Know Your Driver: Brad Keselowski

Brad Keselowski

Name: Brad Keselowski

            Nickname: "Bad Brad"

Date of Birth: February 12, 1984 (age 31)

Hometown: Rochester Hills, Michigan

Family: Paige White, girlfriend; expecting a daughter; driver Brian Keselowski, brother

First Career Start: November 2, 2008 (Texas)

Car Number and Make: #2 Ford Fusion

Primary Sponsors:

• Miller Lite
• Alliance Truck Parts
• Wurth
• Detroit Genuine Parts

Team: Team Penske

           

Teammates: Joey Logano

Best Career Points Finish: 1st (2012)

Career Victories: 16

           

Notable Wins:

• 2011 Irwin Tools Night Race (Bristol)

Description: It seems these days that you either like or dislike Brad Keselowski. Much of Keselowski's career so far has been peppered with bickering, wrecking, and fighting with fellow Sprint Cup Series drivers. And damn, if it isn't entertaining. 

Think what you will about Keselowski, but he sure hasn't backed down once since he arrived on the Sprint Cup scene and he'll defend the way he drives until the end. And that driving style has netted him results. 

Take for example his first career win. Was it pretty? No. Carl Edwards got flipped in the process of Keselowski going for the win. But was the move aggressive, yet fair? Sure. And you can't blame him for driving that way for the win. It was just his fifth career start, and that Talladega win helped propel him to where he is today.

Keselowski is just a flat out gritty driver. The guy drove in and won a race at Pocono in 2011 just days after shattering his ankle in a practice crash. That shows quite a bit of mettle and fortitude. That attitude is undoubtedly a reason why he had the ability to defeat Jimmie Johnson to win the 2012 Sprint Cup Series title. 

Through all of the fighting and all of the winning, it's safe to say Brad Keselowski will be a force in NASCAR for years to come.

Fun Facts: Keselowski may have pulled off the best driver intro of all-time at Bristol in 2010. The two drivers had been feuding, leading Keselowski to claim in his driver intro that, "Kyle Busch is an ass."