CONCORD, N.C. – Brad Keselowski, driver of the Penske Racing No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS), finished fifth in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS) on Sunday night. He and the Miller Lite team displayed great resilience as they had to overcome a pit road speeding penalty and an incident on pit lane to record their fourth top-five finish of 2012.
Keselowski started the 400-lap event from the 24th position based on his qualifying lap of 28.591 seconds, or 188.871 miles per hour, around the 1.5-mile oval during the Thursday night qualifying session. With the race starting in the sunlight, but finishing at night under the lights, crew chief Paul Wolfe set the No. 2 car up to adequately handle the transition. Keselowski immediately began his march forward from the drop of the green flag. He was turning lap times as fast as the drivers in the top five as he made his way into the top-15 cars at lap 21. On the first pit stop of the day,...
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