The world’s fastest speedway became the world’s fastest junkyard Sunday. Brad Keselowski was the calm amidst the storm however leading a race high 46 laps to win the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Keselowski took the lead for the final time from his Penske Racing teammate Joey Logano with 16 laps to go and led on a restart with three laps to go after the races ninth caution. He held off Austin Dillon as the field exited turn 4. Behind the leaders, another crash erupted, and Keselowski won his second race of the season, and the 19th race of his career as the caution flew with less than 1000 feet to go to the finish line.
“One of the best tickets to stay out of the wrecks at Talladega is if you can stay up front, and you’ve got a great shot of not getting wrecked,” Keselowski said. “To be back in Victory Lane with two wins this year, and we feel like we can get a lot more. We’re growing as s team. We made a lot of changes at Team Penske and this feels really good, really good.”
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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