Today's winner of the first opening race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday is Brad Keselowski. He overduled five-time champion Jimmie Johnson at end of race, Johnson finished 3.171 seconds behind.
Keselowski got ahead of Johnson after crucial pit cycle with about 35 laps remaining, and led the final 26 laps in the 400-mile race, holding comfortably first victory in a Chase race. He also has points lead heading in to New Hampshire this weekend.
All 12 of the Chase drivers finished in the top 18, with the exception of Jeff Gordon, who went into the wall with about 80 laps remaining.
This was Keselowski's fourth victory of the season. The Michigan driver leads Johnson by three points and gave Penske Racing a reason to feel good after Will Power's failed win IndyCar championship Saturday night in California.
The 28-year-old Keselowski is off to a great start in Chase for the Sprint Cup, after an impressive outlasted Johnson for the first Chase win of his career.
"There's no better place to start than in the lead, right?" Keselowski said. "It feels like Round One of a heavyweight title bout. It's a 10-round bout, and Week One's done. We might have won the round, but didn't by any means knock `em out." "It's a great day for us," owner Roger Penske said. "It cools me down a little bit after being hot last night."
Jeff Gordon was "Disappointing," He started in 19th position before he hit wall hard. They had fight hard to come from 19th up there in the top five.
Remember last year when Tony Stewart won at Chicagoland Speedway he when on to win Championship well that might just happen to Brad Keselowski but we'll have see, were only one down and nine more races to go. Its any one of twelve chase contenders championship to win.
Were off to 2nd round of Chase for the Sprint Cup in New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday at 1pm et. Be sure watch and see what happens in 2nd round of these guys fighting for Championship.
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