Kenneth Wallace
Wallace with his wife Kim in 2001
Born	(1963-08-23) August 23, 1963 (age 48) St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Awards	1986 ASA National Tour Rookie of the Year 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 1991, 1994, 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
344 race(s) run over 18 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 09 (RAB Racing)
Best finish	22nd - 1999
First race	1990 First Union 400 (North Wilkesboro)
Last race	2008 AMP Energy 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 27 3
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
528 race(s) run over 23 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 99 (RAB Racing)
2011 position	7th
Best finish	2nd - 1991
First race	1988 Advance Auto 150 (Martinsville)
Last race	2012 Aaron's 312 (Talladega)
First win	1991 Spring 200 (Volusia County)
Last win	2001 Sam's Club 200 (Rockingham)
Wins Top tens Poles 9 172 10
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
11 race(s) run over 4 year(s)
Best finish	34th - 1996
First race	1995 Goody's 150 (Martinsville)
Last race	2008 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0- 4 0
NASCAR Canadian Tire Series career
1 race(s) run over 1 year(s)
Best finish	62nd - 2003
First race	2003 Canada Day Shootout (Cayuga)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of May 5, 2012.

Kenneth Wallace (born August 23, 1963) is an American stock car driver who currently drives the #99 Family Farmers/University of Northwestern Ohio/Federated Auto Parts/American Ethanol/Iowa Corn/G-Oil/Marquis Energy Toyota Camry for RAB Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. In addition, he works as an on-air personality for SPEED on NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane.

Early life[link]

Wallace is the youngest of three brothers born to Russ and Judy Wallace. Russ was a prolific race winner himself, which made him unpopular with fans. Wallace earned his nickname, "Herman," early in life when Lake Hill Speedway promoter Bob Miller made note of Wallace's boisterous behavior when taking up for his father, likening him to the mischievous cartoon character Herman the German.^[1] He went to Fox High School in Arnold, MO.

Wallace began his racing career by working as a mechanic on his father's race cars and brother's team. He entered his first race, the Illinois Street Stock State Championship, in 1982, winning the event. This victory sparked Wallace's driving career, and he entered the American Speed Association in 1986, achieving Rookie of the Year honors in the series.^[2]

Early Busch career[link]

In September 1988, Dale Earnhardt gave Wallace the seat for his first-ever NASCAR start, in which he finished eleventh in the Busch Series race at Martinsville Speedway, driving the #8 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet.^[3] The following year, he raced the full Busch Series schedule in a car owned by brother Rusty Wallace,^[4] sponsored by Cox Treated Lumber earning the 1989 Rookie of the Year award and finishing sixth in driver point standings.^[5] In 1990, he made his Winston Cup debut at North Wilkesboro Speedway in the #36 Pontiac for Randy Cox, finishing 26th after a late-race crash.^[5] He finished seventh in the Busch Series.^[5] The following season, he won his first two career races and finished a career-best second in the Busch points, and subbed for Kyle Petty in two races in the Cup series.^[5] At the Pyroil 500, he competed against his brothers Mike and Rusty, marking the first time since Bob, Fonty, and Tim Flock raced that three brothers competed in the same race. In 1992, Dirt Devil became his sponsor and he won his third Busch race of his career, but several mechanical problems forced him down to sixth in points.^[5]

1993–2000[link]

In 1993, Wallace moved up to the Winston Cup Series full-time, driving the #40 Dirt Devil Pontiac Grand Prix for SABCO Racing.^[5] The team got a considerable amount of television time as the team was featured on the TV Show What Would You Do?. He had three top-tens and a twenty-third place points finish,^[5] but lost his ride at the end of the season. He returned to the Busch Series to drive the #8 TIC Financial Systems Ford for FILMAR Racing. He picked up three wins and finished fourth in points.^[5] Towards the end of the season, he was hired by Robert Yates Racing to replace the injured Ernie Irvan in the Cup series.^[6] In twelve races, he finished in the top-ten three times.^[5] In 1995, Wallace and FILMAR split time between the Cup and Busch Series. Wallace had one win with the Red Dog Ford in the Busch Series, and made eleven starts in the Cup Series in the #81 car.^[5]

