Keselowski returns to his roots

SOURCE: Jacksonville.com

Brad Keselowski will make his return to one of his two home tracks. He will run in a 100 lap CRA Jegs All-Star tour race named in his honor. The race is being held at Auto City Speedway in Clio, MI TONIGHT. Gates open at 4 pm.

Brad Keselowski has had one of the most humbling journey's of any Sprint Cup Series driver. He started in NASCAR driving for his dad's underfunded Craftsman Truck Series truck. His results were mediocre and the next year they closed operations due to sponsorship.

SOURCE: teamkeselowski.com

He returned to the Truck series filling in for an injured Kelly Sutton. His results were good enough to get him a Busch Series ride the next year. That's when he got his big break. After the Busch Series ride closed down, he was tapped by Germain racing to fill in for suspended Ted Musgrave. He got the Pole for the race and led a lot of the race before being spun by Travis Kvapil. After the race he was called by Dale Earnhardt Jr.

He was offered a ride in the struggling 88 Busch Series car. He posted 5 top ten finishes, enough to land him the ride in 2008. He went on to win 5 races at JR. Motorsports before leaving for Penske. And the rest is history.

SOURCE: 1045TheTeam.com