Brad Keselowski

Birthday: Feb. 12, 1984
Hometown: Rochester Hills, Mich.

YEAR-BY-YEAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECAP

2008 -- Finished third in series points. ... Established career highs in wins, poles, starts and final standing in his first full season with JR Motorsports. ... Captured first career win at Nashville in April and followed with first series pole at Milwaukee in July. ... Also won the August race at Bristol. ... Maintained a top-five position in the standings during the season's final 23 weeks. ... Followed team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s footsteps by winning fans' votes as the Nationwide Series' most popular driver. ... Led one year-end NASCAR Loop Data statistical category -- Passing Differential (210).

2007 -- Finished 25th in series points. ... Competed in 13 races with Keith Coleman Racing and joined JR Motorsports in July after KCR suspended operations. ... Third in series Raybestos rookie of the year standings. ... In 14 races with JRM, registered five top-10s -- the first of his series career -- including his best finish of sixth at Texas in the fall; his ninth-place start was also his career-best at the time. ... Led 18 laps in season finale at Homestead-Miami.

2006 -- Finished 72nd in series points. ... Made series debut at Auto Club Speedway in September for KCR, started 32nd and finished 37th. ... Best start was 13th at Memphis while best finish was 26th at Kansas in his third series start. ... Older brother Brian started in his place at Phoenix enabling Brad to keep rookie status for 2007.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

2008: Made his Cup Series debut, for Hendrick Motorsports, on Nov. 1 at Texas, starting 37th and finishing 19th. Also competed in the Cup Series season finale at Homestead. 2007: Competed in three Camping World Truck Series races, twice for J.D. Kennington and once for Bob Germain as a sub for the suspended Ted Musgrave. In that event at Memphis, he captured his first national series pole, led 62 laps and was contending for the win until a late-race spin involving winner Travis Kvapil ended his bid. 2006: Started six Truck Series races for three different owners, including his father Bob. ... Best start was seventh at Memphis and best finish was a pair of 16ths at Memphis and California. 2005: Finished 21st in Truck Series points. ... Ran a full schedule for his father's team. ... Best start was 13th -- at the season-opener at Daytona and again at Milwaukee. ... Best finish was seventh at Daytona to start the year, his first national series top-10 finish. 2004: Made eight starts for his father's Truck Series team, including his series debut at Martinsville where he started 26th and finished 33rd.

NOTEWORTHY

Third-generation driver who follows in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. ... Owner of his own race team; Brad Keselowski Racing debuted in Camping World Truck Series in 2008. ...U.S. history buff. ... Brother, Brian, also competes in the Nationwide Series. ... In 1998 at age 14, began racing in the Senior Honda 120 Quarter Midget division, collecting six feature and five heat wins. ... Move to Senior Honda 160 Quarter Midget division one year later and registered eight feature victories and eight heat wins in just 12 starts. ... In 2000, moved to Factory Stocks and won nine events including rookie of the year honors at both the Auto City and Dixie Speedways in his native Michigan. ... From 2001-03, he ran Limited Late Models and Super Late Models and posted five wins during that span. ... Also worked for his family's race team where he gained knowledge of all aspects of a motorsports operation.