Contract issues stall 2010 racing plans for Brad Keselowski
By SceneDaily Staff
Friday, August 14, 2009
BROOKLYN, Mich. – JR Motorsports driver Brad Keselowski said Friday his desire to run full time in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series in 2010 is holding up his contract negotiations.
Keselowski, who also drives part time for Hendrick Motorsports in Cup, badly wants to run in both series next year.
“I certainly plan on running the Nationwide Series full time next year,” Keselowski said at Michigan International Speedway, where he’ll try to qualify Hendrick’s No. 25 Cup car for Sunday’s Carfax 400. “There’s no doubt about that. … I think I’ll be able to put that together. At this moment, I have not. I have a lot of good options on my plate.”
And some of those options, it seems, involves running both series.
“That’s why this process is taking so long,” Keselowski said. “I’m asking a lot of the teams that I want to do something with. It takes time to put that all together.”
JRM co-owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. said Thursday that if Keselowski wants to remain with his team, he’ll likely have to drive a Hendrick Chevrolet in Cup. JRM is co-owned by Rick Hendrick, whose Cup teams field Chevrolets.
“Certainly, if I’m going to run the JR Motorsports cars next year, I have to stay with a Chevrolet Cup car,” Keselowski said. “That’s all part of the package. As far as what team is compatible and what team is not compatible, I’m not a really good judge of that. I don’t know exactly how Dale feels about that.”
Keselowski said his decision could be made soon.
“It’s coming,” Keselowski said. “I feel when I make a move, it’s going to happen all at once, and it’s going to happen pretty soon.”
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KarenPetersen said:
Aug 14, 2009 at 4:17 PMIt sounds like the young man may be with Penske Racing next year.
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Aug 14, 2009 at 5:39 PMNot unless Penske switches to Chevys.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Aug 15, 2009 at 10:17 AMi would think the goal is to get to Cup Racing...it shouldn't matter what make you drive...it's all the same anyways...
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» Confirm Abuse ReportMrWalleye2U said:
Aug 15, 2009 at 11:07 AMHe will replace Jr.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportGM3Amp88 said:
Aug 15, 2009 at 2:03 PM#4...Fat Chance of that..Jr will be at HMS as long as he wants to. Brad needs to wait another year and get in the 5 car.
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» Confirm Abuse Reporttrtruckin said:
Aug 15, 2009 at 2:23 PMIf Brad gets to impatient he may ruin his career. It might suit him to bide his time another year and drive for Jr in Nationwide and Hendricks in Cup. Going to Penske would not be the wisest move for his overall career. Possibly he might concider a Cup ride with Tony's team, after all that's just a Hendrick extension.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjarautoracing said:
Aug 15, 2009 at 2:45 PMStewart ain't taking any new drivers.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjerryswiatek said:
Aug 15, 2009 at 2:50 PMHello #3 he is for one thing dedicated to JR. and Chevy, and its not all the same ,manufacturers will help big time some and not others, Thats why Stewart is going good,and many jumped into cup wrong and are back in a truck, sprint car, IRL. and just gone, Sorry making that step has be a real right decision, especially in this economy.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportthereesons said:
Aug 15, 2009 at 3:55 PMI hope Brad can get something worked out so he will still be able to drive the #88 in Nationwide. Good Luck Brad.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Aug 15, 2009 at 4:18 PMstay in nw
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» Confirm Abuse Reportnascarnutsheeler said:
Aug 15, 2009 at 5:18 PM#8, you are right on the money. It depends where your loyalties are.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportSheilaLovesNASCAR said:
Aug 15, 2009 at 6:28 PMI say stay in Nationwide and get yourself a Championship before moving to Cup. Look at Joey Logano. He should have stayed in Nationwide.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjulie28 said:
Aug 15, 2009 at 8:32 PMJoey didn't have much time in Nationwide and had to go to cup. He still is running good. Brad has a cup win and now 3 nationwide wins. I hope that he can win a championship where he is. It is going to be hard because the full time cup drivers are able to run for the championship even though they are competing in the lower series. If they couldn't win Nationwide championships the regular NW guys would have a chance. Let the cup guys race but not for points. Brad wouldn't have a problem if the winey, negative, can't make up his mind would finally really retire. A young guy would be a much better representive for Kelloggs.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjbbigrod said:
Aug 16, 2009 at 12:59 AMNumber 13. IF you are talking about Mark, I doubt that he is a wino. IF you are not talking about him or are not talking about wine. Then it is WHINEY. - - - Brad has already proved he can be as dirty as the rest; and he has proved he can run with the CUP guys. He did it today in Nationwide. Now THAT was a race and a half. - - - THAT is what they should do with CUP in general. Give them the EXACT same rules as Nationwide. Don't keep telling us you are trying to save money, do it. Shorten the races, less boring. Same horsepower as NW, less cost. Same tires and amount that NW gets, takes more ingenuity, AND less cost. Oh yes, less horespower is less cost too. AND guess what, the fans would never know the difference IF you don't tell them. Everyone will have the same stuff to work with, when they don't want the cars anymore, sell them to the NW guys; therefore less cost for them too. Everyone wins; and we will have great racing again too. - - - Oh sure, there will still be some idiots complaining, but at least you would have finally met your objectives. - - - And guess what? You can pay out less, charge less for tickets, sponsors could pay less, and EVERYONE would benefit.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportrwilliamhayes said:
Aug 16, 2009 at 5:26 AMSimple Rick DUMP JR. and give his seat to Brad
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Aug 16, 2009 at 9:27 AM#12...Joey never ran a full NW season...so for his experience in Cup...he's doing very well...19th in points...and he's not complaining about the COT...
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjulie28 said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 10:07 AMSorry #14 I meant Whiney. Brad is ready for Cup, lets find him a seat.
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