Brad Keselowski Racing
Introduction '''Brad Keselowski Racing''' was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Started in 2007, it was owned and operated by NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series champion Brad Keselowski. The team most recently fielded the Nos. 19 and 29 Ford F-150s for Austin Cindric and Chase Briscoe. On August 17, 2017, BKR announced that they would suspend operations after the 2017 season.
ARCA Racing Series Brad Keselowski Racing's new shop in Statesville, NCDuring the team’s inaugural season in 2007, BKR competed in select events in the ARCA Racing Series. With Robb Brent behind the wheel of the No. 00, the team earned one top-10 finish at Nashville Superspeedway. In 2009, Keselowski entered a part-time ARCA entry for DeWitt, Michigan driver, 17-year-old Chad Finley, son of former ARCA winner Jeff Finley. Finley won his first-career pole at Rockingham Speedway, though late race contact would relegate Finley to 15th in the final rundown. In 2010, Finley ran the No. 29 Chevrolet in a six ARCA races with sponsorship from Auto Value and Air Lift Services. His best finish of third was achieved at both Pocono and Rockingham.
Camping World Truck Series ===Truck No. 2 history===Austin Cindric in the No. 2 at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2016;Part Time (2013, 2016)Brad Keselowski Racing first raced a third truck, the No. 2, driven by Brad Keselowski on May 17, 2013 at Charlotte Motor SpeedwayOn February 8, 2016, it was announced that BKR would field a third truck entry with Austin Theriault driving the No. 2 Ford F-150 at Daytona. It previously ran in 2013 with Keselowski at Charlotte. On April 28, it was later announced that Austin Cindric and Austin Theriault would run additional races in the No. 2.Theriault and Cindric didn't qualify for their races at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Dover International Speedway due to owner point standings when rain caused NASCAR to cancel qualifying. However, Cindric made four starts later in the season at Bristol Motor Speedway, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Talladega Superspeedway and Phoenix International Raceway with sponsorship from Pirtek.===Truck No. 19 history===Joey Logano (19) and Ryan Blaney (29) race for BKR at Rockingham in 2013;Part Time (2008, 2012)2008 saw BKR expand its operation to include participation in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Robb Brent signed on to drive the No. 19 Chevrolet for three races, with a best finish of 21st. Keselowski drove the No. 19 Chevrolet himself in the Lucas Oil 150 at the Phoenix International Raceway. Using the engine out of his race-winning Nationwide Series car from Bristol Motor Speedway, he started seventh and finished the race in the sixth position.Daniel Hemric's No. 19 Reese Brands F-150 during practice for the 2016 Careers for Veterans 200 at Michigan International Speedway.Brad Keselowski, Daniel Hemric and Tyler Reddick announce BKR's 2016 lineup on ''NASCAR Race Hub''In 2012, team owner Keselowski also drove a second truck, the No. 19, for four races. Ryan Blaney drove it for one race, and David Mayhew for four races. ;Multiple Drivers (2013-2014)2013 was the first full-time season for BKR's No. 19 truck, the races shared by Ross Chastain (14), Keselowski (4), Joey Logano (3), and Ryan Blaney (1). In 2014, the No. 19 truck got its first ever win, by Keselowski, who won his only Truck Series victory, at Bristol. Tyler Reddick ran 16 of the races in the No. 19, scoring 9 top tens, Joey Logano ran 2 races and Alex Tagliani ran the road course to fill out the full schedule. ;Tyler Reddick (2015)In 2015, the No. 19 was driven full-time by Tyler Reddick, with Reddick winning two races (Daytona International Speedway, Dover International Speedway) before ultimately finishing second in the standings. ;Daniel Hemric (2016)In 2016, Daniel Hemric joined the team, driving the No. 19 California Clean Power/Draw-Tite Ford. Hemric qualified for the inaugural NCWTS Chase and ended the season sixth in the driver point standings. Hemric departed to XFINITY Series competition at Richard Childress Racing in 2017.;Austin Cindric (2017)Austin Cindric was named as full-time driver for the No. 19 Draw-Tite Ford F-150 in 2017 and is running for Rookie of the Year honors. Cindric won his first NCWTS race in the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in his 22nd start in the series, and only two weeks after team owner Keselowski announced the team's closing at the end of the season.