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Brad Keselowski to be relief driver for Casey Mears at Talladega Superspeedway
By SceneDaily Staff
Friday, October 03, 2008
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TALLADEGA, Ala. – Brad Keselowski practiced Hendrick Motorsports' No. 5 Sprint Cup car Friday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway for Casey Mears, who is expecting his first child with girlfriend Trisha Grablander.
In the event that Mears needs to return to North Carolina to be with Grablander, Keselowski will be on standby and is practicing the car accordingly.
NASCAR is requiring that Keselowski practice the car before being allowed to drive in relief.
Keselowski is a JR Motorsports driver in the Nationwide Series who will attempt his Sprint Cup debut in a Hendrick car next week at Charlotte.
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8 responses to "Brad Keselowski to be relief driver for Casey Mears at Talladega Superspeedway". Post a Comment.
Chelsea said:
Oct 3, 2008 at 4:11 PMGood luck to Casey & Trisha! According to Claire B Lang, she's actually in labor. Prayers for a safe delivery!
Chelsea said:
Oct 3, 2008 at 9:20 PMNevermind, ignore me. Baby is not coming yet. Like the article says, just precautionary still.
Andrew Briscoe said:
Oct 3, 2008 at 11:01 PMGood luck with Casey and his girlfriend, hope everything is okay. Would be nice to see what Brad can do though, wouldn't it?
alex obara said:
Oct 3, 2008 at 11:27 PMbrad actually looked pretty good in practice today would be a good shot
Chelsea said:
Oct 3, 2008 at 11:52 PMYeah, Brad looked good, but it was Casey that put down the 4th fastest lap. They put Brad in after the big wreck.
Robert Wingert said:
Oct 4, 2008 at 7:37 AMThis is totally off topic but very important. The new bailout bill from congress which went from 700 billion to 850 billion has in it 100 million dollars for Nascar. Can someone please tell me why Nascar needs to be bailed out? This site or Nascar.com doesn't mentions it.
kahnefan said:
Oct 4, 2008 at 9:08 AMCould not agree more with Andrew, congrats to Casey and Trish. Good luck to Brad if he needs to step in to the car.
mike reid said:
Oct 4, 2008 at 9:10 PMOle Casey should have run to the Alter or at least the judge before he had to run to the maternity ward at the hospital.