New team. New crew chief. No problem. At least not for this past weekend’s winner at Talladega and now series standings leader, Brad Keselowski (No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge).
Keselowski and crew chief Paul Wolfe have come out of the gate hot posting one win (Talladega), seven top fives and two poles in the first eight races of the season.
“We have got our Nationwide Series program right where we want it to be,” said Keselowski. “We’re having fun. Got our first win of the season with the new team. I am very proud for everyone on the team, especially
Paul, and being able to get him his first win,” said Keselowski.
“We have come a long way in a short period of time,” said Wolfe. “We started with nothing in November and now we are leading the points and got our first win, which is the result of the guys back at the shop working
hard and everyone’s attention to detail.”
Keselowski has made seven starts at Richmond posting a pair of fourth–place finishes last season. Auto Racing Daily
RANK DRIVER POINTS BEHIND 1 Brad Keselowski 1274 Leader 2 Kevin Harvick 1264 -10 3 Kyle Busch 1220 -54 4 Justin Allgaier 1171 -103 5 Carl Edwards 1111 -163 6 Paul Menard 1085 -189 7 Joey Logano 1078 -196 8 Brian Scott* 876 -398 9 Greg Biffle 864 -410 10 Scott Lagasse Jr. 854 -420 11 Tony Raines 849 -425 12 Brendan Gaughan 838 -436 13 Trevor Bayne 832 -442 14 Steve Wallace 784 -490 15 Jason Leffler 779 -495 16 Mike Wallace 773 -501 17 Michael Annett 762 -512 18 Kenny Wallace 758 -516 19 Joe Nemechek 718 -556 20 James Buescher* 706 -568 21 Eric McClure 705 -569 22 Michael McDowell 686 -588 23 Reed Sorenson 651 -623 24 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.* 627 -647 25 Colin Braun* 626 -648 26 Brian Keselowski 622 -652 27 Brian Vickers 595 -679 28 Mike Bliss 583 -691 29 Kelly Bires 543 -731 30 Robert Richardson Jr. 533 -741 31 Josh Wise 492 -782 32 Jason Keller 491 -783 33 John Wes Townley 484 -790 34 Shelby Howard 473 -801 35 Scott Riggs 465 -809 36 Scott Wimmer 422 -852 37 Willie Allen 343 -931 38 Clint Bowyer 338 -936 39 Morgan Shepherd 322 -952 40 Johnny Sauter 291 -983 41 Danny Efland 283 -991 42 Jamie McMurray 276 -998 43 Derrike Cope 271 -1003 44 Mark Green 263 -1011 45 Kevin Lepage 261 -1013 46 Dennis Setzer 251 -1023 47 John Borneman III 244 -1030 48 David Reutimann 227 -1047 49 Parker Kligerman* 225 -1049 50 Kasey Kahne 210 -1064
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