Wallace and FILMAR began racing in Cup full-time 1996 with funding from Square D. They had two top-ten finishes and a twenty-eighth place points finish.^[5] The following season, he won two poles, at Bristol and Martinsville respectively,^[7] but fell five spots in the standings. Despite seven top-tens in 1998, Wallace and Square D left FILMAR to drive Andy Petree Racing's new #55 entry.^[5] Wallace finished in the top-ten five times and had a career-best twenty-second place finish in points.^[5] After only one top-ten in 2000 and a 26th place finish in the points, he departed the team.^[5] The sole top-ten came in his second place finish to Dale Earnhardt, in the then Winston 500 (now UAW Ford 500) which was Earnhardt's final victory. Wallace pushed Earnhardt to the front in four laps to the lead.

From 2001[link]

In 2001, Wallace signed with the unsponsored Eel River Racing team, and also was hired to drive the #48 Goulds Pumps Chevy in the Busch Series full-time for Innovative Motorsports. After several DNQ's, Wallace resigned from the team to concentrate on his Busch ride. He won his first race in seven years at North Carolina Speedway and finished tenth in points. He also filled in for Steve Park in the Cup Series,^[8] winning one pole and nailing down two top-tens, including a second-place finish at Rockingham Speedway, tying a career best.^[5] He did not win in 2002, but moved up to seventh in the Busch series standings in the #48 Chevrolet now sponsored by Stacker 2.^[5] He replaced a suspended Kevin Harvick at Martinsville and was hired late in the season by Bill Davis Racing to replace Hut Stricklin in the #23 Hills Brothers Coffee Dodge, and was hired to drive the car full-time in 2003, bringing his Stacker 2 sponsorship with him and continuing to drive in the Busch Series for Davis.^[5] After one top-ten finish, Wallace and the team moved down to the Busch Series in 2004, garnering ten top-ten finishes.^[5] He also drove in the Cup Series five times for Michael Waltrip Racing.^[5]

In 2005, Davis Racing closed its Busch team, allowing Wallace and sponsor Stacker 2 to join ppc Racing's #22 Ford, earning five top-fives and eleven top-tens.^[5] During that season Wallace's team lost sponsorship when Stacker 2 backed out of NASCAR, and drove for the rest of his time with ppc Racing driving the #22 AutoZone Ford. He began driving for Furniture Row Racing in the Cup Series that season, and ran seventeen races with them in 2006.^[5] After four top-tens in 2006, Furniture Row began racing full-time in Cup, so Wallace to left ppc.^[5]

Despite getting voted into the All-Star Race at Charlotte, Wallace was unable to keep the #78 in the top-35 in owner's points, and left the team in August.^[5] On August 22, 2007 he filled in for Kyle Petty in the 45 Wells Fargo Dodge at Bristol.^[5] Shortly after that drove as a sub for the injured Ricky Rudd in the #88 Snickers Ford Fusion until Rudd returned.

Wallace attempted to qualify for the 2008 Daytona 500 in a second car for Furniture Row Racing, the #87 Denver Mattress Chevrolet. Wallace finished eighth in the first Duel at Daytona,^[9] making the 50th Daytona 500. Wallace was black flagged in the Daytona 500 for failure to maintain the NASCAR-required speed and he finished last.^[10] Wallace drove for Armando Fitz early in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series season before switching to the #28 for Jay Robinson.^[5] Between the 2008, 2009, and 2010 seasons, Wallace finished in the top-ten three times,^[5] He left Jay Robinson and joined RAB Racing, driving without a paycheck in exchange for getting to drive competitive equipment. Wallace has recorded 11 top-ten finishes in 2011, with a best finish of fifth at Richmond.^[5] In October, he announced that he will return to the team in 2012, along with all of his sponsors. He also hinted that he might retire from racing after the 2012 season.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2012, RAB Racing announced that Wallace would be attempting to qualify for the 2012 Daytona 500, driving a No. 09 Toyota Camry, sponsored by American Ethanol.^[11] The team suffered fuel pump issues in the Gatorade Duel and failed to qualify for the race.^[12]

