Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 Denny Darnell Scott Sebastian Dodge Motorsports PR Daytona Int’l Speedway Daytona 500 Gatorade Duel #2 Post-Race Quotes NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. Miller Lite Dodge Charger) Finished Seventh “What a day. I pushed my brother to the Daytona 500. That’s pretty cool. It feels good for him. We really wanted to win, but it was nice to do that with Bryan. Our objective is always to win, but we just weren’t there today. We got a solid run out of it. We just have to keep working on it. I’m excited to finally get the chance to work with my teammate on Sunday. I think that we can do some good things together.”
DID YOU GET HOOKED UP WITH YOUR BROTHER BECAUSE OF YOUR SPIN? “Ya, it lined us up. I said, ‘Heck, I’ve got a great guy to work with back here after the spin and at least I know that he’s not going to dump me’. The next thing you know we’re running fourth, fifth and then second. I put the pedal to the floor and kept on pushing. I restarted on that last restart ninth or 10th, drove up there to sixth or seventh and just kind of stalled out. It’s a great feeling.”
GROWING UP WITH BRYAN, DID YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT RACING IN THE DAYTONA 500 TOGETHER? “I’m not sure if we dreamed about it, but I did dream about the day that we didn’t beat each other up (laughs).”
BRYAN KESELOWSKI (No. 92 K-Automotive Dodge Charger) Finished Fifth “We wouldn’t have even made it here if it wasn’t for him (brother Brad Keselowski). When he had his accident, I’m not really sure what happened, but it put him back there with us just enough to get up behind us. A couple of times, the caution came out and we could line up (together). We worked together trying to get a hole. He jacked me sideways a couple of times, but that’s just the two-car draft. That’s how it goes. You can’t lift. You can’t stop for the guy in front of you or you are going to get wrecked by the guy behind you. I owe everything to everybody, Ernie Elliott for helping me with the motors, Dodge for helping us on the car. This is an old Evernham car built in ’06. The old dog would just not hunt and I’m like we have no chance, but you get out in this draft at Daytona and get a guy that knows what he’s doing pushing you and, man, he can get you to the front.”
ROBBY GORDON (No. 7 SPEED Energy Dodge Charger) Finished 17th “The strangest style of racing I’ve been involved with in a long time. We bump drafted so hard, we dented in the left rear quarter panel. It’s tough. If you don’t have a drafting partner, you’re left out there on your own. Our SPEED Energy Dodge was pretty good. We just need to take it back to the shop, fix ‘er up and get ready for the 500.”
