I am definitely not the first person to say that Brad
Keselowski is a great racecar driver. I know I won’t be the last either. Brad
Keselowski is currently leading five-time champion Jimmie Johnson with four
races to go in the 2012 season. I’m not a Keselowski fan, but I certain do like
him as a driver. Brad has a great talent and he’s using it very well.
It’s understandable where Keselowski fans frustration is
coming from after Sunday’s race. I’ve felt it so many times over the years
since I became a Kasey Kahne fan in 2006. I do think Brad will win a
championship, but I think he needs feel the defeat of losing a championship
before he can win a championship. look at Denny. Look how his 2010 season went.
Almost identical to Brad’s season this year. Look at what happened in the final
two races. Denny used 2011 to try and go as hard as he could to get that
championship. Didn’t work. He came into the 2012 season a different person and
it’s working. I think Brad has to go through what Denny went through in 2010
before winning a championship.
Brad is a good driver, but I don’t think he’s ready to win a
championship just yet. Keselowski fans say that he is, but he hasn’t felt the
pain of losing a championship and I think that’s key when becoming a champion.
I took Jimmie Johnson four years to finally win his first in 2006. Jimmie had
never finished lower than 5th in the points up to that point in his
career. This is Brad’s second Chase and he’s doing extremely well. You people
are forgetting who he is trying to beat in the championship this year. Jimmie Johnson.
Jimmie has been trailing at this point in the chase twice before and won both
times. Jimmie and Chad know how to get things done. And no they don’t cheat to
get there.
I don’t think Brad is a favorite to win. Just like Clint
Bowyer and Kasey Kahne, Brad Keselowski is a dark horse. Jimmie and Denny have
been through this before. Brad made a good effort last year, but hasn’t really
been a contender for the championship until this year, just like Bowyer and
Kahne. That’s what makes him a dark horse. Everyone else can put him in the
favorite category, but he is in the dark horse category.
Hate me all you want for my opinion, but that’s what it is. Long
story short, Brad isn’t ready to be the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship yet. Maybe
in a year or two. He needs to lose one before he can fully understand what it
truly means to be a champion. He needs to know how it feels to lose something as
huge as a championship. Jimmie’s bad races have come. It’s time for Brad’s to
hit and I have a feeling it’s going to be big.
