For his 34th birthday, Brad Keselowski gave himself an early present – a victory in the Advance Auto Parts Clash on Sunday afternoon. On Monday, February 12, he celebrates his 34th birthday. Happy birthday Brad!
Here are 34 statistics related to Keselowski’s career. One
statistic that's missing - a Daytona 500 victory. He'd like to change that this weekend, with the running of the 60th edition of the Great American Race.
- Keselowski became the 29th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup
Series champion in 2012.
- Keselowski is one of four drivers to win championships in
Cup and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. He won the Xfinity Series title, then known
as the NASCAR Nationwide Series, in 2010.
- Keselowski owns 24 Cup Series victories in 305 races, for
a winning percentage of 7.9 percent.
- Keselowski became the 25th driver in NASCAR history to win
races in Cup, Xfinity and the Camping World Truck Series.
- Keselowski has won races in eight of his 10 seasons
(though he’s only competed fulltime in nine seasons). He has won races in each
of the last seven seasons.
- Keselowski has finished 285 of his 305 Cup Series races.
Of his 20 DNFs, 16 were a result of crashes.
- Of his 305 Cup Series races, 291 have come with Roger
Penske.
- Of his 24 Cup Series wins, 23 have come with Penske. His
first win came with James Finch at Talladega Superspeedway.
- Of his 24 Cup Series victories, two have come from the
pole position – both in 2014 (Kentucky and Richmond).
- Of his 24 Cup Series victories, Keselowski has led 50 percent
or more of that race on only three occasions: 2014 Kentucky, 2014 Richmond and
2016 Daytona (summer).
- Fifteen of Keselowski’s 24 Cup Series victories have come
with Ford. He won eight with Dodge and one with Chevrolet.
- Two of Keselowski’s victories have come when the only lap
of a race he led was the final lap – 2009 Talladega (spring) and 2015 Fontana.
- Keselowski’s best finish in the Daytona 500 was 2014, when
he finished third with Roger Penske.
- Keselowski won a career-best six Cup Series races in 2014,
when he finished fifth in the points standings. It also marked the most of any
driver that season.
- Keselowski has qualified for the Chase for the
Championship six times, all in the past season seasons.
- Keselowski’s five victories during his 2012 Cup Series
championship season were tied for most of all drivers that season with Jimmie
Johnson.
- Keselowski has won Cup Series races at 15 different
tracks.
- Keselowski has won at Talladega Superspeedway five times,
the track at which he has won at the most.
- Keselowski won his 300th Cup Series race, at Talladega’s
fall race in 2017.
- Keselowski is the only driver to win a Cup Series title
for Roger Penske.
- Keselowski is the only native of Michigan to win a Cup
Series title.
- Keselowski’s 2012 Cup Series title came in a Dodge, the
first time a driver won a title with Dodge since Richard Petty in 1975.
- Keselowski has 14 career Cup Series pole positions.
- Keselowski has led 164 races for a total of 5,611 laps.
- Keselowski’s longest streak of races in which he’s led at
least one lap came in 2014, when he led nine consecutive races (and 17 of 18,
dating back to the end of 2013).
- Keselowski’s 24 Cup Series wins puts him 33rd all-time in
victories, one ahead of Ricky Rudd. In the Playoffs era (since 2004), he is
ninth in victories, four behind Carl Edwards.
- Keselowski is one of 40 drivers to win at least 20 races
in the Cup Series.
- Keselowski has finished second in the All-Star race at
Charlotte Motor Speedway three times.
- Keselowski has 36 victories in NASCAR Xfinity Series
competition, which sits fifth all-time through the 2017 season.
- Keselowski has won races in nine of 12 NASCAR Xfinity
Series season in which he has competed in at least one race.
- Keselowski earned 29 top 10s in 35 races in winning the
2010 Xfinity Series title. He was one of 13 drivers to compete in every race
that year.
- Keselowski is a three-time Xfinity Series Most Popular
Driver, winning the award in succession in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
- Keselowski’s lone Truck Series victory came in 2014 at
Bristol Motor Speedway.
- Brad Keselowski Racing, a Camping World Truck Series team,
won 11 races and 18 pole positions in 190 races between 2008 and 2017.
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