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Bowyer's bobble boosts Keselowski to Nationwide win at Bristol
By Reid Spencer - Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
Saturday, August 23, 2008
JR Motorsports' Brad Keselowski celebrates his win in Friday night's Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. - One slip was all Brad Keselowski needed.
After a restart on lap 226 of Friday night’s Nationwide Series Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Keselowski pressured points leader Clint Bowyer. On Lap 227, Bowyer slipped off Turn 2, giving Keselowski the opening he needed.
From that point, Keselowski kept the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet out front and beat Bowyer to the finish line by 1.025 seconds.
“We were dead equal - Clint and I,” said Keselowski, who won his second race in the series from the 37th starting position. “I knew I needed a break, and he gave it to me. All I can do is force him to run hard, and he made a mistake. I’m lucky.”
Greg Biffle finished third, followed by pole winner Cale Gale and David Stremme. Scott Wimmer was sixth, and a late pit road mistake - with No. 18 crew chief Jason Ratcliff serving the first race of his indefinite suspension for violations found last Saturday at Michigan - dropped Kyle Busch to seventh.
David Reutimann was eighth, followed by Brian Vickers and Steve Wallace.
Bowyer took the lead from Dario Franchitti on Lap 106, passing to the outside through Turns 3 and 4. Bowyer stayed out front through a caution on Lap 186 - the third of the race, after Brad Teague’s Chevrolet bounced off the frontstretch wall - when the lead-lap cars came to the pits for their final stops.
The pit work to Busch’s car, under the supervision of substitute crew chief Doug Hewitt, cost Busch second position. Busch had to bring the No. 18 Toyota back to pit road to recover a missing lug nut.
On a Lap 212 restart after David Ragan spun his No. 6 Ford off Turn 4 and nosed into the inside wall on the frontstretch, Bowyer pulled away again.
The final green-flag run, however, proved Bowyer’s undoing. On lap 220, a frontstretch accident involving Mike Wallace and Denny Hamlin caused the fifth and final caution. One lap after the subsequent restart on lap 226, Bowyer slipped off Turn 2, allowing Keselowski to pass on the backstretch.
Keselowski kept the No. 88 Chevrolet out front the rest of the way.
“I just can’t believe it,” said Bowyer, who leads the series standings by 122 points over Keselowski. “I just got loose down there and made a mistake and gave it away.”
Notes: Carl Edwards was a victim of a Lap 86 wreck, when a flat tire sent his No. 60 Ford into the Dodge of Elliott Sadler. Edwards finished 37th, 90 laps down, and fell from second to third in the standings, 241 points behind Bowyer. ... With crew chief Dave Rogers suspended indefinitely from the No. 20 JGR team, Joey Logano crashed during qualifying, started from the rear of the field in a backup car but recovered to finish 16th.
Mentioned Drivers: Brad Keselowski
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Driver Standings after the AMP Energy 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6248 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -184 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -192 |
| 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -239 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -279 |
| 6 | Kurt Busch | -312 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -340 |
| 8 | Ryan Newman | -402 |
| 9 | Kasey Kahne | -414 |
| 10 | Carl Edwards | -437 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | -448 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -556 |
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4da88 said:
Aug 23, 2008 at 12:06 AMWooHooooo! Started deep in the field and got the win. Now if his boss can mangage to do the same thing, how great would that be?
Report as AbuseGood going Brad 10 points closer to the championship.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportwillie sims said:
Aug 23, 2008 at 5:14 AMi didn't know rick hendrick still drove race cars?
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» Confirm Abuse ReportCAROL THOMPSON said:
Aug 23, 2008 at 6:12 AMGOOD JOB BRAD YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR. LOVE TO WATCH YA. HOPEFULLY BOSS CAN DO THE SAME. KEEP UP THE GOOD JOB
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» Confirm Abuse ReportChrissie Bennett said:
Aug 23, 2008 at 8:45 AMWillie Brad's boss is NOT Rick Hendrick his boss is Dale Earnhardt Junior
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» Confirm Abuse ReportPatrick said:
Aug 23, 2008 at 9:40 AMKeselowski was fantastic. A first timer of note: Andrew Ranger for Fitz. Started 39th, finished 19th. Not a bad start.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbob parent said:
Aug 23, 2008 at 10:10 AMmabe he will jr some pointers
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» Confirm Abuse Reportsally whan said:
Aug 23, 2008 at 11:43 AMGREAT JOB BRAD YOU ARE DOING GREAT AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE WINNING CIRCLE FOR THE CHAMP...KEEP GOING STRONG AND STAY COOL....SHOW SOME POINTS TO YOUR BOSS AND MAYBE THE TWO OF YOU COULD WIN THE CHAMP...BE REALLY NICE I LOVE YA BOTH AND ARE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT BEHIND YOU BOTH...LOVE TO WATCH YOU RACE....KEEP GOING.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportwillie sims said:
Aug 24, 2008 at 11:24 AMwell chrissi its my understanding that rick hendrick owns the majority of jr motor sports and that would make him the boss..
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» Confirm Abuse Reportanonymous said:
Aug 25, 2008 at 6:50 AMNo Willie, your understanding is WRONG. Dale Jr. owns the majority of jr motor sports. Rick just merged his Nationwide team with Jr. Motorsports and it is run out of Jr's shop in Mooresville. In addition to the Nationwide cars, there are modifieds and other cars in the shop also. If you would visit the shop, you would see the cars being worked on.
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