Sat Jun 21 19:13:24 2008

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Keselowski on pole in Milwaukee

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West Allis, WI (Sports Network) - Two weeks ago Brad Keselowski won his first race in the Nationwide Series and today he reached another milestone when he won his first pole - for this evening's Camping World RV Rental 250 at the historic Milwaukee Mile. The No.88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet driver circled the flat oval in 29.679 seconds (121.298 m.p.h.).

Starting alongside Keselowski on the front row will be Mike Bliss, who posted a second-best time of 29.682 seconds.

Landon Cassill (29.774) and Jason Keller (29.838) will make up row two.

Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer, who missed qualifying and will start from the back, leads the series with 2,336 points by accumulating 13 top-10s in 16 starts.

Behind Bowyer is rising young star Keselowski in the JR Motorsports Chevrolet. The Rochester Hills, MI native has put together a string of four consecutive top-seven results, including a win at Nashville, to jump to second place overall.

Behind Keselowski are Sprint Cup drivers David Reutimann and defending champion Carl Edwards. The four drivers should compete all season for the drivers title.

But over the past couple of weeks the spotlight has been on 18-year-old rookie Joey Logano. Logano, who will start seventh, turned 18 on May 24th at which time he became eligible to drive in the Nationwide Series and in the three races since then has won two poles and posted two top-10s including a record- breaking win last Saturday in Kentucky.

At 18 years, 21 days old, Logano broke NASCAR's record for youngest winner of a Nationwide Series event. The old mark was 18 years, 10 months set in 1999 by Casey Atwood.

"Three races, two poles, one win. He's okay," said crew chief Dave Rogers in an understatement. Rogers should know. He prepares the No.20 JGR Toyota that has won with Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and now Logano behind the wheel.

The race is scheduled to start around 8:30 p.m. (et).