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With Brad Keselowski booking his place in the playoffs, while Chris Buescher is yet to do so, the RFK Racing driver-owner was asked an interesting question at Michigan. During a media interaction on Saturday, Keselowski was asked if he'd be okay with Buescher doing what Austin Dillon did during the Cook Out 400.
The RCR driver took out Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin in the closing moments of Richmond to win the race, for which he was subsequently penalized. But Dillon's move has since sparked a debate about what's acceptable and what isn't on the track. Being a driver as well as a co-owner of a team, Keselowski was asked if he'd be okay with Chris Buescher wrecking other drivers to win.
Keselowski said that NASCAR is expected to decide what can and can't be tolerated in the sport. The #6 driver praised the governing body for drawing "a line in the sand":
"I think there are a couple of different things to unwind there. You have the culture of the driver, the culture of the garage area, the culture of the sport. Culture is not just what you practice and preach, it’s what you tolerate, whether that’s in the sport or in anything in life. NASCAR had to decide what was what could be tolerated and I think they made a good attempt at putting a line in the sand, we'll see how that sticks, but that said[...] we would all adapt to it," he said. [1:55]
He added:
"If that became the norm every week, then I think actions would speak louder than words and we’d all probably fall into that reality, right? So I don’t think we have any intentions of getting to that, being the norm every week, particularly at RFK. But you race what the rules are and if the rules are something’s okay, we’re going to probably find a way to do it right.”
Brad Keselowski once angered Richard Childress after his Michigan incident with Austin Dillon
During his last season with Team Penske, Brad Keselowski, in the second stage of the Michigan race in August 2021, made contact with Austin Dillon.
As the #3 passed the #2 of Keselowski, the Ford made contact with the Chevy of Dillon which led to the RCR driver slamming into the wall. This incident ended Dillon's race, for which he took responsibility on his radio as Keselowski expressed regret:
“Man, tell him I’m sorry. I had no intent to do that, man. I didn’t think he was coming back up [the track],” Keselowski said as per USA Today.
However, the owner of the #3 car, the legendary Richard Childress wasn't impressed with Keselowski's words. Childress, in the heat of the moment, said:
“Wrecked him on purpose. I’m an old man, but I can kick his a**.”
After the race, Keselowski again expressed his remorse for the incident with Dillon. He said that he wanted to win the race but the contact with Dillon simply hurt everyone involved, while certainly ruining the #3's day.
