Brad Keselowski goes off on fellow NASCAR drivers after Phoenix controversy (NSFW)
After Jimmie Johnson wrecked at Phoenix, Brad Keselowski assumed the points lead in NASCAR's Chase with just one race remaining. Keselowski leads by 20 points and can clinch his first title with just a 15th placed finish next week. But Keselowski wasn't in the mood for celebrating after his turn of good fortune following Sunday's race. In his post race press conference, Keselowski went on an awe-inspiring profane rant against fellow drivers.
Keselowski was upset over criticism lobbied at him for aggressive driving last week from drivers such as Tony Stewart for racing Jimmie Johnson too hard at Texas and having a "death wish." After the Phoenix race, Keselowski was furious over Jeff Gordon intentionally wrecking Clint Bowyer and opined on the incident in light of criticism he has faced. Keselowski believes he was targeted unfairly for racing hard by fellow drivers while they wreck each other. The Gordon-Bowyer collision led to a fight in the pits and Bowyer (and ESPN's cameras) sprinting to try to find Gordon in one of the wildest scenes of the year. Keselowski himself is no stranger to feuds and controversy after his many notable incidents with Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards in past years.
The scenes of madness set off the current NASCAR championship leader, whose rant can be seen in the video excerpt below...
"That's fucking bullshit, that's all you can call that. These guys just tried to kill each other. You race hard and I get called an asshole for racing hard and called with a death wish and I see shit like that and it just pisses me off. I'm not yelling at you Dave, but it's just fucking ridiculous. And they should be ashamed."
Yes, one of these days, someone is going to get seriously injured from all the retaliatory wrecking that takes place in the sport. But in the meantime, Gordon, Bowyer, and Keselowski all increased the interest in the season finale at Miami tenfold. Like most other sports, nothing sells in NASCAR quite like controversy and feuds between stars. It's just that in NASCAR, the consequences of those feuds involve racing cars at 200 miles per hour.
(H/T Josh_Batelli)
Shame on you....As a Mom I find your mouth very offensive...You have the nerve to make statements about other drivers...Grow Up...Real men do not have to use that kind of language to get there point across...When you can say..I am a clean driver..maybe then you will qualiy to make judgement on other drivers...
@WilmaNash Thats fine that you don't agree with his mouth but I hope you aren't being an advocate for the garbage that Gordon put on. Jeff Gordan is classless and a garbage racer but he has a clean mouth so I bet you like him alright.
Hard racing Brad, doesn't include trying to get up underneath and then once you're side by side forcing them up the track into the wall. Gordon was absolutely right to retaliate because Bowyer essentially side swiped him into the wall, that's not hard racing. Gordon has had hard racing rivalries over the years with Mark Martin, with Rusty Wallace, with Tony Stewart...he's done it all but no one has ever let it get to the point that Bowyer did at Phoenix.
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@MidwayIllustrated Give it a rest. Nobody cares about these "feuds". Nascar is little more than pro wrestling. It's scripted, it has cable contracts, it's simply an ATM. There is no such thing as competition. It's about SELLING. sponsors. ad time. contracts. The point system is so stupid and archaic, it has no interest in being a legitimate championship racing event. Nascar is masterful at extending interest throughout an inflated season in order to get free advertising. The whole thing is a 4 left-handed turn infomercial.
