#2- Brad Keselowski escaped uninjured ‘ ‘still upright,’ in his words ‘ after a scary crash Tuesday during an organizational test for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams at Watkins Glen International. Keselowski had just turned a session-topping 124.572 mph on his 18th lap of the day, best of the 14 drivers participating on the freshly repaved 2.45-mile road course. But just after registering that speed, the rear brakes on his Team Penske No. 2 Ford failed, sending Keselowski’s car nose-first into the tire-pack barrier in Turn 1 at the end of the long frontstretch. ‘Just the pedal went to the floor,’ Keselowski said. ‘It means that you’ve lost brakes on one of the corners. At a track like this, you’re already on the edge. You don’t have any room or margin for something to fail. That’s the way it is.’ The wreck occurred midway through Tuesday’s afternoon session on the first day of a two-day organizational test before the series’ Aug. 7 Cheez-It 355 at the Glen. Keselowski was evaluated and released from the infield care center, no worse for wear, but crew chief Paul Wolfe still lamented the circumstances. He tweetedvideo of the heavy crash and a photo of his bent steering wheel on social media to illustrate the wreck’s severity. Team Penske unloaded a reserve #2 Ford ‘ a car that’s been a backup at several events this season ‘ which it planned to put on the track Wednesday.(NASCAR.com)
