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Keselowski Gets Another Shot At Texas
Thursday, 30 October 2008 06:55

 

Nationwide regular Brad Keselowski will get another shot at a Sprint Cup race this season in the No. 25 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet. Should he qualify, Keselowski will make his first start in the series.

 

With his first official first shot coming at Lowe's Motor Speedway, Keselowski was unable to make the feild due to rain cancelling the qualifying sessions. With this weekend's forecast calling for sunny skies in the Fort Worth area, things are looking good for the Sprint Cup hopeful.

 

With Halloween on Friday the stands are sure to be festive.

 

"I think it's cool," Keselowski said of qualifying on Halloween. "It will be interesting to see if any of the fans dress up. I'm sure some of the guys will pull pranks on me. But I'm looking forward to it. I think that's going to be cool. Qualifying on Halloween night for my first Cup start? That's cool."

 

Keselowski has had some experience at Texas, but his track time has come in the Nationwide and Truck series'. Excited about his opportunity, Keselowski feels that he has what it takes to compete with the best.

 

"I have some experience at Texas, and I've run well pretty much every time I've been there," noted Keselowski. "Had some trouble with the trucks with equipment failures and a little bit when I started out with the Nationwide car. But the last few times I've been there in the Nationwide Series, I felt very comfortable. We had some strong runs and a chance to win there last fall, but it just didn't work out. I feel confident going there with Lance McGrew and the No. 25 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet. He's gone there and ran up front and been competitive. I think those style tracks are some of my strengths with the way you drive into the corner and the way you roll the center. I'm looking for good things to come out of it."

 

Although the original schedule called for the Dickies 500 being Keselowski's last chance this year, Rick Hendrick has added one more race to his list. Keselowski will get another stab at Cup racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November, but right now his sights are on Texas.