Brad Keselowski

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Brad Keselowski
Brad Keselowski Champion 2012.jpg
Keselowski raising his 2012 Sprint Cup Champion Trophy
Born (1984-02-12) February 12, 1984 (age 29)
Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States
Achievements 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion
2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion
Awards 2008, 2009, 2010 Nationwide Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
136 race(s) run over 6 year(s)
Car no., team No. 2 (Penske Racing)
2012 position 1st
Best finish 1st (2012)
First race 2008 Dickies 500 (Texas)
Last race 2013 Southern 500 (Darlington)
First win 2009 Aaron's 499 (Talladega)
Last win 2012 AAA 400 (Dover International Speedway)
Wins Top tens Poles
9 50 2
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
196 race(s) run over 8 year(s)
Car no., team No. 22 (Penske Racing)
2012 position 101st
Best finish 1st (2010)
First race 2006 Ameriquest 300 (Fontana)
Last race 2013 Toyota Care 250 (Richmond)
First win 2008 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
Last win 2013 Toyota Care 250 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles
21 120 14
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
55 race(s) run over 9 year(s)
Truck no., team No. 2 (Brad Keselowski Racing)
2012 position 81st
Best finish 21st (2005)
First race 2004 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race 2013 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 8 1
Statistics current as of May 17, 2013.

Bradley Aaron "Brad" Keselowski (born February 12, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently races for Penske Racing in NASCAR, driving the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion in the Sprint Cup Series and the No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang in the Nationwide Series. He is also the owner of Brad Keselowski Racing, which currently fields two full-time teams in the Camping World Truck Series. In 2012, Keselowski joined Bobby Labonte as the only NASCAR drivers to have won a championship in both the Sprint Cup Series and the Nationwide Series.

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Personal life [edit]

Keselowski grew up in a racing family from Michigan. He is the son of Bob Keselowski and the nephew of Ron Keselowski. His older brother, Brian, is also a racing driver. The Keselowskis are of Polish descent.[1]

NASCAR [edit]

2004–06: Early years [edit]

In 2004, a 20-year-old Keselowski began his NASCAR career as the driver of the No. 29 Ford F-150 for the family-owned K-Automotive Motorsports in the Craftsman Truck Series. He made his debut in the Kroger 250 at Martinsville, where he started 26th and finished 33rd. He made seven more starts that season, with his best finish coming in the UAW/GM Ohio 250 at Mansfield, where he finished 16th.

Keselowski began competing in the Truck Series full-time in 2005 with backing from SUBcrews.com[2] and Samson Stone.[3] He opened the season with a seventh-place finish in the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona, his only top-ten finish of the year. He would end up finishing 21st in points. He ran the first two races of 2006 for K-Automotive before a lack of sponsorship caused the team to temporarily suspend operations. Keselowski then drove the No. 02 Chevrolet at Kentucky and Memphis, filling in for the injured Kelly Sutton, and drove the No. 63 Ford for MB Motorsports at Bristol and in the season finale, the Ford 200 at Homestead.

2007–09: Breakout years [edit]

Keselowski in victory lane following his first career Nationwide Series victory at Nashville Superspeedway.

Keselowski began competing in the Busch Series full-time in 2007. He drove the No. 23 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS for Keith Coleman Racing, until the team suspended operations in July. Earlier in June, during the 2007 Truck Series season, Keselowski was tabbed by Germain Racing to replace Ted Musgrave in the No. 9 Team ASE Toyota Tundra for the running of the O'Reilly 200 at Memphis after Musgrave was suspended for an in-race scuffle with another driver at the Milwaukee Mile. Keselowski won his first career pole for the race, and led 62 laps, but got turned around by Travis Kvapil as they fought for the lead with ten laps to go. Keselowski wound up finishing 16th. Shortly afterwards, Keselowski was called by car owner Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to drive the No. 88 United States Navy Chevrolet for JR Motorsports for the rest of the Busch Series season. During the Camping World 300 at California Speedway, Keselowski was involved a horrific crash involving A.J. Allmendinger and J.J. Yeley. Keselowski was able to climb out of his damaged car, but complained of foot pain. He would later be treated and released from Loma Linda University Medical Center, and was cleared to race at Richmond the following weekend. Keselowski would close the 2007 season out with five top-ten finishes and a 25th place finish in points.

