Can Keselowski Keep Flexing Muscles At Dover?
An appropriate question at “The Monster Mile” will be can the strong get stronger? Case in point: Brad Keselowski (No. 22 Ruby Tuesday Dodge). The NASCAR Nationwide Series standings leader also is the defending winner on Dover’s 1-mile concrete surface. Three of his nine career wins have come on concrete. Keselowski leads second-place Kyle Busch No. 18 Combos Toyota) by 55 points. Busch, the reigning series champion, and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano, were challenging for the win last year when an inadvertent but very untimely tap by Logano sent Busch out of the lead and allowed Keselowski to sneak between the two for the win. The same strength argument also stands this weekend for JGR, but with a different duo. Busch is once again on the entry list this week along with last week’s Darlington winner Denny Hamlin (No. 20 Food Lion Toyota). Hamlin and Busch won three consecutive series races at Dover from 2007-08 (two straight for Hamlin, followed by Busch). But for all the e
