Ross Chastains BKCFF Truck

Typically in racing, yellow means slow down. The opposite happens when Penske Racing brings the Nationwide No. 22 car to the track in the Hertz livery.

Hertz was first seen on the No. 22 at the race 11 event in Dover. With Nationwide Series master Joey Logano behind the wheel, a good points day was ensured. After leading 66 of the 200 laps in the event — the second most laps of any driver — strategy played its hand in the 22’s favor. Logano also piloted the bright yellow scheme in race 18 from the Chicagoland Speedway, where crew chief Jeremy Bullins was able to massage the car enough at the end to lead the closing laps.

Then it was Brad’s turn in the Hertz Mustang.

Keselowski’s first event in the taxi cab scheme came when he twisted and turned through Watkins Glen. After leading a race high of 46 out of the 82 revolutions around the 2.45 mile road course, the win came with a margin of 1.4 seconds. Even better was the key part of the day: the progress that was made in pursuit of the all-important Owner’s Title for legendary team owner Roger Penske, the Captain. After a first lap crash from the Owner’s Title rival in the No. 54 car, BK had to do all he could to capitalize.

Then came the second trip back to Richmond. Coming into the race, if you said the 2010 Champion wasn’t a favorite, you were mistaken. Entering the race with two victories in the series, the race was a classic BK performance: not leading early, but putting himself in position to grab the lead when it mattered. The race was dominated by Brian Scott, looking for his first career victory. Scott had led up until lap 239, where there was a restart with 11 to go, giving Keselowski the advantage. From there, Kes took the lead and never looked back.

“These Ford Mustang’s are really really fast. We had to make a couple adjustments, and the car just came alive,” said the winner of the 2013 Nationwide Richmond sweep.

The Friday night victory extended Brad’s Top 2 streak to seven consecutive races now, clicking off five victories and two seconds.

Hertz had a fifth race with Joey Logano at Loudon, but that was in the black scheme promoting the rental car giant’s new Penske Racing editon Mustang. In the yellow Hertz Mustang’s four events, it remains undefeated.