In 2008 Keselowski re-signed with JR Motorsports for the 2008 Nationwide Series season, and earned his first career victory in the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway, holding off Clint Bowyer. Keselowski would hold off Bowyer again for his second career win in the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. He ended the season third in points, the highest finish by a full-time Nationwide Series-only driver. Keselowski also got his first taste of Sprint Cup action during the 2008 season. He was on standby for an ill Jeff Gordon at Kansas and for expectant father Casey Mears at Talladega, before competing in two races for Hendrick Motorsports in the No. 25 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala. Keselowski finished 19th in his Cup debut, the Dickies 500 at Texas, and 23rd in the Ford 400 at Homestead.

Keselowski returned to JR Motorsports to drive the No. 88 Chevrolet for the 2009 Nationwide Series, with sponsorship from GoDaddy.com, as well as competing in a limited Cup schedule. He drove the No. 25 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports in seven races, and drove the No. 09 Miccosukee Chevrolet for Phoenix Racing in ten races.

First career Sprint Cup victory at Talladega [edit]

Keselowski pulled off a massive upset and earned his first career Sprint Cup victory in the 2009 Aaron's 499 at Talladega. He pushed Carl Edwards towards the front from 5th with two laps to go. Coming out of turn four on the final lap, he attempted to trick Edwards into blocking on the high side so that he could pull underneath. Edwards moved high to block, opening the door for Keselowski to attempt a pass on the low side. When he saw Keselowski moving low, Edwards again tried to block him. Their cars made contact, with Edwards spinning as Keselowski charged to the checkered flag. Due to the rear-wing design on the 2009 Car of Tomorrow, Edwards' car lifted off of the ground as it spun backwards.[4] After Ryan Newman's No. 39 hit Edwards' car, it sailed into the catchfence separating the track from the front grandstands, then skidded to a stop in the middle of the track. Eight fans were injured by flying debris; the most serious one being a woman who broke her jaw and was taken by helicopter to a nearby hospital. Keselowski earned his first career victory in his fifth career start, and earned James Finch his first career victory as an owner in his 20th year of racing. By leading lap 188, Keselowski's first lap led in the Cup Series, it was the first time a driver's first ever lap led was to win the race.[citation needed]

Rest of the 2009 season [edit]

Keselowski's No. 88 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet on pit road before the NorthernTool.com 250 at the Milwaukee Mile.

Keselowski's victory at Talladega earned him more seat time in the James Finch-owned Chevy. Originally scheduled to appear next in the 18th race of the season, at Daytona International Speedway, he was then rescheduled to appear in the upcoming race at Richmond International Raceway. Keselowski also was entered into the Sprint All-Star Race as well.[5] He was forced to pull out of the Richmond race due to commitments to his Nationwide series team.

Keselowski got his third Nationwide victory at Dover when Kyle Busch cut a tire on the restart and second-place Joey Logano made contact, allowing Keselowski to pass both.

After taking a gamble and staying out past his pit-window, Keselowski garnered his fourth win at the first ever Nationwide race at Iowa Speedway after battling Kyle Busch to take over and maintain first position. Keselowski finishing first over Kyle Busch, though Busch still tied a record with his ninth consecutive top-two finish.

Keselowski's next Nationwide Series victory came in August at the CARFAX 250 at Michigan International Speedway. Pole-sitter Brian Vickers and points-leader Kyle Busch dominated the race, but Keselowski passed them both on the final lap after a blocking move by Vickers on Busch forced both drivers to slow down slightly.[6]

The rest of Keselowski's 2009 season in Sprint Cup was less than stellar. After the win, he only captured two Top 15's until November 2009. He met controversy at the fall race in Talladega when he bumped future teammate Kurt Busch going into the tri-oval causing a 15-car melee, that included Busch, Jeff Gordon, and Mark Martin who went upside down after being clipped by Martin Truex, Jr.

