BK Back in 19 Truck at Chicago

For the fourth time this season a Brad Keselowski Racing Ford F-150 will be driven by its owner this Friday night.

Brad takes the wheel of the No. 19 Draw-Tite F-150 for the EnjoyIllinois.com 225 at Chicagoland Speedway on Friday in his 58th career Camping World Truck Series race still seeking that elusive first win in the series, the only one of NASCAR’s big three in which he hasn’t been to Victory Lane as a driver.

“I am excited to get back in my own equipment this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway,” Brad said.

The race will be BK’s first Camping World Truck Series run ever at Chicagoland. Kes last compete in the Truck series on August 21st at Bristol and he was in contention for that first win there until the car in front of him on the restart stalled, creating a chain effect that caused the driver behind Brad to hit BK’s No. 19 in the rear and send it spinning, effectively taking him out of the running for a win.

Since that run by BK, 21-year-old Ross Chastain has been running the No. 19 machine and finished seventh the next week at Bowmanville, then was in pole position and led 116 laps, but finished second last weekend at Iowa Speedway.

The second place finish was one of two Top 5’s and four Top 10’s for Chastain in nine runs in the No. 19 truck this year. Brad has two Top 10’s in three races, ninth at Bristol and second earlier in the season at Kentucky. The No. 19 BKR team now sits fourth in the NCWTS owner points standings, 55 points back from first.

Entering Friday night’s race, BK believes the team has what it takes to finally finish a truck race in Victory Lane.

“We came close at Bristol, and Ross Chastain did an excellent job in the truck last weekend at Iowa Speedway,” Brad said. “I’m confident in this team, and we continue to grow stronger as an organization.”

Brad was by far the fastest in the opening practice session on Friday morning with a 176.08 mph, 30.667-second lap, but dropped down to sixth in practice and qualified 11th in the afternoon. He’ll start in the sixth row when the green flag drops for the Camping World Truck Series EnjoyIllinois.com 225, shortly after 8:30 p.m. EDT. The race can be seen live on FOX Sports 1.

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