The calendar is working against Brad Keselowski. “I think my goal that we set was to have it done by the middle of June – to have both cars locked into the playoffs,” Keselowski said at Iowa Speedway. “So, there’s still time.
” Not exactly. While there is still time to lock both cars into the playoffs, there’s not as much as Keselowski thought. Friday was June 14th, which took him by surprise.
He was off on the date by a few days, thinking it was still early in the month. “That’s less than I thought,” he laughed. “But we’re really happy with how competitive the cars are, how well the teams are clicking, and there is some happenstance involved in winning races and some performance.
I think we have solid cars right now. “Were we as fast as last week? No, no, we weren’t. We weren’t anywhere close to that with either of our two cars, but I expect we’ll be very competitive over the next three weeks and have shots to compete for wins.
” There are divergent feelings within the two RKF Racing teams. Keselowski has a victory at Darlington and is locked into the postseason. It was his first since 2021 and first since aligning with Jack Roush.
“To some degree, I feel a little bit of personal weight off my shoulders,” Keselowski said. “But until we get both cars locked into the playoffs, we still have a big mountain to climb. Obviously, we’ve been very close to that with Chris and the No.
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