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NNS: White-Hot Kez Catching Up On Edwards
Brad Keselowski’s season could be split up into two parts – pre-Iowa and post-Iowa...
SPEED Staff  |  Posted October 28, 2009   Charlotte, NC
After his win at Memphis last Saturday, Brad Keselowski now trails Carl Edwards by 42 points for the runner-up standings position. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Brad Keselowski will take over the No. 12 Penseke Dodge for the last three NASCAR Sprint Cup races of 2009.(Photo: LAT Photographic)

Brad Keselowski’s season could be split up into two parts – pre-Iowa and post-Iowa.

The statistics suggest Keselowski needed a bit of a kick-start before really going on a tear. That kick-start came at Iowa, where he collected his second win of the season.

Going into that race, Keselowski had solid statistics, but there was a running-in-place feeling to his season. He was third in the standings, 200 points behind second-place Carl Edwards. He had a Driver Rating of 101.7, an Average Running Position of 9.7, an average finish of 8.9, 216 Fastest Laps Run, 64 Laps Led and a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 90.8%.

Then the victory at Iowa happened, his most dominating performance of the year. In that race, he scored a near-perfect Driver Rating of 149.0. There, his season took the turn he needed.

Keselowski’s stats over the last 12 races compared to the first 20 say it all. Over the last 12 races – a span that includes wins at Iowa, Michigan and last weekend at Memphis – Keselowski has a Driver Rating of 113.8, an Average Running Position of 6.8, an average finish of 3.8, 250 Fastest Laps Run and 313 Laps Led.

But maybe the most telling stat of them all, he’s lopped off 158 points from his deficit to Edwards. After his win at Memphis last Saturday, Keselowski now trails Edwards by 42 points for the runner-up standings position.

Overall, Keselowski’s statistics exactly match his current points standings position. He’s third in Driver Rating (106.2), third in Average Running Position (8.6), third in Fastest Laps Run (466) and third in Laps in the Top 15 (5,385/88.1%).

Just as Keselowski is chasing Edwards in the standings, he’s also chasing him on the stats sheet – and getting awfully close.

Though Edwards leads Keselowski in most categories, it’s not by much. Edwards has a Driver Rating of 112.8 (difference of 6.6), an Average Running Position of 7.7 (difference of 0.9), 520 Fastest Laps Run (difference of 54) and a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 88.3% (different of .2%).
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