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It looked as though Brad Keselowski could be a contender for the victory on Saturday night. Then it happened. The right rear would hang up on the truck underneath the first set of pit stops, resulting in a loss of precious track position.
The 2012 Sprint Cup Series Champion would bounce back, though, returning to the top-10 at lap 40 in search of finding victory lane. Though he wouldn’t progress back to the front as quickly as he would’ve hoped, fighting ill-handling conditions on the No. 29 Ford 150.
“Finally, it just took off at the end,” he said. “I thought I might had a shot at it, but just needed a couple more laps to run up there with Kasey (Kahne) and Erik (Jones). I would’ve liked to be up there with them racing for a win. All in all, a decent day. Not the day that we wanted but something to be proud of.”
Keselowski has always put a lot of pressure on himself and Brad Keselowski Racing to perform, and that comes with how they’ve run in the past. The organization has won races, even contending for a championship last year with Ryan Blaney. Though it seems as this year, they have been a little off of ThorSport Racing and Kyle Busch Motorsports.
However, a rebound to the top-five will still be something that Keselowski can look back on in the coming days and be proud of, I think. It’s just about finding that extra edge of speed that Erik Jones has hit on over the past two weeks.
