DARLINGTON, SC. – The last Spring weekend Brad Keselowski spent in Darlington, S.C., he left South Carolina with a big trophy. It was the first victory the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion had earned as co-team owner at Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing. As importantly it marked a highlight in a challenging new role as owner and driver.
Darlington, in particular, has been a recent highlight reel for Keselowski whose average finish (6.4) in the last five races in best in the field. He has plenty of reason to be optimistic about this Spring run of races – at Darlington, Bristol, Tenn. and Talladega, Ala. – venues where he is a multi-time winner.
He comes to South Carolina without a single lap led and is still looking to claim his first top-10 of the eight-race season. His best showing in the No. 6 RFK Ford is 11th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He’s finished 26th in the two races (at Homestead,Fla. and Martinsville, Va.) leading into Darlington.
“I feel like we’re doing all the right things and get to where we need to be, we just haven’t gotten the results,’’ said Keselowski, who qualified 20th for Sunday’s race, “We haven’t qualified as well as we liked to have.
“In the race we haven’t been able to put together for a number of reasons some of it in our control, a lot of it not in our control, so it’s been frustrating. But kind of have the feeling we’re getting the bad luck out of the way early in the season, that’s kind of the overwhelming sentiment and if we stay the course, it will come back to us.’’
Source: Holly Cain | NASCAR Wire Service
