Brad Keselowski News

The broadcast of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards show begins 9 p.m. ET Friday from the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, and shown on Fox Sports 2. The event will be streamed live on NASCAR.com beginning at 8 p.m. ET Friday.

When Brad Keselowski looks back on 2013, he'll look back on it in some ways as 35 weeks of disappointment.

I remember when movies , video games, and real life were all separate things. But the upcoming Need for Speed movie is blurring those lines with its special wide-body Mustang.

Jimmie Johnson won his sixth NASCAR championship, one short of the record held by legends Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt.

Elite Yelper NASCAR fans were in for a real treat when Penske Racing Museum invited the Elite Squad in for a VIP unveiling of Brad Keselowski's winning car from the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championships.

While Austin Dillon clinched the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship on Saturday, Brad Keselowski won the race at Homestead, Fla.

Austin Dillon won the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship, holding off Sam Hornish Jr. in a wild season finale Saturday.

One major problem: points leader Jimmie Johnson was fast, too. Johnson had the second-quickest lap around Homestead-Miami Speedway on Saturday and had the fastest 10-lap average.

Dario Franchitti is expected to make a full recovery from injuries suffered last month in a brutal IndyCar crash at Houston.

Overview: Jimmie Johnson has a 28-point lead over Matt Kenseth with one race left.

"Cooper Standard has been with us from the very beginning and have become such an integral part of the BKR family," said team owner and 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Brad Keselowski.

Like last year, Jimmie Johnson takes a seven-point lead into the final two races of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

Brad Keselowski rolled into Phoenix International Raceway a year ago locked into a tight championship battle with Jimmie Johnson, and left the track poised to claim his first Sprint Cup title.

Brad Keselowski was up front for just over half of the 200-lap O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Texas Motor Speedway on Nov. 2, 2013, leading 106 laps en route to his sixth win of the season .

Worth mentioning: Jimmie Johnson holds a seven-point Sprint Cup lead over Matt Kenseth.

With two races to go and seven points separating the top two in the championship battle, the title contenders will likely step up in the clutch.

As Jimmie Johnson inches his way toward a potential sixth Cup championship, the usual complainers have started their war cry: While some actually might have a genuine dislike of Johnson, in most cases the blowback can be credited to a simple request: They want someone new to win.

Schedule: Friday, practice , qualifying ; Saturday, practice ; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. .

When Chad Knaus stated matter-of-factly Sunday that Matt Kenseth is a more formidable opponent this year than Brad Keselowski was in last year's Chase, it was certain to cause a bit of a firestorm.