NASCAR Bonus Points: Is Brad Keselowski the Driver to Beat in 2012?

  With Brad Keselowski’s convincing Kentucky win, the Penske Racing #2 Miller Lite Dodge (to be all victory lane-official about it) scored its third victory of the season and virtually guaranteed Keselowski a spot in the Chase. The breakthrough driver of 2011 now leads the Cup tour with three wins on the 2012 season. On cue, the sports writing hemisphere immediately began cracking with debates about whether or not BK is the man to beat this year, if he's amongst the elite in the Cup series, etc. We can't resist asking the same type of question. Is Brad the man to beat in 2012? That’s the issue at stake in this episode of Bonus Points, a weekly feature in which Sports-at-Work writers Sam Salo and Luke Krmpotich debate a current issue in NASCAR, giving their takes on the way things ought to be. Sometimes, Sam and Luke will agree; other times, they may have slightly differing opinions; and on occasion, they'll be at each other's throats. Each writer will also assig...