Brad Keselowski survived wild weather, a gamble on fuel strategy and a pit road speeding penalty to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday. Keselowski took the lead from Kyle Busch with six laps to go to score the 18th win of his career and his second at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the last two years.
“It seemed like there were plenty of challenges,” Keselowski said. “Whether it was pit road or the weather or cautions.”
Kyle Busch was in command in the closing laps after taking the lead on a restart on lap 223. Busch restarted fourth but jumped out of line and fought Jimmie Johnson three wide to rocket to the lead.
Behind him, Joey Logano and Keselowski both of whom had stayed out during the final pit stops and were hoping to have enough fuel held station until eight laps to go. The final caution on lap 232 gave Logano and Keselowski enough fuel to make it to the end and came when Matt Kenseth who led 9 laps earlier in the race, spun collecting Chase Elliott who was running sixth at the time.
Keselowski took second with eight laps to go and began moving forward and eventually to victory.
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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