Brad Keselowski is a Nationwide
and Sprint Cup Series champion who makes more good moves than bad.
His peers will admit that, like
Jeff Gordon did, and some of them did Sunday in Talladega. But only because
they were left trying wonder about the move that Keselowski made to race with
the leaders while six laps down in the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway.
It was fine for nearly the
entire event. Keselowski believing he just needed a few cautions and he could
take his car that was certainly fast enough, back in to contention. And then
with 51 laps to go he spun in front of the field and took out 12 cars behind
him. The subsequent reaction was anything but friendly, with Matt Kenseth (whom
Keselowski had a problem with racing a week ago in Richmond) saying that if
roles were reversed, Keselowski would be lecturing others.
The accident since sparked a
debate about whether Keselowski should have been running where he was. The No.
2 Miller Lite Ford was indeed one of the fastest cars in the field, however he
found himself multiple laps down after he spun from earlier contact with Danica
Patrick. While restrictor plate racing is known for its large and numerous
wrecks, Keselowski was playing the hoping game of having just enough that he
could get back on the lead lap.
And it was certainly possible.
Jamie McMurray, who was also numerous laps down, did get about five laps back
and finished 29th after running dead laps for much of the event.
Unfortunately for Keselowski, he didn’t have as quiet a day with the first big
wreck, which many admitted they knew was coming, occurring because of a driver
who was multiple laps down and was racing with the leaders.
But …
What if Brad Keselowski had only been a lap or two down when he spun in
front of the field, does furious reaction towards him still hold?
@MooreNASCAR Don’t agree with
it, but I say it’s definitely still highlighted by lots when expressing their opinion.
@88isDaleJr One lap I can see.
But Not 6! It was shear stupidy!!
@jrm1219 If your one lap down
you still only need to race any other cars one lap down & wait for a yellow
@jackrlewis if he was battling
for the free pass fine, otherwise he didn’t belong there
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