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Brad Keselowski wins Stage 2 at Darlington, sweeping both stages.<\/p>\n
Brad Keselowski is putting together one of the strongest performances of the weekend at NASCAR\u2019s<\/a> Goodyear 400.<\/p>\n After already taking Stage 1<\/a>, Keselowski backed it up by winning Stage 2 at Darlington Raceway, continuing what has become a commanding run out front.<\/p>\n The RFK Racing driver held off a tight challenge from Chris Buescher, his teammate, as the two controlled the front of the field for much of the stage.<\/p>\n Through two stages<\/a>, it has been a clinic from Keselowski.<\/p>\n Stage 2 Top 10 Results The story through Stage 2 has been RFK Racing<\/a>.<\/p>\n Keselowski<\/a> and Buescher have not just been fast. They have been in control. Clean air, strong long-run pace, and the ability to manage tire wear at Darlington have all played in their favor.<\/p>\n That matters at a track known for punishing even the smallest mistake.<\/p>\n What It Means Heading Into the Final Stage<\/p>\n Darlington rarely lets a race play out cleanly, and two dominant stages do not guarantee anything once the final run begins.<\/p>\n But right now, Keselowski has done everything you need to do to win here.<\/p>\n Track position. Execution. Control. If that continues, this could turn into a statement victory. If not, there are plenty of contenders right behind him ready to capitalize.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMaggie MacKenzie<\/a> Maggie MacKenzie covers NASCAR for Heavy.com. She previously worked for NASCAR.com, where she reported, wrote, and edited race-weekend coverage and traveled to key events throughout the season. She has more than ten years of experience in sports media and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. More about Maggie MacKenzie<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on NASCAR\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Brad Keselowski wins Stage 2 at Darlington, sweeping both stages. Brad Keselowski is putting together one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-553984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553984","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=553984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBrad Keselowski
\nChris Buescher
\nKyle Larson
\nChase Briscoe
\nTyler Reddick
\nRyan Preece
\nWilliam Byron
\nAustin Cindric
\nTy Gibbs
\nDaniel Suarez
\nRFK Racing Setting the Tone<\/p>\n