Keselowski Wins in Spectacular Fashion
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by Holly Cain
Filed under: Carl Edwards, Sprint Cup, FanHouse Exclusive
TALLEDEGA, Ala. — Brad Keselowski did what any driver would do.
It was the last lap, and he had a shot to win his first NASCAR Sprint Cup race. So he held his line and powered forward.
That the ensuing collision between his Chevy and Carl Edwards‘s Ford as they approached the finish line resulted in Edwards taking a frightening airborne ride into grandstands fencing and injuring seven fans had less to do with Keselowski than the innate dangers of restrictor plate racing.
In fact, NASCAR started putting restrictor plates on the cars at its two super speedways in Talladega and Daytona because of a similar airborne accident at Talladega in 1987. The idea was to control speeds. Roof flaps developed in the 1990s were supposed to keep the cars on the ground.
And so the 25-year old Keselowski, whose win came in only his fifth Cup start, didn’t make apologies for the racing.
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