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Keselowski, Logano Visit Guantanamo Bay On NASCAR/USO Tour
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Dodge for Penske Racing, and Joey Logano, driver of the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, brought holiday cheer, smiles and good times to troops and their families on the NASCAR-USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba during their NASCAR-USO visit Dec. 12-14. The tour of Guantanamo Bay was part of an ongoing partnership between NASCAR and the USO to strengthen a connection between the military and motorsports in an effort to help boost the morale of U.S. troops and their families stationed around the world. The partnership also included NASCAR and the USO hosting a group of wounded warriors at the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards Ceremony in Las Vegas. During the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Top 10 NASCAR Moments of 2011
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - In a special season during which magic moments were many, Tony Stewart’s championship-clinching victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway has been voted the Top Moment of 2011. Members of NASCARMedia.com voted in the week-long poll, casting ballots for the top-10 moments from the just-completed NASCAR season. Stewart’s walk-off win in the season finale, however, didn’t exactly prevail in a landslide among voting by members of the news media. Trevor Bayne’s historic Daytona 500 victory – … Read entire article »
A New Champion, Surprise Winners and Broken Records Highlight a Storybook Season
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. \ – “You come at the king, you best not miss.” – Omar Little, The Wire. From the 2007 season – Jimmie Johnson’s first as a defending champion – through 2010, exactly 100 drivers started at least one NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. All took aim at Johnson’s throne. All missed. A shocking victor claimed NASCAR’s most famous race to open the 2011 season, as Trevor Bayne, 20, became the youngest driver to ever … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Brad Keselowski and crew chief Paul Wolfe agree to multi-year contract extensions
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – One of the most successful combinations in NASCAR will continue for years to come at Penske Racing as the organization announced today that both driver Brad Keselowski and crew chief Paul Wolfe have agreed to multi-year contract extensions. Keselowski and Wolfe will continue to lead the No. 2 team as it pursues the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in 2012 and beyond. “The winning combination of Brad Keselowski and Paul Wolfe has been … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Stenhouse clinches Nationwide title as Brad Keselowski wins at Homestead
By Reid Spencer, Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla.—Polesitter Brad Keselowski may have won Saturday’s Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but Roush Fenway Racing had a better night, winning two Nationwide Series championships in one race. Keselowski held off a furious charge from series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on the final lap to secure his fifth victory of the season and the 17th of his career. Third-place finisher Carl Edwards clinched the owners’ championship for Roush Fenway, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Nationwide Series
Brian France: Drivers know where the line is
By Reid Spencer,Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla.—In the aftermath of disciplinary action against Kyle Busch and a not-so-secret fine levied against Brad Keselowski, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France insisted that drivers know the dividing line between acceptable and unacceptable behavior, whether it involves driving or talking. NASCAR parked Busch for the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races at Texas two weeks ago, after Busch wrecked Camping World Truck Series championship contender Ron Hornaday Jr. under … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
Cooper Standard and Cequent Form Major Alliances With No. 29 Brad Keselowski Race Team
Las Vegas, NV – Brad Keselowski Racing (BKR) announced today that two industry-leading companies, Cequent which designs, manufactures and markets towing, hitch systems and related accessories, and Cooper Standard, which specializes in body sealing systems, fluid handling systems and anti-vibration systems for the automotive industry, will join the No. 29 RAM team as major sponsors for the entire 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. The marketing and business alliances will see Cequent and Cooper … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Despite third-place finish, Brad Keselowski wants more
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Brad Keselowski has at least one trait that’s very beneficial to a racecar driver—he’s never satisfied. Yes, Keselowski combined aggressive driving with excellent strategy to finish third in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. But he was still rueful about the one that got away. Though he’s fourth in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup standings, 11 points behind leader Carl Edwards, Keselowski was thinking more of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Keselowski powers to Nationwide win at Kansas
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Driving a No. 22 Dodge that felt as if it were on rails, Brad Keselowski dominated Saturday’s Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway to win his fourth Nationwide Series race of the year and the 16th of his career. The reigning series champion passed runner-up Carl Edwards with just over 13 laps left and pulled away to win by 2.795 seconds. Elliott Sadler ran third, followed by Paul Menard and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Nationwide Series
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