Brad Keselowski, winner of 13 Sprint Cup and 30 Nationwide Series races, got his first win in the Camping World Truck Series on Thursday morning in Bristol, Tennessee. He is the 25th driver to win in all three of NASCAR's top series. The race was supposed to be held on Wednesday night but was postponed due to rain.
Keselowski made his first Truck Series start in 2004, but it was in Nationwide that he broke through and started becoming a successful driver. He won the 2010 Nationwide and 2012 Cup championships, and has gained a reputation as one of NASCAR's top drivers since that 2012 season. Keselowski had been searching for this victory for 10 years and he finally got it today, having already proven himself in NASCAR's two higher levels. The two truck Keselowski owns, the #19 and the #29, are the only two Fords in a series otherwise filled with Chevrolets and Toyotas. Brad's father Bob won a truck race in Richmond, Virginia in 1997, taking Dodge to their second series victory.
Also a contender today was polesitter and fellow Cup driver Kyle Busch, driving his own Toyota. Busch flattened a tire after hitting the wall late in the race and lost some laps on pit road. Busch's driver and teammate Darrell Wallace Jr. also battled Keselowski for the lead. Wallace almost stole the win but Keselowski was able to hold him off. Finishing third in a Chevrolet was series veteran and four-time champion Ron Hornaday Jr.
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