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Brad Keselowski Marches On To Pocono Win
Written by Andrew McClellan   
Sunday, 07 August 2011 21:04

brad-keselowski-pocono-winDespite a broken left ankle sustained in a practice crash earlier in the week Brad Keselowski rolled on to his second NASCAR Sprint Cup victory of 2011 in Sunday's Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono Raceway.

 

Keselowski took the lead from Kyle Busch on a restart with 16 laps remaining and held on for the win that has earned the Penske driver a berth in the Chase for now. Keselowski is currently 18th in points and with multiple victories is a top candidate for a Wild Card spot with only five races until the Chase for the Sprint Cup begins.

 

"Everything kind of came together here," said Keselowski. "This was a earn it weekend. I've always wanted to win a Cup race and earn it, not fuel mileage, a real win and today feels like it's that."

 

Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman completed the top-five in the 200-lap race that was stopped for heavy rain on lap 124. The field waited out the shower for more than 1 hour and 40 minutes before returning to green.

 

Rounding out the top-10 were Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Paul Menard.

 

Edwards remains atop the Sprint Cup standings with a nine point advantage over Jimmie Johnson.

 

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