NASCAR: Brad Keselowski Proves He’s a Force to Be Reckoned with in the Chase

JOLIET, Il. – It's not a complete surprise that Brad Keselowski won the opening race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, Sunday's Geico 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.After all, Keselowski came into the 10-race Chase with three wins in the first 26 pre-Chase races and was seeded in a rather lofty three-way tie for second with Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson among the 12 entrants in NASCAR's marquee event.But with the commanding way he won Sunday, Keselowski made a pretty strong statement that he's not in the Chase to be another pretty face or a space filler.Rather, he made it VERY clear that he's in it to win it, plain and simple.In a way, there's almost a poetic justice in the way Keselowski won Sunday's race. He stole what looked like a g...

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