Brad Keselowski continues to get well from a damaged proper femur, suffered whereas slipping on ice throughout a household snowboarding journey in December, however his first actual take a look at was optimistic as he skilled a crash on the ultimate lap of the Daytona 500 with out aggravating the damage.
And he completed fifth, too.
Total, final weekend didn’t present any addition discomfort past getting out and in of the automobile, and he expects tomorrow at Atlanta Motor Speedway to go the identical, minus the crashing.
“Alanta’s going to ramp up the depth,” Keselowski mentioned throughout a Saturday media availability. “It is not essentially a quicker racetrack however because it’s smaller, you carry much more G-Forces right here. So, it’s somewhat bit extra of a bodily workload. COTA subsequent weekend can be a giant problem so I’m going to get by way of this weekend and see the way it goes earlier than making a choice on COTA however feeling good for Atlanta.”
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The choice to be made at Circuit of the Americas is whether or not or not the 2012 Cup Sequence champion will want reserve driver Joey Hand to take over in some unspecified time in the future after the inexperienced flag. Street programs require much more proper foot work on braking and it might be too tall of a process at this stage of his restoration.
On the intense facet, NASCAR guidelines award factors to the driving force whom begins the race, and never the one who finishes. So if Keselowski qualifies and takes the inexperienced flag, he would obtain factors based mostly on no matter Hand accomplishes behind the wheel.
Hand is a world renown highway racing specialist.
“We’re glad to have him,” Keselowski mentioned. “You recognize, he is the Ford reserve driver for all of the highway programs and he is received all the massive races that you would be able to win throughout the globe (and) an ideal man too. He’s been very useful.”
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“I am simply going to see how I really feel,” mentioned Keselowski. “You recognize, I’ve obtained some extra assessments subsequent week to get by way of, medical assessments and bodily assessments, and I am going to in all probability simply see how these go and decide on what’s finest for the group.”
Keselowski additionally mentioned it’s to be decided who’s seat goes within the automobile subsequent weekend, with Hand being barely smaller than Keselowski.
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