[autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag] entered Darlington Raceway with a 110-race winless streak after coming up short several times since joining RFK Racing. Keselowski almost saw that streak snapped at Talladega Superspeedway, but a bad block by Michael McDowell ruined his chances. Fast forward to May 12, and the driver of the No. 6 car found luck on his side.
Keselowski won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington after Chris Buescher and Tyler Reddick had issues with under 10 laps to go. It was a shocking development that ended the 2012 Cup Series champion’s winless streak. Following the event, Keselowski talked about winning his first race with RFK Racing.
“Yeah, it’s a heck of a ride,” Keselowski said. “So much has changed over the last three years from when I walked in the door, and I see just a group that keeps getting stronger. It’s tough because I feel like there’s been a lot of two step forwards, one steps back, and you keep doing those and you keep doing those. Everybody kind of looks at it like, we just took these two steps forward, why are we taking another step back, and it leads to the next gain.”
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“We took a pretty big step back over the off-season. It was with a lot of intentionality in a couple critical categories. We paid for that dearly to start the year and kind of lost some performance. But it was in the name of being able to do this right here: Win races honest and be competitive, and the two steps forward are just now being realized.”
Keselowski needed a little bit of luck to fall his way, but the No. 6 car was the fastest car at the end of the race either way. In fact, the No. 6 car was the fastest at the end of the Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway, too. Keselowski and RFK Racing can finally take a deep breath after winning a race, but the best has yet to come.
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