Brad Keselowski would like to run full 2010 Cup, Nationwide schedules
JR Motorsports driver Brad Keselowski says he'd like to run the full NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide series schedules next season. // Jeff Robinson, NASCAR Scene
LEBANON, Tenn. – JR Motorsports driver Brad Keselowski said Friday he would like to run the full schedule in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide series in 2010, though he doesn’t have any definite plans yet.
Keselowski won a Sprint Cup race at Talladega earlier this season and his name has come up in conjunction with several Cup teams for next year. JR Motorsports is co-owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick.
“I don’t have any plans right now,” Keselowski said at Nashville Superspeedway. “I’d like to have some plans, but nobody’s really asked me what I want to do. I’m still waiting for that phone call where somebody tells me what to do because I haven’t gotten it yet.”
Asked what he would like to do, Keselowski said “run both series full time next year.”
“I think that would be a blast,” Keselowski said. “I think I’d [have] fun with that. I enjoy both series. I think to be better at the Cup level, I’d need to run full time over there, but I still like this series a lot. I enjoy the Nationwide Series, I enjoy what Nationwide has done to elevate this series since I’ve been in it.
“I have a lot of respect for this series, so I’d like to continue to compete full time in it with JR Motorsports. But we’ll see how those pieces align.”
Keselowski drove for Phoenix Racing when he won at Talladega and has run a handful of Cup races for Hendrick this year.
“I feel pretty confident that at the very least I’ll be running [in the Nationwide Series] full time,” Keselowski said. “From there on out, as far as I’m concerned, I’m just fortunate to have an opportunity to run a Cup car.”
