Heavy heart: Keselowski trying to honor late dad at Daytona

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Published February 15, 2022 3:13 PM

By MARK LONG
AP Sports Writer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Wrecking on the final lap of last year’s Daytona 500 stung more than Brad Keselowski initially revealed. The 2012 Cup Series champion had told his cancer-stricken father before traveling to Daytona Beach, Florida, that he was going to win NASCAR’s season-opening race for him. Keselowski says “I thought about him the whole plane ride home and how close I was. Keselowski has waited a year for another shot, and this one comes with a heavy heart. Keselowski’s father, Bob, died in December at age 70 following a two-year bout with cancer.

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