====Truck No. 19 results==== Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  Pts 2008 Robb Brent 19 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH21 BRI GTW32 NHA LVS24 TAL MAR ATL TEX HOM 57th 258 Brad Keselowski PHO6 73rd 150 2012 Brad Keselowski Ram DAY27 MAR CAR KAN3 CLT2 DOV TEX KEN2 IOW CHI POC MCH ATL LVS TAL MAR HOM Ryan Blaney BRI6 David Mayhew IOW16 KEN26 TEX24 PHO12 2013 Ross Chastain Ford DAY14 MAR20 CLT9 DOV16 TEX13 IOW13 POC5 MSP7 IOW'''2'''* LVS14 TAL3 MAR14 PHO'''2''' HOM8 18th 484 Joey Logano CAR2KAN24 MCH4 – – Brad Keselowski KEN2 BRI9 CHI2 TEX21 Dave Blaney ELD9 95th 01 2014 Tyler Reddick DAY12 MAR16 DOV8 TEX21 GTW13 IOW9 ELD11 POC23 CHI4 NHA8 LVS15 '''TAL'''4 MAR6 '''TEX'''4 PHO10 HOM6 12th 539  Joey Logano KAN3 MCH18 92nd 01 Brad Keselowski CLT3 KEN5 BRI1* 90th 01 Alex Tagliani '''MSP''' 99th 01 2015 Tyler Reddick DAY1* ATL5 MAR5 KAN13 CLT4 DOV1 TEX11 GTW8 IOW3 KEN6 ELD3 POC3 MCH9 BRI8 MSP19 CHI2 NHA15 LVS7 TAL5 MAR5 TEX5 PHO5 HOM3 2nd 884  2016 Daniel Hemric DAY8 ATL4 MAR22 KAN3 DOV9 CLT9 TEX10 IOW15 GTW3 KEN3 ELD8 POC22 BRI3 MCH3 MSP3 CHI2 NHA28 LVS2 TAL11 MAR9 TEX3 PHO13 HOM5 6th 2163  2017 Austin Cindric DAY27 ATL21 MAR21 KAN10 CLT13 DOV5 TEX25 GTW11 IOW8 KEN4 ELD10 POC7 MCH5 BRI9 '''MSP'''1* CHI15 NHA8 LVS4 TAL5 MAR10 TEX2* PHO9 HOM5 3rd 4032 ===Truck No. 29 history===Tyler Reddick's No. 29 F-150, sporting a special paint scheme for the 2016 Careers for Veterans 200 at Michigan International Speedway. ;Part Time (2009-2010)Keselowski entered the team in eight NCWTS races in 2009, driving the Keselowski family's familiar No. 29.BKR brought Mikey Kile in for six races, J. R. Fitzpatrick in for one race, and Keselowski made one start at Bristol. The team earned its best finish of 10th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and its best finish of 11th (Milwaukee, Gateway), all with Kile behind the wheel. In 2010, the team competed in five NCWTS events, with Keselowski scoring a season-best finish of second at Gateway Motorsports Park.Chase Briscoe's 2017 Cooper Standard Ford F-150 in the Brad Keselowski Racing hauler bay. ;Parker Kligerman (2011)In 2011, BKR fielded the No. 29 Ram for development driver Parker Kligerman. The team intended to run 15 races before Team Penske committed to sponsoring the team for the full season. Kligerman scored a few top fives but finished 11th in points. ;Parker Kligerman & Ryan Blaney (2012)In 2012, Cequent Group and Cooper Standard sponsored the No. 29 team. Due to a lack of performance, Kligerman was released from the No. 29 and Ryan Blaney was brought in to fill out the remaining schedule. Blaney immediately made a splash, winning at Iowa Speedway in his third start, earning the team its first victory. ;Ryan Blaney (2013-2014)Blaney returned to the No. 29 Ford F-150 full-time in 2013, capturing the pole at Kentucky Speedway and the win at Pocono Raceway. In 2014 Blaney captured a win at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in his full-time effort behind the wheel of the No. 29.Blaney finished second in the championship standings at the end of 2014.;Multiple Drivers (2015)In 2015 the No. 29 was split between various drivers throughout the season. Cup Series driver Joey Logano earned his first-career Truck Series win at the spring race at Martinsville Speedway, and Ryan Blaney earned the team its second-consecutive win at Bristol Motor Speedway. Austin Theriault drove the truck for several races until his injury at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In his place, Brad's brother Brian Keselowski drove the truck at Talladega Superspeedway, and rookie Austin Cindric drove the truck for two races before Theriault's return in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. 2015 also saw BKR relocate from Mooresville, NC to its new facility in Statesville, NC. ;Tyler Reddick (2016) Tyler Reddick switched to the No. 29 for 2016.Despite missing the inaugural Truck Series Championship Chase, Tyler Reddick won the DC Solar 350 at Las Vegas Speedway, leading the team to its first ever 1-2 finish in the NCWTS in what would be his last win for Brad Keselowski Racing. Reddick announced at Homestead-Miami Speedway that he would not be returning to BKR in 2017 to run for Chip Ganassi Racing in the XFINITY Series. ;Chase Briscoe (2017)In 2017, Chase Briscoe was named as the full-time driver of the No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford F-150 to compete for Rookie of the Year honors, in addition to being named as the first driver in the Ford Performance Driver Development Program. Briscoe earned his first-career NCWTS pole at Dover International Speedway. He also won his first race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in the final race of the season and for BKR.
Late model racing BKR at one time also fielded an Outlaw Super Late Model, in Michigan, where Brad Keselowski is originally from. Australian driver Andrew Hagen moved to Michigan in 2009 to drive the car, originally from an open wheel/road racing background, using this class to gain experience in closed-body stock cars.
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