Brad Keselowski qualified 13th for tomorrow night's running of the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the Daytona International Speedway in his family-owned, SUBcrews.com Ford. Keselowski, who recently turned 21 years-old, will make his first career start on the historic superspeedway, but several test sessions and a strong race truck have given him plenty of confidence heading into the event.
How was your qualifying lap? Was it what you were expecting?
"This was a really great lap for us. I knew we were going to be strong enough to get a top-15, but I don't know that a lot of people really expected me to be able to pull it off. But I was able to run the high line around the track on my first lap and that seemed to really help the time and speed for the second lap. This is just what our entire team needed to start this 2005 season. I think our new sponsor, SUBcrews.com, is pretty happy with our qualifying effort and now I am looking to back that up tomorrow night with a top ten in the race."
What will be your strategy for the race tomorrow starting toward the front of the field?
"I think my strategy for the entire day will be to avoid the wreck that I'm sure will happen at some point. I just really want to run a consistent race and stay out of trouble for most of the event in order to be in a position at the end of the race for a top finish. The truck that we brought for this race is 'two-dog' and I know we will be pretty strong in the draft so staying out of trouble will probably be the key to success here tomorrow."