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Bradley Keselowski (born February 12 1984) is an auto racing car driver currently competing in the #88 Delphi/Go Daddy/Unilever Chevrolet Impala SS for JR Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the #25 Go Daddy Chevrolet Impala SS in the Sprint Cup Series part-time for Hendrick Motorsports. He is the son of Bob Keselowski and the nephew of Ron Keselowski. His older brother Brian competes part-time in both the ARCA RE/MAX Series and the Nationwide Series.
lowski began competing in NASCAR in 2004, when he began racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the #29 for his family-owned K Automotive Racing team.
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Bradley Keselowski (born February 12 1984) is an auto racing car driver currently competing in the #88 Delphi/Go Daddy/Unilever Chevrolet Impala SS for JR Motorsports in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the #25 Go Daddy Chevrolet Impala SS in the Sprint Cup Series part-time for Hendrick Motorsports. He is the son of Bob Keselowski and the nephew of Ron Keselowski. His older brother Brian competes part-time in both the ARCA RE/MAX Series and the Nationwide Series.
NASCAR career
Keselowski began competing in NASCAR in 2004, when he began racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the #29 for his family-owned K Automotive Racing team. He made his debut at Martinsville Speedway, where he started 26th and finished 33rd. He made seven more starts that season, his best finish coming at Mansfield, where he finished 16th.
In 2005, Keselowski began competing in the Truck Series full-time with backing from and Samson Stone. He opened the season with a career-best seventh-place finish at the Florida Dodge Dealers 250. Running every race that season, he finished 21st in points. He ran the first two races of 2006 for K-Automotive, finishing sixteenth at California Speedway, before a lack of sponsorship caused the team to temporarily suspend operations. Keselowski then drove a pair of races filling in for the injured Kelly Sutton, where he had a seventh-place start at Memphis Motorsports Park. He returned to the trucks in August, where he finished 33rd at Bristol Motor Speedway driving the #63 for MB Motorsports.
Then in 2006 after being hired by Keith Coleman Racing, Keselowski was given his first shot to compete in the Busch Series. Keselowski would run several races in 2006 for Keith Coleman Racing in the Busch Series where he displayed flashes of his ability. He failed to qualify in his first race with the team at Bristol, but then rebounded to qualify in his next 7 straight races.
In 2007, Keselowski began running in the NASCAR Busch series full time and for Rookie of the Year honors with Keith Coleman Racing, but the team suspended operations in July. During the 2007 racing season, Keselowski was tabbed to replace Ted Musgrave at Memphis Motorsports Park after Musgrave was suspended for an in race scuffle with another driver. He qualified first for the Saturday night race, and led a majority of the race, but got bumped by Travis Kvapil with about nine laps to go, who claimed the contact was 'accidental'. Keselowski finished 16th. He drove the #88 for JR Motorsports for the rest of the year, posting five top-ten finishes.
His first win came June 7, 2008 at Nashville Superspeedway, overcoming Clint Bowyer after the final caution with only laps to go. His second Nationwide career win came in the same fashion at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 22, 2008. Late in the season, Keselowski was hired to drive the #25 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet for two races with Hendrick Motorsports. Keselowski was on stand-by for an ill Jeff Gordon in Kansas and for expectant father Casey Mears at Talladega that season as well. Keselowski made his Cup series debut at Texas after failing to qualify twice due to rainouts. He finished the Dickies 500 in 19th position, and 23rd in the season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway.
2009 (Nationwide Series) JR Motorsports and Hendrick Motorsports have announced that the primary sponsorship on Keselowski's Nationwide Series #88 Chevrolet will be split between GoDaddy.com (18 races), Unilever (10 races), and Delphi (6 races).
2009 (Sprint Cup Series) Keselowski will also drive the #25 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet in 7 Sprint Cup series races during the 2009 season and the #09 Miccosukee Casino Chevrolet in 10 races for Phoenix Racing. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jeremy Mayfield has finalized a deal to be the driver/owner this year of the No. 41 car sponsored by All Sport.
Mayfield was given the car number from Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, but he did not get the owner points that will put him in the top 35 that are guaranteed a starting position. The owner points for the 41 have been shifted to Brad Keselowski in the 09 owned by Phoenix Racing. Keselowski is slated to drive 10 races for Phoenix Racing and seven in a fifth car at Hendrick Motorsports.
Keselowski will be running for the 2009 NASCAR Rookie of the Year (ROTY)
Brad Keselowski Racing
In 2007, Keselowski formed his own race team, which began competing in the Truck Series in 2008. Robb Brent signed to drive the #19 Chevy for three races, with a best finish of 21st. Brad drove the #19 Chevy himself in the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway. Using the engine out of his race-winning Nationwide car from Bristol, Brad started 7th and finished the race in 6th position. Keselowski said that he planned to enter the team in more races in 2009.
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