With the season-opening Daytona 500 a little more than a week away, the NASCAR Cup Series drivers and teams are holding “virtual” Media Days – a nod to the annual day – pre-COVID – when journalists from across the country get an opportunity to question the full lineup of competitors.
Drivers spoke about their Daytona 500 chances, expectations for the season, changes to the schedule, new teams and what they anticipated going into the Feb. 14 Daytona 500 (2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at the world-renowned Daytona International Speedway.
KESELOWSKI WANTS TO JOIN AN ELITE CLUB
Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Team Penske Ford, is coming off a career year with four victories and a ticket to contend for the 2020 title. The 2012 Cup Series champion was a Championship 4 round competitor in the 2020 season finale, finishing runner-up to Chase Elliott. The second-place finish in the standings marked his sixth top-10 overall finish in the eight years since his championship run. Here are his thoughts on the possibility – and desire – to win his first Daytona 500. His best ever showing in the race is third back in 2014. He’s had only two top-10 finishes in the 13 races at the track since – that does include a win in the 2016 summer-time 400-miler.
“It’s definitely the one big box I don’t have checked,” said Brad Keselowski. “I’ve got the championship. I’ve won every other major but Daytona. The only other person that can claim that actively right now is Kevin Harvick and I want to join that club. It’s a big club to be in – to have all the majors and to have a championship. I know I’m right there and I want to make it happen and feel like I’ve done a lot of the right things to make it happen. I haven’t been perfect, but it’s certainly part of the source of frustration, for sure.”
TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!
