Keselowski takes big hit at Kentucky, chase hopes take hit too

For Brad Keselowski, 2013 has not gone as planned. When he and his number 2 team battled back from not one, but two wrecks in the Daytona 500, to almost win the race and finish 4th; it looked like Brad was going to pick up where he left off in 2012. He started the year off with four top fives in the first four races and seven top tens in the first eight races. But after the two team failed a pre-race inspection at Texas, crew chief Paul Wolfe was suspended and the 2 team's season dramatically changed.


After Paul Wolfe was suspended, Keselowski did have a top ten at Martinsville, but couldn't find his way back into the top ten until Wolfe returned at Dover. Even since then, Keselowski's stats still aren't the best for a defending champion. Keselowski has just haven't had the best cars this year, and he's had some poor luck too. Keselowski was on a much needed top five in Michigan with a few laps remaining, but a mistake on his last pit stop caused him to run out of fuel and for him to finish 12th.

For Keselowski to turn it around this season and for him to make the chase wont be hard, since he's only 14 points behind 10th place and we are heading to Daytona this week. That means that anything could happen in the points standings. Keselowski could go well into the top 10, or even fall way behind 10th. But for now, I have no doubts that Brad will be able to make it into the chase.