195 Facts About Brad Keselowski

Bradley Aaron Keselowski is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and entrepreneur.

Brad Keselowski competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 6 Ford Mustang for RFK Racing, a team he co-owns.

Brad Keselowski was the owner of Brad Keselowski Racing, which fielded two full-time trucks in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Brad Keselowski is the owner and founder of Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing, a hybrid manufacturing company based in Statesville, North Carolina, specializing in additive metal technologies as well as CNC machining.

Brad Keselowski was born in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and grew up in a racing family.

Brad Keselowski is the fifth and youngest child of Kay and Bob Keselowski and the nephew of Ron Keselowski.

Brad Keselowski's older brother, Brian, is an active racing driver.

Brad Keselowski spent much of his adolescence working at his father's race shop; he swept and mopped the floors, and mowed the grass.

In 2000, Brad Keselowski began racing stock cars in the Factory Stock division.

In 2004, at only 20 years old, Brad Keselowski began his NASCAR career as the driver of the No 29 Ford F-150 for the generally owned company in the Craftsman Truck Series.

Brad Keselowski made his debut in the Kroger 250 at Martinsville, where he started twenty-sixth and finished thirty-third.

Brad Keselowski starting competing in the Truck Series full-time in 2005 with backing from SUBcrews.

Brad Keselowski opened the season with a seventh-place finish in the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona, his only top ten finish of the year.

Brad Keselowski ran the first two races of 2006 for K-Automotive before a lack of sponsorship caused the team to temporarily suspend operations.

Brad Keselowski then drove the No 02 Chevrolet at Kentucky and Memphis, filling in for an injured Kelly Sutton, and drove the No 63 Ford for MB Motorsports at Bristol and in the season finale, the Ford 200 at Homestead.

Brad Keselowski began competing in the Busch Series full-time in 2007.

Brad Keselowski won his first career pole for the race, and led sixty-two laps, but got turned around by Travis Kvapil as they fought for the lead with ten laps to go.

Shortly afterward, Brad Keselowski was called by car owner Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Brad Keselowski was able to climb out of his damaged car but complained of foot pain.

In 2008 Brad Keselowski re-signed with JR Motorsports for the 2008 Nationwide Series season, and earned his first career victory in the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway, holding off Clint Bowyer.

Brad Keselowski would hold off Bowyer again for his second career win in the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Brad Keselowski ended the season third in points, the highest finish by a full-time Nationwide Series-only driver.

Brad Keselowski got his first taste of Sprint Cup action during the 2008 season.

Brad Keselowski was on standby for an ill Jeff Gordon at Kansas and for expectant father Casey Mears at Talladega, before competing in two races for Hendrick Motorsports in the No 25 GoDaddy.

Brad Keselowski finished 19th in his Cup debut, the Dickies 500 at Texas, and 23rd in the Ford 400 at Homestead.

Brad Keselowski returned to JR Motorsports to drive the No 88 Chevrolet for the 2009 Nationwide Series, with sponsorship from GoDaddy.

Brad Keselowski pulled off a massive upset and earned his first career Sprint Cup victory in the Aaron's 499 at Talladega.

Brad Keselowski pushed Carl Edwards towards the front from fifth with two laps to go.

When he saw Brad Keselowski moving low, Edwards again tried to block him.

Brad Keselowski earned his first career victory on his fifth career start and earned James Finch his first career victory as an owner in his twentieth year of racing.

The race's final lap was the first Sprint Cup lap that Brad Keselowski ever led, and therefore the only lap he led for the entire race; coincidentally this was the first time in history that the very first lap a Sprint Cup driver led was the final lap of a race.

Brad Keselowski was entered into the Sprint All-Star Race as well.

Brad Keselowski was forced to pull out of the Richmond race due to commitments to his Nationwide Series team.

Brad Keselowski got his third Nationwide Series victory at Dover when Kyle Busch cut a tire on the restart and second-place Joey Logano made contact, allowing Brad Keselowski to pass both.

Brad Keselowski finished first over Kyle Busch, though Busch still tied a record with his ninth consecutive top-two finish.

At Montreal in the 2009 NAPA 200, Brad Keselowski had a promising run.

Pole-sitter Brian Vickers and points-leader Kyle Busch dominated the race, but Brad Keselowski passed them both on the final lap after a blocking move by Vickers on Busch forced both drivers to slow down slightly.

Brad Keselowski met controversy at the fall race in Talladega when he bumped future teammate Kurt Busch going into the tri-oval causing a fifteen-car melee, that included Busch, Jeff Gordon, and Mark Martin - who went upside down after being clipped by Martin Truex Jr.

