 2010 15:19:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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Drivers Give New Car Rave Reviews at NASCAR Nationwide Test

May 18, 2010   Holly Cain   No comments

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — For those of you who pine for the good ol’ days when NASCAR‘s racers looked like the production cars they claimed to be, the new-look Nationwide Series has your back.

Twenty-five cars were at Daytona International Speedway Tuesday for a two-day test session to work out last-minute kinks and fine tune the Nationwide Series’ “Next Generation” cars in preparation for their July 2 race debut here.

The reviews from the garage ranged from rookie Brian Scott‘s “pretty interesting to drive” to the series’ current points leader Brad Keselowski‘s “every indication is that we’ll be fine.”

It should be a big boost for a circuit that has always struggled to define itself in the shadow of its Sprint Cup Series sibling. The distinctive looks of the new Chevy Impala, Dodge Challenger, Toyota Camry and the Ford Mustang — the latter in particular from its hood to doors to the famous GT logo on the back — will go a long way toward creating a new and unique identity.

“There’s a coolness factor to (the way the cars look),” Keselowski said. “And I think that’s important for the sport.”

 

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Brad Keselowski Charges to Victory in Richmond Nationwide Race

April 30, 2010   Motorsports FanHouse   No comments

FanHouse Newswireby FanHouse NewswireRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Brad Keselowski raced to his second straight NASCAR Nationwide Series victory, shrugging off a NASCAR penalty earlier this week, dominating all night and then rallying from fourth in a green-white-checker finish Friday at Richmond International Raceway.

Keselowski began rebuilding his series points lead, cut to 10 points after he won at Talladega last week and then failed post-race inspection and was docked 50 points. The victory gave Keselowski a 59-point advantage over Kevin Harvick.

It basically restored the lead Keselowski had after winning last weekend at Talladega, only to see 50 points deducted from his total after NASCAR slapped fines and points deductions on the team upon finding an unauthorized spring and shock absorber on his car after the Alabama race.

Keselowski, an eight-time winner in his Nationwide career, was on pace to lead the last 192 laps, but pitted as the leader under caution with five laps to go, handing Kyle Busch the lead.

But Keselowski reasserted his dominance by powering through the field on new tires to pass Busch and teammate Justin Allgaier, who had also stayed out, to win by 0.261 seconds.

“We made the right moves today,” Keselowski said. “We had the car to beat.”

Brad Keselowski Charges to Victory in Richmond Nationwide Race originally appeared on Motorsports FanHouse on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:07:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.

 

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Brad Keselowski Charges to Victory in Richmond Nationwide Race

April 30, 2010   FanHouse Newswire   No comments

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Brad Keselowski raced to his second straight NASCAR Nationwide Series victory, shrugging off a NASCAR penalty earlier this week, dominating all night and then rallying from fourth in a green-white-checker finish Friday at Richmond International Raceway.

Keselowski began rebuilding his series points lead, cut to 10 points after he won at Talladega last week and then failed post-race inspection and was docked 50 points. The victory gave Keselowski a 59-point advantage over Kevin Harvick.

It basically restored the lead Keselowski had after winning last weekend at Talladega, only to see 50 points deducted from his total after NASCAR slapped fines and points deductions on the team upon finding an unauthorized spring and shock absorber on his car after the Alabama race.

Keselowski, an eight-time winner in his Nationwide career, was on pace to lead the last 192 laps, but pitted as the leader under caution with five laps to go, handing Kyle Busch the lead.

But Keselowski reasserted his dominance by powering through the field on new tires to pass Busch and teammate Justin Allgaier, who had also stayed out, to win by 0.261 seconds.

“We made the right moves today,” Keselowski said. “We had the car to beat.”

 

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