For NASCAR star Brad Keselowski rising up, it was all in regards to the rubber assembly the highway and much much less about women and boozing.
Keselowski joined Kevin Harvick’s FOX Sports podcast, “Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour,” lately and talked about consuming his first beer with Dale Earnhardt Jr. He stated he didn’t sip the suds till he acquired his first take care of Miller. He took over the Team 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 Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 24, 2020 in Concord, North Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
“Before I acquired the Miller deal, I didn’t drink in any respect,” he stated. “I grew up in a family that didn’t drink. It wasn’t like an excellent spiritual factor, however my dad and mom 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 courting, there was none of these issues as a result of I wished to race and my dad was very clear like ‘If you even contact any of that stuff, completed.’ I don’t suppose he meant it in a imply means, it was most likely truly actually good for me. If you’re going to do that, you’re going to be 100% centered, 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, seems to be on within the storage space throughout observe for the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 7, 2024 in Sonoma, California. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
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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 sort of like off by myself, none of that was even an possibility for me as a result of I couldn’t race with out my dad at the very least serving to me indirectly.”
Keselowski was the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 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 Series Coca-Cola 600 on May 25, 2024 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images)
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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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