While the Cup Series champion got a respectable top-10 finish at Phoenix this past Sunday, the earlier races of 2024 saw the #6 driver in a different light. Keselowski earned a reputation for being in the wrong places at the wrong time, only to get involved in two crashes that got him out of contention.

But, both times, he did not go out alone. Instead, the driver took some other drivers along with him when the ‘Big One’ broke out in the fray. Even though RFK Racing‘s Phoenix performance was a breather for Keselowski and the team, the DBC podcast crew couldn’t help but remind themselves of an earlier wreck involving Bubba Wallace and the veteran.

The DBC crew revisits the Bubba Wallace-Brad Keselowski tussle in Phoenix

Brad Keselowski has been chasing his win, looking to redeem himself and put an end to his winless streak of 100 races. The veteran last won a race when he was in Team Penske, driving their Ford in 2021 at Talladega. While the #6 driver was eyeing his first-ever Daytona win this year, things went wrong when the ‘Big One’ collected Keselowski, handing him a below-30 finish. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time got him the sort of fame he wasn’t looking forward to. Now coming to the podcast ‘Door Bumper Clear’, Freddie Kraft and TJ Majors had a friendly back-and-forth going on when they went back to the championship in Phoenix last year.

With the #23 and #6 cars of Wallace and Keselowski getting into a crash last year, Kraft expressed his frustration, saying, “That one at Phoenix last year, I wanted to k*** him, cos he was like the end of the race, right?” The crew disclosed that the two have collided three times in total, averaging once per year. Kraft then went on to include what Bubba thinks, “Oh, yeah, we dont care. I dont know if you know this but Bubba doesn’t give a sh*t about it.”

Will Keselowski be able to make it to the playoffs this year?

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Fortunately for Keselowski, things did not go down in Phoenix as they did at Daytona and Atlanta. The 40-year-old went home with his first top-10 finish, placing fourth, two positions after driver Chris Buescher. While the driver seems like he might have found his rhythm, his playoff dreams seem to have hit a snag, owing to how things went down in the first three races of the season.

Even though his #17 driver, Chris Buescher made it to the 16th spot in the standings after Phoenix, Keselowski is sitting back at 22nd. Keselowski had a rough ride with finishes of 33rd at Daytona and Atlanta as well. Now, Bristol is one track at which the veteran might be able to turn things around. He’s found victory lane there three times before, boasting an average finish of 16.3, and has racked up six top-5s and nine top-10s. So, fingers crossed, Bristol might be where they get that much-needed boost.

Brad Keselowski and RFK Racing’s Statement Performance Makes Little Dent in Their Playoff Hopes