Keselowski Takes Second Nationwide Victory

Brad Keselowski made Dale Earnhardt Jr. a lot happier Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The 24-year-old driver (who's braces make him look a lot more like 16) picked up second career win and his second win of 2008 during the Nationwide Series Food City 250 after his team owner -- Earnhardt Jr. -- qualified third-from-last earlier in the day at the same track for Saturday night's Sprint Cup event.


Keselowski had a decent car all night long, but didn't take the lead for good until Richard Childress Racing driver Clint Bowyer got loose with 24 laps to go coming off of Turn 2. The slide ripped away Bowyer's momentum and Keselowski slung his No. 88 to the inside to complete the pass.

From there, Keselowski avoided lapped traffic and beat Bowyer to the line in the 250-lap event at the half-mile high-banked track to bring a big smile to Earnhardt Jr.'s face. Of course, the burnout that Keselowski did coming up the ramp to victory lane would make most people grin.

Bowyer had dominated the event after leading well over 100 laps, but the late bobble proved to be all the advantage that Keselowski would need to secure the victory.

Carl Edwards fell to third place in the point standings after early race trouble dropped him to a 37th-place finish. He now sits behind Bowyer and Keselowski in the run to the championship.

The rest of the Top-5 finishers were Greg Biffle, rookie Cale Gale, and David Stremme.