Hamlin was unapologetic in an interview and while Brad Keselowski remained unrepentant, saying "I've already moved on," Brad Keselowski got little or no sympathy from most of his fellow competitors.

Brad Keselowski ended up in third spot behind rivals Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch in the final NNS standings.

Brad Keselowski began looking elsewhere and left the Chevrolet camp to drive a Dodge for Team Penske.

In 2010, Brad Keselowski replaced David Stremme in the No 12 Dodge Charger in the Cup Series and ran the full Nationwide Series schedule as well in the No 22 Discount Tire.

Later, Brad Keselowski appeared to be headed toward a top-5 finish at Atlanta with three laps to go when Edwards, apparently in retaliation for this accident, intentionally spun Brad Keselowski.

Brad Keselowski's car caught air and despite the roof flaps working his car overturned, hitting the front-stretch wall roof-first in an accident that resembled the Talladega finish of the previous year.

Edwards was parked by NASCAR and Brad Keselowski was physically okay, but shaken up from the heavy impact.

Brad Keselowski scored his first 2010 Nationwide win at Talladega on April 25, after crashing out of the Sprint Cup race earlier in the day, and then went on to win five more races at Richmond, Nashville, Michigan, and Charlotte.

At Gateway International Raceway in 2010 Brad Keselowski fought rival Carl Edwards again in the closing stages of the Nationwide Race.

Brad Keselowski briefly took the lead, but gave the position back and fell in behind Edwards.

Brad Keselowski's car came down in front of the field and was hit hard by the car of Shelby Howard.

Brad Keselowski climbed out of his car with a grimace on his face and mostly unscathed, though one driver was sent to the hospital with rib injuries.

At Bristol in the Nationwide Series race Brad Keselowski was the center of controversy because he was involved in an accident caused by Kyle Busch.

In turn 3 with 33 laps left, Busch slid in front of Brad Keselowski, causing Brad Keselowski to bump him.

Busch was angry that Brad Keselowski bumped him, so in the next turn, Busch retaliated, by intentionally wrecking Brad Keselowski into the wall.

Kyle Busch ended up winning the race and admitted that wrecking Brad Keselowski was on purpose in a post-race conference.

In reply to the crash, Brad Keselowski called Busch "an ass" during driver introductions before the Cup race.

The next week at Montreal, Brad Keselowski redeemed himself from Bristol.

Brad Keselowski had his greatest finish at the track in 4th spot.

Brad Keselowski was in the 6th spot on the restart but Robby Gordon ran out of gas on the restart letting Keselowski battle Paul Menard for 4th place.

Brad Keselowski finished 25th in the final Sprint Cup standings and recorded one pole, no wins, 0 top 5s, and 2 top 10s.

For 2011, Brad Keselowski moved over to Penske's long-time flagship car, the No 2 Miller Lite-sponsored Dodge.

Royal Dutch Shell, who had most recently sponsored Kevin Harvick's No 29 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing, signed on to sponsor Penske's second car, which Brad Keselowski had been driving.

Brad Keselowski, meanwhile, had his crew follow him to the No 2 and the team's third unit, the No 77 which had been driven by Sam Hornish Jr.

Brad Keselowski won the pole for the 2011 Coca-Cola 600, and the following week, he was able to get the lead with nine laps to go and hold off a charging Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Brad Keselowski was airlifted to a hospital, claiming he had terrible back pain.

Brad Keselowski took the lead on a restart two laps to go but was passed by Marcos Ambrose in turn five of the same lap.

Brad Keselowski followed his 2nd-place finish with a 3rd-place finish at the Pure Michigan 400.

The next week, Brad Keselowski won his third race of the year at the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol.

Brad Keselowski finished the regular season 11th in points, using his three wins to qualify for his first career Chase.

Brad Keselowski was a factor for much of the Chase, before a late spin during the Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway derailed his championship hopes.

Still, Brad Keselowski finished his second full Cup season fifth in the point standings, 84 points behind champion Tony Stewart.

Brad Keselowski finished the season with more wins than teammate Busch and with better points finish.

Brad Keselowski started the year by memorably posting pictures and status updates via Twitter from his car during a red flag period.

Brad Keselowski was caught up in a crash on lap 188 and finished 32nd.

Brad Keselowski won the Aaron's 499 at Talladega from a late-race restart and a push from Kyle Busch that allowed him to overtake Matt Kenseth.

On June 30, Brad Keselowski picked up his 3rd win at Kentucky Speedway, the first driver to win three races in the 2012 Cup season and joining Kyle Busch as the first two-time Sprint Cup winners of the race at Kentucky.

