Team Penske driver will do what he can to help Logano win title
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Brad Keselowski enters the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale without any playoff pressure. What’s yet to be seen is if he also lacks on-track adversaries.
Even as the sport’s biggest feather-ruffler during this year’s new-look Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup postseason, Keselowski said he’s not concerned about any retribution for his aggressive nature — especially since the tensions of competing for a championship have been loosened.
“I don’t feel I have anything to worry about,” Keselowski said Thursday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, site of the Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 (3 p.m. ET, ESPN). “I mean, payback for what? If payback for anything is racing the way I race, then I don’t really consider that payback. I consider that hard racing, and I support that.”
Keselowski was at the center of two post-race conflicts during the Chase, one involving Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin at Charlotte in October and another featuring Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick and multiple pit crews at Texas. Throughout it all, Keselowski remained unapologetic for his no-nonsense style of racing.
Keselowski failed to advance past the Eliminator Round, the final three-race bracket that trimmed the title-eligible field from eight to its final four. While his hopes for a second championship at NASCAR’s highest level are gone, he still has concrete goals for Homestead — padding his series-best victory total in 2014 to seven and trying to assist Team Penske teammate Joey Logano in his quest for his first Sprint Cup crown.
“I’ll do anything I can to help Joey within the realms of what we define as fair play,” Keselowski said. “I don’t know what those things are going to be. You never know until they’re right in front of you.”
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