NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point leader Brad Keselowski crashed
hard into the wall during a virtual running of the Bank of America 500 on the
world’s largest HDTV on Tuesday afternoon, giving Josh Bralley of Huntersville,
N.C. the cushion he needed to take the checkered flag.
Bralley won the chance to face the Penske driver by outlasting
seven other fans in a bracket-elimination tournament racing an abbreviated Bank
of America 500 on Activision’s newest version of “NASCAR The Game: Inside
Line.”
“I feel like I’m living every 28-year-old’s dream today,”
Keselowski said. “This is the first thing I thought about when I saw this giant
TV was how can we play video games on it.”
For his efforts, Bralley, an 18-year-old freshman at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, won a VIP Bank of America 500 prize
package, including being named an Honorary Pit Crew member for Keselowski’s
team at the Bank of America 500.
Despite falling short of what would have been his first Sprint
Cup Series win at Charlotte – even if it was only a video game – Keselowski
said he believes his team has what it takes to win when NASCAR’s best come to
Charlotte next week for the Bank of America 500.
“The cars are strong. The execution on pit road has been good,”
Keselowski said of his team’s recent performances. “That’s what it takes in the
sport right now to be successful. It takes that combination. Just having one of
those pieces is not enough. You have to have them all. Just missing one of
those pieces will keep you from having a solid day.”
Fans can reserve two frontstretch tickets, with the best views
of the world’s largest HDTV and pit road, for just $99 by calling the Charlotte
Motor Speedway Ticket Office at 1-800-455-FANS (3267) or visiting www.charlottemotorspeedway.com.
It makes me proud to support and be a fan of a sport where all groups involved,
ReplyDelete(Driver,Team,Sponsors,Media,etc) reach out to fans and let us have a large interaction. On top of all that Brad K has going on he and bank of America took time to colaberate this for us little people, not to mention all the rest they do, charities etc. Great job NASCAR!!!! Great job Dave!