 Justin
and Brad finish 1-2 at Bristol
Justin
Allgaier captured his first NASCAR Nationwide Series victory
in style Saturday as he led a Penske Racing 1-2 finish ahead
of teammate Brad Keselowski in the Scott Turf Builder 300.
Allgaier, the 2009 Nationwide Rookie of the Year, steered his No. 12 Verizon
Dodge Charger past Keselowski on a race restart with 27 laps
remaining in Saturday's race. Driving the No. 22 Discount Tire
Dodge, Keselowski battled hard to try and reclaim the lead from
Allgaier, but the 23-year-old native of Riverton, Ill. held his
ground to claim his first NASCAR win.
Keselowski maintained his second-place ranking in the points
and he now trails leader Carl Edwards by just 26 points after
four rounds of action.
"I'm real proud of Justin. He ran a good hard race," said Keselowski. "He had
the opportunity on the last restart to use me up and he did. That's cool because
I wrecked him here last year, so I had one coming (smiles). He's been running
great and I'm really happy for his team and for Roger Penske. A great effort
for our Nationwide Series team. I hope everyone back home is really proud of
that one at Penske Racing. I'm glad to have another solid finish with the Discount
Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge. This gets us right to where we need to be in points."
With the win, Penske Racing has now visited Victory Lane for three consecutive
weeks with Kurt Busch winning the Cup Series race in the Miller Lite Dodge at
Atlanta on March 7, Will Power guiding the Verizon Team Penske Indy car to victory
last Sunday in the series opener at Brazil and Saturday's win with Allgaier.
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BRAD KESELOWSKI Qualified 1st for the Sam's Town
300
He said afterwards:
"It was a good qualifying effort. We
have a great race car here. Our Nationwide cars are exceptionally
strong. We've had a bad-fast Discount Tire Dodge here at
Bristol since we've unloaded. Paul (Wolfe, crew chief) and
the guys have given me a great race car and it's really fun
to drive. It just powers through the corners and picks up
the throttle really fast down the straight-aways.
We've got
some momentum here and it really feels good.
"Bristol is just one of the places that comes naturally to me and I've been fortunate
to have good cars. Sometimes tracks just come to you and Bristol is one of those
tracks. Having a fast car always makes the driver look good. I've been lucky
to feel good inside a fast car and that's the key."
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Brad Keselowski (born February 12, 1984) is an auto racing car
driver currently competing
in the NASCAR Cup Series for Penske Racing
and the NASCAR Nationwide Series (formerly known as the Busch Series).
He
is the son of Bob Keselowski and the nephew of Ron Keselowski.
His older brother Brian also competes in the Nationwide Series.
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