Brad Keselowski Wins With Injury

On Wednesday, Brad Keselowski had a horrible crash while testing at Road Atlanta. He pretty much broke his ankle from the crash.

Skipping the Nationwide race, Keselowski decided to move on and compete in the Good Sam RV Insurance 500 at Pocono. It was going to be a race where they had to battle the weather.

On lap 125 the red flag came out because of rain. With Joey Logano with the lead, and more cells coming, everyone thought he would've picked up his second career Cup win. But the rain went away and they dried up the track good enough to continue the race. Logano, who had a Top 5 car all day, however, will fall back and ending up finishing 26th.

On the last restart, Brad Keselowski was able to past Kyle Busch for the lead and he kept the lead for the rest of the race. It was Brad's 3rd career Cup win (2nd of 2011) and is one step closer making the wild card sport for the 2011 Chase (that is if he can stay in the Top 20 in Driver Points).

Another story in this race was the Jimmie Johnson vs. Kurt Busch 'fight' on the last lap. Johnson and Kurt Busch got together and both got into a heated argument after the race was over. It wasn't a Harvick/Kyle Busch type fight, it was more of a Ron Hornaday Jr./Johnny Sauter type fight.

The Cup guys head to Watkins Glen next week.

David Ragan Captures First Win at Daytona

The "NASCAR 2011 Season of First Time Winners" continues with another driver people predicted will get a win, David Ragan.

On February 20, 2011, David Ragan made a costly mistake by switching lanes before the line for at a restart at the Daytona 500 that probably costed him the race. Today, he pulled off the win with the help with his teammate Matt Kenseth. And this was a race where it was anyone's race. We even saw drivers like Joe Nemechek, Travis Kvapil, Andy Lally, Terry Labonte, Landon Cassill, and Casey Mears that we saw up in front at some point of the race, but green flag pit stops hurt them to get a much needed finish.

They're were some incidents in this race, but much less cautions than the Daytona 500. First caution was for the Daytona 500 winner, Trevor Bayne, who was spun out by Brad Keselowski really early in the race. Second caution was points leader, Carl Edwards, who got spun out by his teammate, Greg Biffle. Third caution, was caused by Dave Blaney, which by the looks of it was bumped by his teammate, Geoffrey Bodine. Fourth caution happened in the closing laps where Jeff Gordon started to spin out and NASCAR quickly threw the caution for safety since a bigger pack of cars was coming.

That incident then caused a green-white-checkered. The first restart caused a multi-car crash when Joey Logano got into Mark Martin. As Martin spun, a handful of drivers had no where to go. The next restart will be the final restart of the night. Kasey Kahne was pushing Logano to the lead, while Matt Kenseth was pushing David Ragan. Another pairing of this race, Ryan Newman and Denny Hamlin, lost the draft and fell back quickly. On Turn 3 of the last lap, the next multi-car happened when Marcos Ambrose spun out, and once Ragan came closer to the finish line, and bigger wreck happened leaving several cars damaged, which caused some scary moments when some drivers barely missed Ryan Newman. All the drivers from those incidents were okay.

After all that, David Ragan came out with the win, his first in his career in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Next week, we head to a new track for the Sprint Cup Series, Kentucky Speedway for the Quaker State 400.

Silly Season 2012 is Under Way

Like the other NASCAR Seasons, this is about the time Silly Season starts.

Red Bull Racing was in the news today, where they plan to leave NASCAR after the 2011 NASCAR Season is over. This won't hurt Kasey Kahne, since he'll be driving for Hendrick Motorsports next year in the 5 car. The driver that this hurts most is Brian Vickers, who's contract was going to end after the 2011 too. And as of now, Brian Vickers is listed as a free agent

And not to long ago, Carl Edwards is rumored to take over the #20 Home Depot car for the 2012 Cup season, and the current driver, Joey Logano, will end up driving the 4th Joe Gibbs Racing car, most likely will be the #02 car, as they used it for the 2008 and 2009 season for Joey Logano and David Gilliland for a small handful of races.

Now some of my predictions of what might happen (will feature drivers who's contracts end after 2011 season):

Mark Martin: With Kasey Kahne moving to the 5, this will make Mark Martin a free agent. There's a good chance that Martin will move to the Nationwide Series for Turner Motorsports, and it is rumored that Turner is prepping up a Cup car for the 2012 Season, so I wouldn't be surprised if Martin ends up being the driver for that ride if it happens.

Brian Vickers: Most probably have him going to the 99, but I have other predictions on who will fill the 99 if the Carl Edwards to Joe Gibbs Racing is true. For Vickers, like Martin, I see him going back to the Nationwide Series. Don't know what team though, could be a part-time driver if he can find a one-ride deal for Daytona NNS 300.

Carl Edwards: Carl Edwards is one of the biggest names out there that could be a free agent if his contract doesn't get extended. There's a chance he'll move to the 20, or could be the 4th JGR car, according to the rumor. Let's say this is true, I see his Nationwide teammate, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. taking over the 99 ride if Edwards heads over to JGR. But we still have half a season left, things can change in the RFR group.

Ryan Newman: Ryan Newman's contract, and U.S. Army, for Stewart-Haas ends after the 2011 Season. I see Newman getting a contract extension before this season is over, probably in the next couple months we'll know about this.

Juan Pablo Montoya: Like Newman, I see Montoya getting a extension in the next couple months, but if he is unable to get a extension, expect a surprise taking over the ride.

Joey Logano: With the rumors of Carl Edwards moving to the 20, where will this lead for Joey Logano. I expect him to stay in the Nationwide Series in the #20 car. For the Cup Series, I see him staying with Joe Gibbs Racing, but will be in the #02 car, but that will depend on sponsorship.

(UPDATE 6/21/11: Red Bull GM, Jay Frye, says he expects to have a two car team next year. If he does have the two cars, I wouldn't be surprised if Brian Vickers is one of the drivers.)