Keselowski is OK after wreck in testing

Brad Keselowski was involved in an accident while testing the No.2 Miller Dodge at Road Atlanta in Georgia on Wednesday,but the Penske Racing driver believes he'll be able to race this weekend.
The driver was airlifted to an Atlanta-area hospital for evaluation,and afterward he sent messages from his Twitter account.
Brad Keselowski endured a scary crash at Road Atlanta.


"Looking at data with engineers in hospital bed. Was going 155, car slowed to approx 100 before hitting a non safer barrier wall head on," Keselowski wrote."Looks like I'll be ok to race this weekend. Blue deuce,not so much. I'll keep u posted."
The 27-year-old driver also sent out pictures of his ankle from the hospital via Twitter.
After the accident “Brad was able to exit the car under his own power,"said Jonathan Gibson,vice president of Penske Racing.
Keselowski is slated to run in Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway and Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.
Team sources say that Parker Kligerman and Sam Hornish will be standing by for Keselowski at Iowa Speedway and Pocono Raceway.Hornish posted one top-five and two top-10 finishes in his last four Pocono starts in Penske Dodges.
Keselowski,currently in his second season with Penske Racing,is 21st in the Sprint Cup point standings.Keselowski won the inaugural spring Kansas race on June 5, his second career Cup victory.Last season,Keselowski won the Nationwide Series title. It was the first NASCAR championship for Penske Racing.

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