Brad Keselowski

**Bradley Aaron "Brad" Keselowski** (born February 12, 1984) is an American racecar driver. He drives the No. 2 Ford Mustang for Team Penske in the NASCAR Cup Series, and drives the No. 22 Mustang for Team Penske in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He used to be a driver for JR Motorsports, a team owned by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. from 2007 to 2009 in the Nationwide series. He also used to drive for Phoenix Racing and Hendrick Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series. Keselowski is the 2010 NASCAR Nationwide series champion, and the 2012 Sprint Cup series champion.

## NASCAR career

Keselowski started racing in NASCAR in 2004 in the Craftsman Truck Series. He drove a few races the #29 for K Automotive Racing team. His first race was at Martinsville Speedway. He started 26th and finished the race in 33rd. His best finish of his first year was at the Mansfield Motorsports Speedway where he finished 16th.

In 2005, Keselowski raced the full season in the Craftsman Truck Series. He finished the season 21st in points. Keselowski raced the first two races of the 2006 season, but his race team could not afford to keep racing.

In 2007, Keselowski started racing in the Busch series. After driving for a few teams, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. called Keselowski asking him to drive his #88 United States Navy Chevrolet for JR Motorsports for the rest of the year.

Keselowski raced with JR Motorsports in 2008, and got his first win came June 7, 2008 at Nashville Superspeedway. He finished the season third in the points. Keselowski made his first start in the Sprint Cup Series.He finished the race in the 19th position. He also raced the final race of the season at Homestead Miami Speedway, finishing 23rd.

Keselowski drove the #88 for JR Motorsports again in 2009. He also raced a few races in the Sprint Cup Series. Keselowki got his first Sprint Cup Series win driving the #09 for Phoenix Racing at Talledega Superspeedway.

Keselowski left JR Motorsports and Phoenix Racing after the 2009 season to drive the full season for the #12 Dodge in the Sprint Cup Series and the #29 Dodge in the Nationwide series for Penske Racing in 2010.

In 2011, Brad drove the #2 Miller Lite Dodge after teammate Kurt Busch and team owner Roger Penske agreed to move Busch to the number #22 car. Keselowski won three races in 2011, and finished the season 5th in points.

In 2012 Keselowski drove his Miller Lite Dodge to 5 wins, as well as racing in a short schedule in the Nationwide series. At the end of the year, Brad was able to beat Jimmie Johnson and Clint Bowyer to win his first Sprint Cup Championship. This championship was also the first Sprint Cup championship for the owner of Keselowski's car, Roger Penske.

## Infobox (nascar driver)

- **name**: Brad Keselowski
- **years in truck**: 11
- **best busch pos**: 1st (2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2010)
- **first busch race**: 2006 NASCAR Busch Series, 2006 Ameriquest 300 (Auto Club Speedway, Fontana)
- **last busch race**: 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2020 LS Tractor 200 (Phoenix Raceway, Phoenix)
- **first busch win**: 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville Superspeedway, Nashville)
- **last busch win**: 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series, 2018 2018 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200, Sports Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (Darlington Raceway, Darlington)
- **busch wins**: 39
- **busch top tens**: 174
- **busch poles**: 22
- **total truck races**: 66
- **prev busch pos**: 76th
- **prev truck pos**: 90th
- **prev truck year**: 2015
- **best truck pos**: 21st (2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 2005)
- **first truck race**: 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 2004 Kroger 250 (Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville)
- **last truck race**: 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2015 Pocono Mountains 150 (Pocono Raceway, Pocono)
- **first truck win**: 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2014 UNOH 200 (Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol)
- **truck wins**: 1
- **truck top tens**: 15
- **truck poles**: 1
- **prev busch year**: 2020
- **busch car team**: No. 12 (Team Penske)
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- **cup car team**: No. 2 (Team Penske)
- **caption**: Keselowski at the 2026 Daytona 500
- **birth name**: Bradley Aaron Keselowski
- **birth place**: Rochester Hills, Michigan
- **achievements**: 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion
 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion
2018 Advance Auto Parts Clash winner
2018 Bojangles' Southern 500 winner
2018 Brickyard 400 winner
2020 Coca-Cola 600 winner
- **awards**: 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2008, 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2009, 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award, Most Popular Driver
- **total cup races**: 413
- **years in cup**: 13
- **prev cup pos**: 2nd
- **years in busch**: 14
- **previous year**: 2020
- **best cup pos**: 1st (2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2012)
- **first cup race**: 2008 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series, 2008 Dickies 500 (Texas Motor Speedway, Texas)
- **first cup win**: 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 2009 2009 Aaron's 499, Aaron's 499 (Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega)
- **last cup win**: 2020 NASCAR Cup Series, 2020 2020 Federated Auto Parts 400, Federated Auto Parts 400 (Richmond Raceway, Richmond)
- **cup wins**: 34
- **cup top tens**: 210
- **cup poles**: 17
- **total busch races**: 257
- **updated**: November 9, 2020