Personal life[link]

Wallace is a member of a large racing family. Wallace's father, Russ, was a prolific winner on Midwestern short tracks in the 1960s and 1970s.^[13] Kenny and his older brothers, Rusty Wallace and Mike Wallace, followed in their father's footsteps. Rusty is the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion and winner of 55 Cup Series races. Mike is a winner of four Nationwide Series and four Camping World Truck Series races. Rusty's son, Steve Wallace, is a current Nationwide Series driver, and Mike's daughter, Chrissy Wallace, has participated in multiple Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series races.

Wallace is married to Kim and has three daughters, Brooke, Brandy, and Brittany. Wallace and his family reside in Concord, North Carolina.^[14]

Images[link]

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  1997 racecar

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  Kenny Wallace in the #22 car at Bristol in 2006

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  Kenny Wallace's #78 car at NHIS in 2006

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  2008 Cup car at Daytona

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  2009 Nationwide car at Milwaukee

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  2010 Nationwide car at Road America

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  2011 Nationwide car at Road America

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kenny Wallace

• Official website
• Kenny Wallace at Racing Reference
• Kenny Wallace at NASCAR.com

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Bradley Keselowski
Born	(1984-02-12) February 12, 1984 (age 28) Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States
Achievements	2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion
Awards	2008, 2009, 2010 Nationwide Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career
101 race(s) run over 5 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 2 (Penske Racing)
2011 position	5th
Best finish	5th - 2011
First race	2008 Dickies 500 (Texas)
Last race	2012 Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte)
First win	2009 Aaron's 499 (Talladega)
Last win	2012 Aaron's 499 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 6 26 2
NASCAR Nationwide Series career
178 race(s) run over 7 year(s)
Car no., team	No. 22 (Penske Racing)
2011 position	91st
Best finish	1st – 2010
First race	2006 Ameriquest 300 (Fontana)
Last race	2012 History 300 (Charlotte)
First win	2008 Federated Auto Parts 300 (Nashville)
Last win	2012 History 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 18 109 12
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
51 race(s) run over 8 year(s)
Truck no., team	No. 19 (Brad Keselowski Racing)
Best finish	21st – 2005
First race	2004 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race	2012 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 6 1
Statistics current as of May 27, 2012.

Bradley Keselowski (born February 12, 1984) is an American auto racing driver and team owner currently competing in the #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the Sprint Cup Series and the #22 Discount Tire Company/Ruby Tuesday Dodge Challenger in the Nationwide Series for Penske Racing. He was previously a driver for JR Motorsports from 2007 to 2009 in the Nationwide Series and for Phoenix Racing and Hendrick Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series. He won his first championship in the 2010 Nationwide Series; the first championship for both Brad and Penske Racing. Keselowski also owns a Camping World Truck Series team, Brad Keselowski Racing.

He is the son of Bob Keselowski and the nephew of Ron Keselowski. His older brother Brian competes part-time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, the Nationwide Series, and the Sprint Cup Series.

NASCAR[link]

2004–2006[link]

Keselowski began his NASCAR career in the 2004 Craftsman Truck Series season, as the driver of the #29 for his family-owned K Automotive Racing team. He made his debut at Martinsville Speedway, where he started 26th and finished 33rd. He made seven more starts that season, his best finish coming at Mansfield, where he finished 16th.

In 2005, Keselowski began competing in the Truck Series full-time with backing from SUBcrews.com and Samson Stone. He opened the season with a career-best seventh-place finish at the Florida Dodge Dealers 250. Running every race that season, he finished 21st in points. He ran the first two races of 2006 for K-Automotive, finishing sixteenth at California Speedway, before a lack of sponsorship caused the team to temporarily suspend operations. Keselowski then drove a pair of races filling in for the injured Kelly Sutton, where he had a seventh-place start at Memphis Motorsports Park. He returned to the Trucks in August, where he finished 33rd at Bristol Motor Speedway driving the #63 for MB Motorsports.