Brad Keselowski won the first Nationwide series race to be contested at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the Indiana 250.

Brad Keselowski led the closing stages but several cautions ended up putting his old rival Carl Edwards to the lead; with two laps to go Keselowski fell back to second place and Edwards charged for the win and in victory lane, he confirmed he and Keselowski no longer dislike each other; Keselowski in his review said the same confirmation.

The next day, Brad Keselowski led 37 laps in the Finger Lakes 355 at Watkins Glen.

Busch slipped on oil after taking the white flag, and Brad Keselowski slid into him, spinning him out in the esses.

Brad Keselowski notched another 2nd-place finish the following week at Michigan, leading with 10 laps to go but being passed by Jimmie Johnson and Greg Biffle.

Brad Keselowski's strong showing during the 2012 Sprint Cup season qualified him automatically for the Chase for the Sprint Cup, which he entered in 4th place on account of his 3 regular-season wins.

Brad Keselowski continued on a hot streak of top-eleven finishes: 7th at Talladega, 11th at Charlotte, and 7th at Kansas, although his point lead over Jimmie Johnson narrowed during this stretch.

Brad Keselowski lost the point lead to Johnson the following week at Martinsville, finishing sixth while Johnson won.

The next week Brad Keselowski finished second at Texas, racing Johnson hard before relinquishing the lead.

Brad Keselowski's aggressive driving at the end of the race prompted defending champion Tony Stewart to say that Keselowski drove with a 'death wish.

Brad Keselowski finished in 15th place, but still clinched his first Sprint Cup championship when Johnson dropped out of the race with gear failure, joining Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt as the only drivers to win the Cup championship within their first three full-time seasons.

Brad Keselowski opened the 2013 season with four straight top-5 finishes, including a fourth-place finish in the Daytona 500 despite being caught up in two crashes.

Brad Keselowski posted three more top-10s in the next three races before suffering a dropped cylinder in his engine towards the end of the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway that relegated him to a 33rd-place finish.

Brad Keselowski drove his way up to contention to win after two crashes.

Nobody agreed with him and Brad Keselowski got jeered by fans and media; which further made Brad Keselowski frustrated.

However, after looking at a video of the finish Brad Keselowski realized that NASCAR was directing fairly and that Ragan was fairly in his line; he apologized two days later.

At Darlington, Brad Keselowski finished in 32nd place after being involved in a crash on lap 313.

At Charlotte in the All-Star race, Brad Keselowski had one of his most heartbreaking races ever.

Brad Keselowski had to slide 15,000 feet back around the track to get to the garage.

Brad Keselowski's car had broken down from steering problems that would take the rest of the race to fix.

At the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, though, on lap 317, Brad Keselowski was wrecked by Danica Patrick after her off-track boyfriend Ricky Stenhouse made it three-wide.

Brad Keselowski subsequently retired from the race, finishing 35th, his first DNF since the 2012 Daytona 500.

At Kentucky, Brad Keselowski won the rain-shortened Nationwide race, but in the Sprint Cup race, he was tagged on lap 47 by Kurt Busch, causing a seven-car wreck, and he finished 34th.

Brad Keselowski then had a 21st-place finish at Daytona in the Coke Zero 400.

At New Hampshire, Brad Keselowski won his first pole of the season.

At Watkins Glen International in the Cup race, Brad Keselowski recovered from a spin in turn 1 to challenge former Cup rival Kyle Busch for the victory.

Brad Keselowski was unable to get by Kyle and finished in second place for the third consecutive time in the event.

Brad Keselowski raced Kyle completely clean, later saying he did it in an attempt to repair their old rivalry.

At Michigan, Brad Keselowski nearly scored his first dream Cup victory while in a fuel crisis.

Brad Keselowski led with 30 laps left but caution issues forced him to pit, putting him in the 12th spot for the final results.

The only positive side of Brad Keselowski's heartbreak was that through his new teammate Joey Logano who won the race; Penske Racing won at the track they originated from.

On September 5,2013, Brad Keselowski won the 3rd Nationwide Series race at Richmond, making it 5 race wins in his last 6 starts, and his 24th career win in the series.

At Richmond, Brad Keselowski led the most laps with 142, but a late caution during the race caused him to finish 17th, and missed the Chase due to being 16th in the points standings.

On October 2, Brad Keselowski signed a contract extension with Penske Racing to remain with the team until 2017.

At Charlotte, Brad Keselowski started well, though he was penalized early when he left his pit during a pit stop under caution carrying the jack with him.

Brad Keselowski rallied to the last caution and took the last restart in 4th.

