Good news for the Keselowski Clan

Brian had a hard time this weekend but on a lighter and more positive note Brad won that same race!

Congrats Brad and good racing!

http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/bg/08/22/bkeselowski.bristol.winner/index.html

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That does not really seem like a long time does it? Less than a second and unfortunately for the 92 team this weekend it was long enough to keep them out of the show at Bristol. There was a field of 52 cars trying to qualify this weekend and only 43 of them were going to the show. Of the 52 cars the time between first and 51st was a mere 0.878 seconds making the field extremely tight. Brian did his best and was trying his best in practice but just fell a little short. This was not the first trip for Brian to Bristol, he qualified 29th and finished 31st his first trip there while driving for another team. The car had serious mechanical troubles and he still managed to keep the car on the track and place respectfully.
That’s racing and we have to take the ups with the downs, unfortunately this was a down weekend but Brian will be back at it in a couple of weeks at Richmond International Speedway on September 5th.
Stay tuned for more updates and quote from Brian about Bristol.

Random Shots

Where else would you find Brian other than working on the car!

Brian gets some great TV coverage from Sprint Vision during the MIS race.

Bid on a Hood From Brian

So here is a good one for the fans!!!

Send an email with your bid on a hood from Brians race car.

The hood was raced at Milwaukee Mile and can now be on the wall in your garage! Or the living room if your spouse will approve of it.

Send us a bid and we'll let the winner know on September 1st - winner is to pay shipping or can pick up locally in the South Eastern Michigan area.

Good Luck!

Heading to Bristol

I worked on trailer this week over at the race shop trying to get it looking a little better for the road. We took off most of the graphis and will have to do the rest when Brian gets back from Bristol. We're looking to do a full wrap on it but the cost for that is pretty substantial.
Here is the trailer now

Looks muh better than it did before with the picture of someone else's car on it.
Brian's been getting the car ready all week and Kathy and Eddie (Long time friends of Brian's) busted their butt's along with him to get the trailer ready. Everyone pretty much volunteers for Brian and we all do the dirty jobs like cleaning the grill (Thanks Kathy!) and dismounting the tires and taking out the inner tires from the superspeedway tires. Yes, that job sucks

Brian has the car all set to go so we'll have an update as soon as he gets done with practice.


posted by: Bean

Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway was a great showing for Brian. He had a great qualifying run on the second lap which secured him in the show without a problem. Qualifying in the 34th position and with the race starting strong and pit stops running at a good pace the team held on and advanced 10 positions for a 24th place besting some of the best full time drivers and managing to keep the car clean and ready for Bristol this coming weekend. The temperature outside was not to bad but a little bit of heat inside the car caused a bit of a burned heel for Brian. Limping back to the car a little we could tell that he was sore but in true Brian Keselowski fashion he still managed to get the hauler loaded up and continue to work on everything until the last piece was loaded and the car was off the chassis dyno. Brian will be hard at work this week getting ready for Bristol and will be leaving on Wednesday night to get there in time for the Friday night race. So that means there is STILL plenty of time to get some new sponsor logos on the hood of the car! Thanks to those who have supported Brian and continue to do so. Just to show how much Brian’s fans love him and the attention he brings here are some quick Monday morning web stats from www.thehotlap.com which if you didn’t know is the official “unofficial” Nationwide series coverage page.
Here is a link to the gallery from the shots at the race - http://www.thehotlap.com/modules.php?name=BGNPhotos&op=album&id=206

Brian still gets more hits consistently than any other driver week after week http://www.thehotlap.com/modules.php?name=BGNPhotos&op=album&id=206&min=32

No other driver (except for some guy that had 909 hits but that is thanks to a refresh button I’m sure) has more hits than Brian and in fact the only images that really get all the hits are the girls http://www.thehotlap.com/modules.php?name=BGNPhotos&op=photo&id=19254 – over 200 views http://www.thehotlap.com/modules.php?name=BGNPhotos&op=photo&id=19261 – 189 views But that is ok, because she was with us anyway! Even our pit girls get more hits than anyone else.

Here are some more pics from the race

On this pit stop the right rear tire was stuck in the wheel well so the front tire changer helped out and got the lug nuts off before the rear tire man got there to help out - TEAM WORK!!!

Sean Conely catching tires

Brian getting swamped by the fans.

Brian's Coverage on NASCAR.com

Here is a great article about Brian that was published on NASCAR.com

http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/features/08/15/bkeselowski.brkeselowski.racing.brothers/index.html

posted by: Bean