2007–2009[link]

In 2007, Keselowski began running in the NASCAR Busch series full time and for Rookie of the Year honors with Keith Coleman Racing, but the team suspended operations in July. During the 2007 racing season, Keselowski was tabbed by Germain Racing to replace Ted Musgrave at Memphis Motorsports Park after Musgrave was suspended for an in race scuffle with another driver in Milwaukee. He qualified first for the Saturday night race, and led a majority of the race, but got bumped by Travis Kvapil with about nine laps to go. Keselowski finished 16th. Shortly afterwards, he was called by car owner Dale Earnhardt, Jr to drive his #88 United States Navy Chevrolet for JR Motorsports for the rest of the year in the Busch Series, posting five top-ten finishes.

Keselowski re-signed with JR in 2008, and got his first win came June 7, 2008 at Nashville Superspeedway, overcoming Clint Bowyer after the final caution in the closing laps of the race. His second Nationwide career win came in the same fashion at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 22, 2008. He ended the season third in the points standings, the highest finish by a full-time Nationwide Series-only driver. Late in the season, Keselowski was hired to drive the #25 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet for two races with Hendrick Motorsports.^{[citation needed]} Keselowski was on stand-by for an ill Jeff Gordon in Kansas and for expectant father Casey Mears at Talladega that season as well. Keselowski made his Cup series debut at Texas after failing to qualify once due to a rainout. He finished the Dickies 500 in 19th position, and 23rd in the season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway.

Keselowski continued driving the 88 for JR in 2009 as well as competing in a limited Cup schedule. He will drive the #25 in seven races, and is scheduled to drive the #09 Phoenix Racing in ten races. He won the Aarons 499 in just his fifth career Cup start.

Keselowski pulled off an upset and earned his first Sprint Cup win during the 2009 Aaron's 499 at Talladega. In the pass through the tri-oval, Brad went high to try to fake Carl Edwards out. When Edwards went high to block, Brad went low to pass. Edwards went to block. However, Keselowski made contact with Edwards left rear quarterpanel, making him lose control of his car in a crash that sent Edwards back into the path of Ryan Newman. Edwards' car bounced off of Ryan Newman's hood and then up into the catch fence, injuring eight fans. Brad Keselowski did not go down below the yellow line due to the circumstances at the race last year involving Regan Smith and the yellow line (Smith passed Tony Stewart below the yellow line to finish first, but lost the win, even when there was controversy over whether he was forced to move below the yellow line). Keselowski won in his fifth career start (third start in 2009) and led his first career Sprint Cup lap, Lap 188 (in fact the only lap he led the entire race). It was the first time since May 2007 a driver had won his first career win in a major, and the first win in the Aaron's 499 by a first-time driver since Phil Parsons in 1988. It was also the first time a driver's first ever lap led was to win the race.

2010–2011[link]

It appears that his win in Talladega has earned him more seat time in the James Finch-owned Chevy. Originally scheduled to appear next in the 18th race of the season, at Daytona International Speedway, was then scheduled to appear in the upcoming race at Richmond International Raceway. Keselowski raced the Sprint All-Star Race as well.^{[citation needed]} He was forced to pull out of the Richmond race due to commitments to his Nationwide series team.

2009 #88 Nationwide car

Keselowski got his third Nationwide victory at Dover. Kyle Busch cut a tire on the restart, second-place Joey Logano rammed Busch and Keselowski passed them both.

After taking a gamble and staying out past his "pit-window," Keselowski garnered his fourth win at the first ever Nationwide race at Iowa Speedway after battling Kyle Busch to take over and maintain first position. Keselowski finishing first over Kyle Busch made Busch tie his record of nine consecutive top 2 finishes.

Brian Vickers and Kyle Busch dominated Michigan, but Keselowski came on top when momentum broke between the two, allowing Keselowski to pick up a victory in his home state.