2010–present: Penske years [edit]

Keselowski's No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge at Road America.

2010 [edit]

In 2010, Keselowski joined Penske Racing running the No. 12 Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup Series and the No. 22 Discount Tire car in the Nationwide Series. In Atlanta, on lap 41, he tapped Carl Edwards on a restart and Edwards went up to the wall to collect Joey Logano. Later, Keselowski appeared to be headed toward a top-10 finish at Atlanta with three laps to go when Edwards, apparently in retaliation for this accident and still mad at Keselowski for their previous incidents in 2009 including the finish at Talladega, spun Keselowski. Keselowski's car caught air and despite the roof flaps working his car overturned, hitting the front-stretch wall roof-first in an accident that resembled the Talladega finish of the previous year. His new teammate Kurt Busch ended up winning the race. Edwards was parked by NASCAR and Keselowski climbed out mostly unscathed.

Keselowski scored his first 2010 Nationwide win at Talladega on April 25, after crashing out of the Sprint Cup race earlier in the day, and then went on to win five more races at Richmond, Nashville, Michigan, and Charlotte. At Gateway International Raceway in 2010 Brad Keselowski fought rival Carl Edwards again in the closing stages of the Nationwide Race. On the final lap Keselowski bumped Edwards, apparently retaliation for Edwards bumping the #22 earlier in the race. Keselowski briefly took the lead, but gave the position back and falling in behind Edwards. The two ran side-by-side through turns two and three before Edwards ran high in turn 4 and then made a hard left into the right quarter panel of the #22, tuning him hard into the wall at the finish line and causing an 11 car wreck. Keselowski's car came down in front of the field and was hit hard by the car of Shelby Howard. Keselowski climbed out of his car with a grimace on his face and mostly unscathed, though one driver was sent to the hospital with rib injuries. With his team and in victory lane Edwards was loudly booed as he bragged publicly that the crash was not an accident. Keselowski was infuriated and told a reporter that Edwards just wrecked him for no reason, saying, "I am sure Edwards will say sorry or think about how cool he is in his mind but that is not reality."[7] That week NASCAR put Edwards on probation for his actions, fined him $25,000, and deducted 60 points from him in the Nationwide Series point standings. NASCAR also placed Keselowski on probation.[8]

With crew chief Paul Wolfe, Keselowski won his first ever NASCAR Nationwide Series title, collecting five poles, 26 top 5s, and 29 top 10s along the way.[9] His 26 top 5s beat Kyle Busch's record of 25 top 5s set in 2009. In the Sprint Cup it was a different story. Keselowski finished 25th in the final Sprint Cup standings and recorded one pole, no wins, 0 top 5s, and 2 top 10s.

2011 [edit]

During the offseason, Sprint Cup Penske teammates Keselowski and Kurt Busch swapped cars. Busch moved to Keselowski's old car, the renumbered No. 22 Shell/Penzoil Dodge with his crew from the #2 Miller Lite Dodge, while Keselowski took over the No. 2 car with his No. 12 crew coming with him. This was done at the behest of Royal Dutch Shell, who Penske signed on as a sponsor (after their sponsorship of Kevin Harvick expired following the 2010 season). Shell wanted the more experienced Busch to drive their car; thus, since SABMiller was signed as a long-term sponsor for Penske's team, this necessitated the shift. Keselowski's Nationwide Series crew chief Paul Wolfe replaced Jay Guy in the Sprint Cup Series; Todd Gordon became Keselowski's crew chief in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.[10]

Keselowski's 2011 Cup season began slowly, but starting in May his fortunes began to change. He won the pole for the 2011 Coca-Cola 600, and the following week, he was able to get the lead with nine laps to go and hold off a charging Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to win the 2011 STP 400 at Kansas Speedway on fuel mileage. During his victory celebration, he ran out of fuel.[11]

While testing at Road Atlanta in August, Keselowski crashed and broke his left ankle.[12] Despite racing with an injury, he won his second victory of the season at the Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono Raceway less than a week later. The win put him into contention to grab one of the two "Wild Card" spots available in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.[13]

The next week, Keselowski finished second at the 2011 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen. He took the lead on a restart two laps to go but was passed by Marcos Ambrose in turn five of the same lap. A violent crash involving David Reutimann and David Ragan on the last lap forced NASCAR to throw the caution, and Ambrose was delcared the winner. Keselowski followed his 2nd place finish with a 3rd place finish at the Pure Michigan 400. The next week, Keselowski won his third race of the year at the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol.

