{"id":357366,"date":"2025-12-20T09:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T09:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/357366\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T09:54:11","slug":"nascar-driver-brad-keselowski-breaks-leg-on-family-ski-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/357366\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski breaks leg on family ski trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/83076810007-2206566660.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was 100% real&#8217;: Jeff Gordon on his rivalry with Dale Earnhardt Sr.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon takes us inside his rivalry with Dale Earnhardt Sr.<\/p>\n<p>Sports Seriously<\/p>\n<p>Longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/nascar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NASCAR<\/a> star Brad Keselowski broke his leg Thursday while on a family ski trip, his RFK Racing team <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RFKracing\/status\/2002133089968140445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Keselowski has successfully completed routine surgery, and doctors expect a quick and full recovery,&#8221; RFK Racing said.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion said he was &#8220;grateful for the medical team who took great care of me and for the support system around me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My attention now is fully on recovery. I&#8217;m motivated to get back to full strength as quickly as possible and will work relentlessly to be ready for Daytona,&#8221; Keselowski said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">TRAGEDY: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nascar\/2025\/12\/18\/greg-biffle-nascar-driver-killed-in-plane-crash-with-family\/87829983007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ex-NASCAR driver Greg Biffle killed in fatal plane crash with family<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keselowski, 41, subsequently took to his own social media channel and posted a photo of himself in the hospital in a hospital gown surrounded by his family, an X-ray of his leg showing screws going into it, and a video of himself walking down a hospital hallway while using a walker.<\/p>\n<p>In his post he said he is &#8220;focused on Daytona&#8221; and cracked that he is &#8220;now bionic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Daytona 500 is scheduled for Feb. 15, giving Keselowski less than two months of recovery time before NASCAR&#8217;s most famous race.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Life has a way of reminding you to slow down. Grateful for my family by my side, an excellent medical team, and the ability to take a few steps forward today. Focused on Daytona. Bonus &#8211; I&#8217;m now bionic! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AZD2ejHGgc\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/AZD2ejHGgc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/keselowski\/status\/2002134049801056703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news \u2014 fast.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/1el9h6z4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;It was 100% real&#8217;: Jeff Gordon on his rivalry with Dale Earnhardt Sr. NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon takes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[68596,27323,27325,9680,2571,53026,16600,49,48,925,19546,27324,5718,154338,634,44,1333,1345,1334,582,82,865,1335],"class_list":["post-357366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-68596","tag-accidents","tag-accidents-u0026-disasters","tag-auto","tag-auto-racing","tag-brad","tag-brad-keselowski","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-daytona","tag-daytona-500","tag-disasters","tag-injury","tag-keselowski","tag-nascar","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-positive","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-u0026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}