In 2010, Keselowski joined Penske Racing in the NNS (NASCAR Nationwide Series) and NSCS (NASCAR Sprint Cup Series). Keselowski scored his first win in the NNS in 2010 at Talladega on April 25 and then went on to win five more races at Richmond, Nashville, Michigan, Charlotte, and Gateway. He also collected five poles, 26 top 5s, and 29 top 10s. With the 26 top 5s, he beaten Kyle Busch's record with 25 top 5s. With crew chief Paul Wolfe, Keselowski won his first ever NASCAR Nationwide Series title. But in the NSCS it was a different story. Keselowski finished 25th in the final Sprint Cup standings and recorded one pole, zero wins, 0 top 5s, and 2 top 10s.

In 2011, Keselowski will drive the #2 Miller Lite Dodge. Keselowski's current #12 Dodge team will become the #2 Miller Lite Dodge team. Kurt Busch and the current #2 team will become the #22 Shell Penzoil Dodge for 2011. Shell as a stipulation of sponsorship wanted Kurt Busch as their driver feeling that he is more established then Brad Keselowski. Paul Wolfe will replace Jay Guy as crew chief of Brad Keselowski's #2 Miller Lite Dodge. Todd Gordon will be Keselowski's crew chief in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He won the pole for the 2011 Coca Cola 600, and the following week, he was able to get the lead with 9 laps to go and hold off a charging Dale Earnhardt, Jr. to win the 2011 STP 400 at Kansas Speedway on fuel mileage. During his victory celebration, he ran out of fuel.

Keselowski had a violent accident at the Road Atlanta circuit which left him with a broken ankle. However, he took the lead with 16 laps to go from Kyle Busch and won the Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono Raceway, notable for being one of the most tricky tracks in the series. This win, happened 3 or 4 days after the violent crash.

The next week, Keselowski gave a valiant 2nd place effort at Watkins Glen International, leading with 2 laps to go but getting passed by Marcos Ambrose in turn five. He followed that with a 3rd place finish at Michigan International Speedway. The next week, Keselowski got his third win of the year at Bristol by holding off Martin Truex, Jr. and Jeff Gordon.

That win virtually assured Keselowski a spot in the 2011 Chase for the Sprint Cup, given NASCAR's rule change designating the final two Chase spots as wild card slots for drivers ranked 11th through 20th in the points with the most wins. Keselowski finished the "regular season" 11th in points, using his three wins to qualify for his first career Chase.

Keselowski was a factor for much of the Chase, before a late spin at Martinsville derailed his championship hopes. Still, Keselowski finished his second full Cup season fifth in the point standings, 84 points behind champion Tony Stewart. Keselowski finished the season with more wins than teammate Kurt Busch (three to two) and with a better points finish.

2012[link]

In addition to continuing running in the Sprint Cup Series and a limited Nationwide Series schedule for Penske Racing, Keselowski will compete in a limited number of Camping World Truck Series races for his own team, Brad Keselowski Racing, as a teammate to Parker Kligerman.^[1] On March 18, 2012 he won the Food City 500 at Bristol. He also won the Aaron's 499 at Talladega from a late race restart and a push from Kyle Busch. It was the first time since Dave Marcis in 1976 that Dodge won a Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega and only the fourth win at the track for the automaker.

Complete Sprint Cup Series results[link]

Note:This list does not include exhibition races.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Brad Keselowski Racing[link]

Keselowski formed his own race team in 2007. The team began competing in the Truck Series in 2008. Brad drove the #29 Chevy himself and earned the team's first Top 10 finish.

In 2011, Brad will have young prospect Parker Kligerman drive his #29 Dodge Ram for all 25 races, attempting to win Rookie of the Year, and possibly even the Championship. Currently Kligerman is 3rd in the Rookie Standings and 8th in the Championship Standings.

Kligerman actually did fairly well for Brad. "Klig" got two 2nd-place finishes for BKR, finishing 11th in the final point standings, and acquired additional sponsorship from Cooper Standard who will sponsor the duo for another full-season in 2012.

Images[link]

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  2010 Nationwide car

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Brad Keselowski

• Official website
• Brad Keselowski at Racing Reference
• Keselowski Family Website