SPARTA, Ky. - Brad Keselowski was the only driver at Kentucky Speedway to compete in all three NASCAR races over the weekend.
And late on a hot Saturday night in the Bluegrass countryside, he picked up a third Sprint Cup win this season.
"I wanted all three, but sometimes that ain't meant to happen," a happy Keselowski said about his starts in the Truck, Nationwide and Cup races at the 1.5-mile oval. "But second, seventh and first ain't bad at all."
Now Keselowski is elbowing his way into the season-ending Chase for the Championship picture and making more than a couple of other drivers nervous.
Keselowski, who also won at Bristol and Talladega, now is now 10th in the standings. The top 12 drivers after 26 races make the Chase.
With nine races to go, Matt Kenseth is first in the standings, followed by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Martin Truex Jr., Tony Stewart and Keselowski.
In three of Keselowski's first seven starts, he finished near the bottom. He also had not cracked the top 10 in his four previous starts before coming to Kentucky.
But he has had his Penske Dodge in contention in almost all the rest of the 17 races so far.
"The only thing that means anything is who's in the top 10 and who has the most wins when the Chase gets going," Keselowski said. "That is the only thing that matters."