That win virtually assured Keselowski a spot in the 2011 Chase for the Cup, given NASCAR's rule change designating the final two Chase spots as wild card slots for drivers ranked 11th through 20th in the points with the most wins. Keselowski finished the regular season 11th in points, using his three wins to qualify for his first career Chase.

Keselowski was a factor for much of the Chase, before a late spin during the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway derailed his championship hopes. Still, Keselowski finished his second full Cup season fifth in the point standings, 84 points behind champion Tony Stewart. Keselowski finished the season with more wins than teammate Kurt Busch (three to two) and with a better points finish.

2012 [edit]

In addition to continuing running in the Sprint Cup Series and a limited Nationwide Series schedule for Penske Racing, Keselowski has competed in a limited number of Camping World Truck Series races for his own team as a teammate to Parker Kligerman.[14]

Statistically, 2012 was Keselowski's best Sprint Cup season to date: he won five races on the way to winning his first Sprint Cup championship. Keselowski started the year by memorably posting pictures and status updates via Twitter from his car during a red flag period. Cars were stopped on the track when a mechanical failure on Juan Pablo Montoya's car caused it to run into a jet dryer under caution at the Daytona 500, leading to a large fire that damaged the track surface, which had to be repaired before the race could be concluded.[15] Keselowski was caught up in a crash on lap 188 and finished 32nd.

On March 18 he won his first race of the season, the Food City 500 at Bristol. He also won the Aaron's 499 at Talladega from a late race restart and a push from Kyle Busch that allowed him to overtake Matt Kenseth. It was the first time since Dave Marcis in 1976 that Dodge won a Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega and only the fourth win at the track for the automaker. (This also proved to be Dodge's last win at the track as the manufacturer left NASCAR following the end of the 2012 season.) On June 30, Keselowski picked up his 3rd win at Kentucky Speedway, the first driver to win 3 races in the 2012 Cup season and joining Kyle Busch as the first two-time Sprint Cup winners of the race at Kentucky.

Keselowski won the first Nationwide series race to be contested at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indiana 250. Although Penske Racing has fifteen victories in the Indianapolis 500, this was the team's first NASCAR triumph at the track.[16]

In August 2012, Keselowski put himself in second place at the Nationwide race at Watkins Glen. He led the closing stages but several cautions ended up putting his old rival Carl Edwards to the lead; with two laps to go Keselowski fell back to second place and Edwards charged for the win and in victory lane he confirmed he and Keselowski no longer dislike each other; Keselowski in his review said the same confirmation.[17]

The next day, Keselowski led 37 laps in the Finger Lakes 355 at Watkins Glen. With two laps to go, he was second behind Kyle Busch, and had Marcos Ambrose behind him. Busch slipped on oil after taking the white flag, and Keselowski slid into him, spinning him out in the esses. Keselowski then led most of the final lap before Ambrose was able to get by Keselowski in the final turns; Keselowski finished second to Ambrose in a repeat of the previous year' finish.[18]

Keselowski notched another 2nd place finish the following week at Michigan, leading with 10 laps to go but being passed by Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle. Johnson's engine failed with six laps to go, giving the race to Biffle. Keselowski's strong showing during the 2012 Sprint Cup season qualified him for the Chase for the Sprint Cup, which he entered in 4th place on account of his 3 regular season wins.[19]

