Brad Wins Big at Bristol

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The Twitter King was crowned his first win of the season at Bristol Motor Speedway, Sunday. Brad Keselowski was able to hold off Matt Kenseth for the final 25 laps of the Food City 500 at Bristol. He had a strong car all day and dominated the last quarter of the race. He snatched Penske's first victory since announcing they will switch to Ford in 2013. It also marked the first win for a Dodge in 2012. Keselowski won the Bristol last Fall after having an advantage in the pits due to timing-line spacing.
Brad Keselowski dodged a multi-car wreck early on in the race involving Kasey Kahne, Regan Smith, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, and Kevin Harvick. The Blue Deuce was able to swerve around the damage in one piece. Kahne had slid up in front of Regan Smith causing Kahne to spin and collected the other 3 cars.
One of the most suspicious incidents happened between Hendrick teammates Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon. Both Chevrolets were racing hard side by side causing the right side of Jr's car punctured Gordon's left rear tire. Gordon went for a ride and smashed into the wall, ruining his chances of winning the race. Gordon was upset, but admitted that it was just a racing accident.  

“I think we bumped more than we should have,” Gordon said. “We definitely didn’t hit in the right location. We didn’t hit that hard. We were a little too tight, and he was pretty good on the restart. I know it wasn’t intentional, but it certainly ruined our day.”
 Dale Jr. was quick to admit he caused the wreck in a post-race interview. In the end it was just a racing accident.
Vickers showed an impressive comeback, leading a significant amount of laps in the No. 55 car for Michael Waltrip Racing. He came home 5th along with teammates Clint Bowyer and Martin Truex Jr. finishing 4th and 3rd, respectively.
By lap 500 it was the No. 2 Penske Dodge of Brad Keselowski out in front with Roush driver Matt Kenseth trailing behind him. Greg Biffle still leads the points going into next weekend's race in California. Brad was obviously the fastest car to beat today at Bristol Motor Speedway and no doubt he will have a lot to tweet about tonight.