For NASCAR star Brad Keselowski rising up, it was all in regards to the rubber assembly the highway and much much less about ladies and boozing.
Keselowski joined Kevin Harvick’s FOX Sports activities podcast, “Kevin Harvick’s Completely happy Hour,” lately and talked about consuming his first beer with Dale Earnhardt Jr. He mentioned he didn’t sip the suds till he acquired his first take care of Miller. He took over the Staff Penske Miller Lite automobile in 2011.
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Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, celebrates with a burnout after successful the NASCAR Cup Collection Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Could 24, 2020 in Harmony, North Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Photographs)
“Earlier than I acquired the Miller deal, I didn’t drink in any respect,” he mentioned. “I grew up in a family that didn’t drink. It wasn’t like an excellent non secular factor, however my mother and father simply didn’t drink. … There was no alcohol in the home rising up that I keep in mind. I simply by no means actually had an curiosity in it.
“So, there was no consuming, there was no relationship, there was none of these issues as a result of I wished to race and my dad was very clear like ‘For those who even contact any of that stuff, finished.’ I don’t assume he meant it in a imply manner, it was in all probability truly actually good for me. For those who’re going to do that, you’re going to be 100% targeted, we’re not doing something in any respect. I’m not losing my time with this.
Brad Keselowski, driver of the #6 King’s Hawaiian/Despicable Me 4 Ford, appears on within the storage space throughout observe for the NASCAR Cup Collection Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 7, 2024 in Sonoma, California. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Photographs)
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“It truly served me very well. I’m telling you that story as a result of till I acquired to be racing with Dale and type of like off by myself, none of that was even an choice for me as a result of I couldn’t race with out my dad a minimum of serving to me in a roundabout way.”
Keselowski was the 2012 NASCAR Dash Cup Collection champion as he began to essentially breakout as a driver on the circuit. He left Penske after the 2021 season and began with RFK Racing in 2022.
Brad Keselowski walks down pit highway throughout qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Collection Coca-Cola 600 on Could 25, 2024 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)
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He made it again to the NASCAR Playoffs in 2023, and this season, he was again in Victory Lane with a victory in Darlington, South Carolina.
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