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Jimmie Johnson Brad KeselowskiBrad Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson battled down to the final race in last year’s championship struggle. It looks like more of the same in 2013. The NASCAR Sprint Cup champions battled side by side for the victory in the closing laps at Daytona and Phoenix. Four-time Las Vegas winner Johnson is the standings leader with 2012 champion Keselowski eight points back tied for second. Seven of last year’s Chase qualifiers rank among the top 10 after two races.

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Dave and Ryan Blaney Richmond International Raceway 2012Brad Keselowski Racing to Field Two Full-Time Entries in the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 

Team Takes Aim at Drivers’ and Owners’ Championships

 MOORESVILLE, NC (January 15, 2013) – Brad Keselowski Racing (BKR) announced today that the team owned by the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion will field two full-time entries in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) for the 2013 season. The move to two full-time teams comes in the organization’s sixth season in the Series.

Similar to the Penske Racing team for which Keselowski drives in the NSCS and NASCAR Nationwide Series, 2013 will see BKR take to the track in the Ford camp. 2012 was a banner year for BKR, which claimed its first victory behind the skillful driving of Penske Racing development driver Ryan Blaney, who became the youngest winner in NCWTS history at Iowa Speedway in September.

Michigan-based Cooper Standard, a leading global supplier of systems and components for the automotive industry, has enhanced its 2011 and 2012 involvement with BKR and will serve as the primary partner on the No. 29 Ford for the entire 2013 season. Blaney will be behind the wheel for the full schedule with the team competing for both the NCWTS drivers’ and owners’ championships. The No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford team will be led once again by veteran crew chief, Doug Randolph.

“We are excited to partner with Brad Keselowski and the BKR team again for the 2013 season,” said Keith Stephenson, Chief Operating Officer, Cooper Standard. “Racing has proven to be a useful business tool for our company with both customers and employees and continues to help build the Cooper Standard Brand.”

Cequent Consumer Products and Cequent Performance Products (Cequent Group), leading designers, manufacturers, and marketers of a broad range of vehicle and trailer products among other automotive products, have also increased their 2013 BKR program and will be the primary partner on the No. 19 BKR Ford for 15 races split between the two companies.

The No. 19 entry will feature various Cequent Group brands and products throughout the season including Draw-Tite, Reese Towpower, Reese Towpower Carbon Forged, Bulldog, and Harper. The No. 19 BKR Ford, led by new crew chief Chad Kendrick, will have multiple drivers as it competes for the 2013 NCWTS owners’ championship. Keselowski and his NSCS Penske Racing teammate, Joey Logano, are scheduled to run multiple races. Blaney’s father, NSCS veteran and World of Outlaws champion Dave Blaney, will race the No. 19 in the NCWTS’ first ever dirt race at Eldora Speedway on July 24th.

“The Cequent Performance team and its Draw-Tite®, Reese®, and Bulldog® brands are proud to be a part of the 2013 BKR racing season and their move to Ford trucks,” said Tom Benson, President, Cequent Performance Products. “It is great to be able to share in the excitement that professional motorsports brings our customers.  We are looking forward to being trackside to witness the determination and positive attitude that Brad and his team show their fans in the year ahead.”

“Cequent Consumer is excited to show race fans a few different logos on our trucks this year including Carbon Forged from Reese Towpower, which is a new weld-free ball mount with increased towing capacity, in addition our new cleaning tool brand, Harper and of course the Reese Towpower truck,” said John Aleva, President Cequent Consumer Products. “Kicking off race season with a winner like Brad Keselowski is good for all of our brands as race fans get to know our products through this incredible sport.”

BKR also welcomes Florida native Ross Chastain to its stable of drivers for 15 races in the No. 19 Ford. Chastain will fly the Melon 1 primary partnership colors to the No. 19 Truck for five (5) of his 15 races with BKR.  The specific races for Keselowski, Logano, and Chastain will be announced at a later date.

“Melon 1 is proud to continue our support of Ross Chastain with his new team at Brad Keselowski Racing,” said John Lapide, President, Melon 1. “Ross has generated great awareness of the healthy benefits and great taste of watermelons, while promoting the whole watermelon industry. We look forward to watching the number 19 truck run for the owners’ championship.”

“I couldn’t be more pleased with the way 2013 is shaping up for BKR,” said Keselowski. “With enhanced support from our long time returning partners, Cooper Standard and Cequent Group, we are poised for a successful season. We have been able to retain and attract top notch personnel. The crew chiefs, drivers, and team members all put their hearts into this organization. Hard work equals results, and I am proud of each and every teammate’s passion for excellence. Last season was a huge stepping stone for the organization as we claimed our first victory. We are looking forward to building on last year’s success this season.”

Blaney and Chastain will represent BKR on the track for the 2013 season opener at Daytona International Speedway on February 22nd.

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2012 Vegas Portrait Brad Keselowski SunglassesCharlotte, NC (January 14, 2013) – It is often said, “To the victor go the spoils.” As the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion, Brad Keselowski has done many things he may have never thought he would have the opportunity to do.

The latest is one that he is sure to enjoy.

On Friday, January 25, Keselowski will slide into the deejay chair at WEND 106.5 FM The End, an alternative rock station in Charlotte, NC, to fulfill a lifelong fantasy of becoming one of the voices he often hears on the local radio station. DZL, the afternoon drive host for the station, will turn over his seat to the 28-year-old from “Detroit Rock City.”

“This is something I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid,” said Keselowski. “I always thought that radio deejays, along with racecar drivers, had one of the coolest jobs around. Why wouldn’t you like fast cars and rock and roll?”

Keselowski, who hails from the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills, Mich. quickly became a fan of 106.5 FM after making the move to the area in 2007.

“I’m a fan of all types of music, but a lot of what I listen to is rock and alternative rock,” continued Keselowski. “We love our loud rock music in Detroit. WEND is a station that I quickly became a fan of when I moved here.”

For WEND, it’s not an everyday occurrence to have the current Cup Series champion eager to learn the nuances of running a radio station.

“It all started during the 2012 NASCAR Season,” stated DZL. “Brad and I were backstage at Food Lion Speed Street (a race festival in uptown Charlotte during All-Star week.)  He suggested I play more of ‘this band or that band’ on my afternoon drive radio show here in Charlotte.  I told him to worry about winning the Sprint Cup championship. If he did that I’d let him come in and play whatever he wanted!”

“He obviously held up his END of the bargain so I guess I’ll have to hold up mine,” continued DZL. “On Friday, January 25TH, I’m handing Brad the keys to my race car and letting him turn a few laps during the equivalent to my Bristol race… a Friday DRIVETIME (5p-6p!)  Who knows what will happen. I just hope he doesn’t hit the wall with my race car!”

In addition, fans can partake in an online auction to meet Keselowski at the WEND station that day. The money raised from the auction will benefit the Checkered Flag Foundation (CFF). Started in 2010 by Keselowski, the foundation assists wounded military and first-responders, along with their families. Keselowski will also take song requests via Twitter, provided those making the request make a donation to the CFF.

“I really just wanted to play some music, but the guys at 106.5 wanted to make a bigger deal about it to benefit my foundation,” said Keselowski. “That meant a lot to me. Music people have always been very generous. I hope to be able to return the favor.”

 The 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season officially takes the green flag on Sunday, February 24 with the 55th Running of the Daytona 500.