Brad Keselowski’s challenge to the rest of the Sprint Cup field: “I can beat you with a broken leg.”
Staying out on the track on old tires under a caution with 21 laps left in Sunday’s rain-interrupted Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono Raceway, Keselowski pulled away from Kyle Busch after a restart on Lap 185 of 200 to secure his second victory of the season—despite driving with a broken left ankle.
Kyle Busch came home second, followed by Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman. Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Paul Menard completed the top 10. NASCAR.com
Competing with a brace on his ankle, Keselowski sped off on the final restart late in the race to pick up his second victory of the season. He gingerly climbed out of his car to celebrate with his crew in Victory Lane.
He dedicated the victory - one that thrust him into Chase for the Sprint Cup contention - to the troops in Afghanistan.
‘‘I might not be feeling great, but those are the guys that are really making sacrifices,’’ Keselowski said. ‘‘Whenever I got in the car and felt like, ‘Man, this really hurts,’ it was good inspiration as to what it takes to `Man up’ and make it happen.’’ FOXSports.com
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 3 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 5 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 7 99 Carl Edwards Ford 8 16 Greg Biffle Ford 9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 10 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 11 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 12 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 13 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 15 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 16 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 17 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 18 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 19 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 20 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 21 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 22 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 23 34 David Gilliland Ford 24 0 David Reutimann Toyota 25 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 26 20 Joey Logano Toyota 27 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 28 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 29 71 Andy Lally * Ford 30 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 31 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 32 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 33 32 Jason White Ford 34 6 David Ragan Ford 35 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 36 13 Casey Mears Toyota 37 66 Todd Bodine Toyota 38 30 David Stremme Chevrolet 39 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 40 37 Scott Speed Ford 41 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 42 46 Erik Darnell Ford 43 55 J.J. Yeley Ford
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