Top Five Finish for Keselowski at ‘Dega

Posted on October 24, 2011 by RLD

Brad Keselowski drove his No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T to a fourth place finish during yesterday’s Good Sam Club 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. “It was interesting the whole race,” Keselowski said.   “Our Miller Lite Dodge was fast all day.  I worked really hard with Dave Blaney during the race.  He was a great, great helper and I owe a lot of credit to him.  We stayed smart and brought it up front at the end.”

The final laps were quite wild for Keselowski. As he put it:

“It was crazy toward the end.  I told the guys in the spotter’s stand that Dave Blaney and I had this, they could walk downstairs and grab ‘em a Miller Lite ‘cause there was nothing you could do for us once they dropped the green. My team, they gave me the car. It just came down to teamwork with Dave at the end.  I want to say thank-you to Dave Blaney and his whole team. It all came together there at the end. This is exactly how we needed to leave Talladega, with a strong finish, gained points on the leader, gained points on really all the Chase cars.  I’m very proud of the effort, proud to have a good day and very fortunate to have missed all the wrecks today.” Since he made it through the carnage basically untouched, he finished better than any Chase driver and is only 18 points behind current leader Carl Edwards. With Martinsville next Sunday, Keselowski is confident he can keep the momentum going and move from third up to first place.