Brad Keselowski was able to start the race from his original qualifying position as his car cleared inspection as driver introductions were ending, while Logano was forced to start from the back of the field because he didn't pass inspection in time to line up in the starting grid.

Wolfe was fined $100,000 and Brad Keselowski was docked 25 driver points.

Brad Keselowski started his 2014 season finishing second to Denny Hamlin in the Sprint Unlimited.

Brad Keselowski still made the Daytona 500 under an owner's points provisional.

Brad Keselowski was the first driver to win a pole position under the two-round version of the new "knockout" qualifying procedure.

Brad Keselowski led 53 laps and overtook Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Brad Keselowski was very emotional about his win because it automatically qualified him in the Chase; redemption from 2013 when he did not make the Chase.

At Martinsville a few weeks later Brad Keselowski got into a feud with former Penske teammate Kurt Busch.

On pit road, Brad Keselowski stopped for a stalled Kasey Kahne.

Brad Keselowski replied by giving Busch a hand gesture on the track at lap 87.

Brad Keselowski nearly won the Toyota Owners 400 a few weeks later, but engaged in a battle with Matt Kenseth and Jeff Gordon which allowed teammate Joey Logano to take the lead and ultimately the win with 4 laps left.

Kenseth had repeatedly blocked Brad Keselowski, trying to keep him from winning the race.

Brad Keselowski showed displeasure with Kenseth after the race, pointing his finger at him and throwing his gloves into his car.

However, though Brad Keselowski was upset with Kenseth, he jumped onto the hood of Logano's car and gave him a thumbs up.

Later in the race, Brad Keselowski was trying to regain his final lap back but got loose and spun.

At Pocono, Brad Keselowski took the lead from Justin Allgaier with less than 19 laps to go.

Brad Keselowski himself is a Michigan native and said that winning the Michigan race would mean more to him than just winning the Daytona 500.

At Sonoma, Brad Keselowski got wrecked on lap 11 by Kyle Busch after Brad Keselowski threw a failed block on Busch.

At Kentucky, Brad Keselowski raced in all 3 series and nearly won both the truck race and the Nationwide race, but came up just short.

Brad Keselowski however dominated the Sprint Cup race and got his second win of the season.

Brad Keselowski made the headlines when his hand got severely injured by a champagne bottle during the victory lane celebration.

Brad Keselowski was rushed to the hospital and released after getting stitches.

At Daytona, Brad Keselowski got caught up in both Big Ones but finished 18th, one lap down, by the time the race was called for rain.

Brad Keselowski had a perfect weekend in New Hampshire when he won both Cup series practices, the pole for the Nationwide race, and leading one-hundred and fifty-five laps to win the Nationwide race.

Brad Keselowski passed Michael McDowell with 2 laps to go to win the race.

Brad Keselowski joined Aric Almirola as one of two drivers to record the feat in 2014.

Brad Keselowski had never won a Truck race in his previous 63 starts.

When Brad Keselowski began walking to his hauler, Kenseth physically attacked him from behind, and he had to be restrained by Brad Keselowski's crew chief Paul Wolfe.

NASCAR stated in the penalty announcement that the main reason Brad Keselowski was fined was that he made contact with Kenseth after the race had already ended.

However, it escalated into a brawl due to Brad Keselowski being shoved from behind by Kevin Harvick, who had wanted Brad Keselowski to fight Gordon.

Brad Keselowski finished 4th in the 2014 Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500, but it wasn't enough for him to advance to the final round.

Brad Keselowski was the highest-ranking driver outside of the final four at the end of the season.

Brad Keselowski had set a personal best record of six victories throughout the season, which was the highest number of wins for anyone in the 2014 season.

On January 25,2015, Jeff Gluck of USA Today stated Brad Keselowski was hired, along with Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick, as an Xfinity Series analyst for NASCAR on Fox.

Brad Keselowski would be in the booth for the Atlanta, Phoenix, and Richmond races.

Days later, Brad Keselowski led the waning stages of the Daytona 300 in the Xfinity Series event.

Brad Keselowski led early at Phoenix, leading 52 laps but lost a critical amount of track position after his team made the mistake of not pitting before a caution with less than 142 laps to go.

Brad Keselowski finished second the next week at Martinsville being beaten by rival Denny Hamlin by 0.3 seconds.

Brad Keselowski had the faster car in the ending laps but he was unable to win the race because after restarting 4th, he was unable to get by Matt Kenseth or Joey Logano, quick enough as Hamlin, to challenge Hamlin for the win.

Brad Keselowski had a dismal summer but still made the Chase for the Cup.

Brad Keselowski led 52 laps at Martinsville but got taken out of the race from contact with Matt Kenseth on a restart with 49 laps left.

