Brad Keselowski is waiting for Penske Racing to hire a crew chief for him in 2010, but he’s been very pleased with the level of interest for the job. Keselowski said employees from Richard Petty Motorsports have inquired about possibilities with the #12 team. “I think that whole team is scared to death,” he said. “That whole company is scared to death. Everybody that works there is scared and we’ve got a lot of interest from some of their people and that’s interesting. That’s encouraging.” Keselowski drives for JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series and part time for Hendrick Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series, and said he doesn’t believe crew members from either of those organizations will be following him to Penske. But he still wants to help Penske get that team more in line with Hendrick Motorsports, and that his future organization is about “100 people short of where they need to be to compete with Hendrick.”
“I communicated that with them and just wanted to know what their thoughts were on that,” Keselowski said. “Resources-wise Penske is phenomenal. They have the same resources if not more than what Hendrick has to work with. It’s just a matter of installing a depth in the personnel.”(Associated Press)(10-17-2009)
