Brad Keselowski Nationwide Victory Interview

Announcer: Brad Keselowski captured his first career Nationwide Series victory at Nashville Superspeedway Saturday night, winning the Federated Auto Parts 300.

Brad Keselowski: You know, I knew we could do this but you never really know other than in your heart until you can prove it on the racetrack, and we’ve been so close and it’s seemed like we’ve caught bad breaks and today we caught the right breaks and that’s what we needed. We needed a little bit of luck with a fast racecar, and we had a fast racecar today and, call it a bit of luck. I don’t know if it’s a monkey off my back, I don’t know if I’ve been here that long. But, it’s not like I came into this sport winning. I feel like I’ve paid some dues, I did some stuff with some lower level teams. You know, when you’re doing that with lower level teams and you’re breaking down every week and you’re blowing up or whatever it is that happens you always question yourself, ‘why am I doing this?’ And then you catch that break like I did to get to drive for Dale Jr. and U.S. Navy Chevrolet and that kind of validates or vindicates you. And then I got a team that just keeps getting better every week and I keep getting better every week to go with it and, you know I felt like it was just a matter of time.

Keselowski’s win was also the first for the number 88 car, which Dale Earnhardt Jr. started his Nationwide Series team with.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.: I just was just amazed, you know I really was. I knew they were on the verge. They looked like they were gonna run for some wins throughout the rest of the year, and it’s just been so hard to get that team competitive. It’s so hard to start a team and get it to where it’s competitive and the merger with Rick and his Busch deal last year kind of pushed us over that hump. Getting Tony Sr. helped us a bunch. I wish I was there but it’s kind of cool in a way that they got to celebrate it on their own and all that you know—I mean, it was neat. It was really neat for them. I’m happy for that team