Brad Keselowski's crash set up the controversial wreck with Kenseth and teammate Joey Logano.

At Texas, Brad Keselowski started on the pole and led the most laps.

Brad Keselowski was eliminated from the final 4 spots of the Chase after finishing badly at Phoenix.

Brad Keselowski led the most laps of the Ford 400, but a late-race caution cost him the race, finishing 3rd behind Kyle Busch who won the race and the 2015 Cup series championship.

Brad Keselowski finished out the season with 1 win, 9 top-fives 25 top tens, 3 poles, and 1 DNF.

Brad Keselowski started his season on a high note, leading the most laps of the Sprint Unlimited at Daytona.

Brad Keselowski recovered from a bad pit stop to finish 9th.

Brad Keselowski didn't have any promising races at Daytona and Atlanta.

Brad Keselowski won the 10th race of the season, the GEICO 500 at Talladega.

Brad Keselowski started 7th and led the most laps, 46 laps.

Brad Keselowski used the outside line to take the lead on lap 73, and swapped the lead with NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin multiple times, before blocking the three-wide lines.

When NASCAR came back to Daytona, Brad Keselowski would have the best car all night and led the most laps to win the Coke Zero 400 and get his third win of the season.

Brad Keselowski made it through the first round of the Chase, but in the second round, he was eliminated.

At Charlotte he would finish 7th, the next week at Kansas he was running in the top 10 but with 77 laps to go, Brad Keselowski got loose and spun through the infield, tearing up his splitter and going to the garage and finishing 38th.

Brad Keselowski crashed out of the 2017 Daytona 500 after leading 13 laps during the race.

At Atlanta, Brad Keselowski suffered from various pit issues, including being forced to pit for a flat tire and loose lug nuts, as the race was dominated by the Ford of Kevin Harvick.

Brad Keselowski then won back-to-back races at Darlington and Indianapolis, giving Team Penske its first victory in the Brickyard 400, which was a highly coveted win for Team Penske given their history at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy 500.

Brad Keselowski backed up his Playoff run with a win at Las Vegas, giving Roger Penske his 500th overall motorsports victory as a car owner and advancing him to the Round of 12, despite surviving a hard crash at the Charlotte Roval.

Brad Keselowski was eliminated from the Round of 12 after the fall Kansas race and finished the season eighth in the points standings.

Brad Keselowski started the 2019 season with a 12th-place finish at the Daytona 500.

Brad Keselowski followed this up with wins at Martinsville and Kansas.

Brad Keselowski dominated the early stages of the Coke 600 but spun out with 5 to go, finishing 19th.

Brad Keselowski finished fifth at the Charlotte Roval to advance to the Round of 12.

Brad Keselowski started the year by finishing 36th after getting wrecked while leading the Daytona 500.

Brad Keselowski rebounded next week at Las Vegas, finishing 7th.

Brad Keselowski got his first win of the season in the Coca-Cola 600 when he held off Jimmie Johnson in overtime for his maiden 600 victory.

The next week at Bristol, while he was running third, leaders Chase Elliott and Logano wrecked, allowing for Brad Keselowski to get his second win of the season.

Brad Keselowski signed a contract extension with Team Penske the following day.

Brad Keselowski relied on points to reach the final round at Phoenix, where he finished second in the championship to Elliott.

Brad Keselowski began the 2021 season by being a late contender for the win in the Daytona 500.

Brad Keselowski went into the wall and was hit by Kyle Busch, causing his car to hit the catchfence and burst into flames; he walked away uninjured and ended up 13th.

Brad Keselowski finished the season 6th in the points standings.

Brad Keselowski then failed to score a top-10 finish at the next 14 races.

At Sonoma, Brad Keselowski scored his first top-10 finish of the season since Daytona.

Brad Keselowski led 109 laps at the Bristol night race, but a flat tire while leading ended his chances of victory.

Brad Keselowski finished fourth at Martinsville, but was disqualified when his car did not meet the minimum weight requirements during post-race inspection.

Brad Keselowski went winless in points-paying races for the first time since 2010 and finished 24th in the final standings.

Brad Keselowski drove the No 29 Chevrolet himself and earned the team's first Top 10 finish.

In 2013, Brad Keselowski was honored with the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame Excellence in Sports Award, in Troy, Michigan.

Brad Keselowski held its official launch on January 24,2019.

On February 4,2015, Brad Keselowski announced that he and his girlfriend, Paige White, were expecting their first child, a girl.

On December 11,2016, Brad Keselowski announced his engagement with White.

Brad Keselowski had a cameo as a security guard in the 2017 film Logan Lucky.