In September, he won the first race in the Chase, the GEICO 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. Two weeks after that, he won at Dover after several of the dominant leaders had to pit late for fuel, allowing him to assume the point lead. Keselowski continued on a hot streak of top-eleven finishes: 7th at Talladega, 11th at Charlotte, and 7th at Kansas, although his point lead over Jimmie Johnson narrowed during this stretch. He lost the point lead to Johnson the following week at Martinsville, finishing sixth while Johnson won. The next week Keselowski finished second at Texas, racing Johnson hard before relinquishing the lead.[20] His aggressive driving at the end of the race prompted defending champion Tony Stewart to say that Keselowski drove with a 'death wish.'[21]

While Johnson wrecked the following week in Phoenix, Keselowski's sixth-place finish allowed him to reassume the points lead by 20 points. During a red flag period due to Jeff Gordon intentionally crashing Clint Bowyer, Keselowski again tweeted a photo from his car. NASCAR fined Keselowski $25,000 for this, stating that it was prohibited under NASCAR rules (despite NASCAR not having penalized Keselowski for tweeting a photo from his car during the lengthy red flag at the Daytona 500).[22][23] He qualified third for the finale at Homestead-Miami, but was then moved up to second after pole-sitter Joey Logano was involved in a Saturday practice wreck involving Greg Biffle and Denny Hamlin. Keselowski finished in 15th place, but still clinched his first Sprint Cup championship when Johnson dropped out of the race with gear failure. In an interview on ESPN's SportsCenter during the post-race celebration, Keselowski admitted to being "a little buzzed" after consuming plenty of his sponsor, Miller Lite. The video of his interview went viral; interviewer Kevin Connors called it the best interview in SportsCenter's history.[24]

2013 [edit]

Keselowski during the 2013 STP Gas Booster 500 at Martinsville.

Keselowski opened the 2013 season with four straight top-5 finishes, including a fourth place finish in the Daytona 500. This streak came to an end at the Auto Club 500, where he finished twenty-third after dealing with handling issues.[25] He posted three more top-10s in the next three races before suffering a dropped cylinder in his engine towards the end of the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway that relegated him to a 33rd place finish.[26]

NRA 500 controversy [edit]

His car and teammate Joey Logano's car each failed pre-race inspections at the NRA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway due to an issue with the cars' rear-end housings. Keselowski was able to start the race from his original qualifying position as his car cleared inspection as driver introductions were ending, while Logano was forced to start from the back of the field because he didn't pass inspection in time to line up in the starting grid. After the race, Keselowski told members of the news media that he felt the Penske teams had been targeted by NASCAR.[27] Both drivers finished the race in the top 10, with Keselowski finishing 9th.[28]

On Wednesday, April 17, 2013, NASCAR announced penalties related to the rear-housing infraction discovered in Keselowski and Logano's cars prior to the NRA 500: Keselowski's crew chief Paul Wolfe, car chief Jerry Kelley, team engineer Brian Wilson and Penske competition director Travis Geisler were all suspended for the next six races, including the non-points Sprint All-star Race. Wolfe was also fined $100,000 and Keselowski was docked 25 driver points. Identical penalties were also handed down to all of the people in the same positions on Logano's team. Penske Racing released a statement saying the organization planned to appeal the penalties,[29] but on May 1, the NASCAR Appeals Panel unanimously upheld the penalties. Team owner Roger Penske said he would further appeal the ruling to NASCAR Chief Appelate Officer John Middlebrook.[30]

Brad Keselowski Racing [edit]

Keselowski formed his own race team in 2007. The team began competing in the Truck Series in 2008. Brad drove the No. 29 Chevrolet himself and earned the team's first Top 10 finish.

In 2011 and part of 2012, Parker Kligerman drove the No. 29 Ram in the Camping World Truck Series for BKR. Kligerman finished 11th in points in 2011, but was released from BKR midway through the 2012 season,[31] being replaced by Ryan Blaney.[32] Ryan Blaney drove to the team's first victory on September 15, 2012 at Iowa Speedway.

Motorsports career results [edit]

NASCAR [edit]

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results [edit]

NASCAR Nationwide Series results [edit]

* Season in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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