Ronald William Keselowski (born September 12, 1946) is a former

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driver who raced from

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. He is the uncle of current and retired NASCAR Cup Series drivers

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and

Brian Keselowski Brian A. Keselowski (born September 2, 1981) is an American professional stock car racing driver, crew chief, and spotter. He made headlines in 2011, qualifying his family-owned K-Automotive Motorsports entry into the Daytona 500. Early life and ...

along with being the brother of retired NASCAR

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driver

Bob Keselowski Robert Allen Keselowski (August 1, 1951 – December 22, 2021) was an American professional stock car racing driver. He owned K Automotive Racing and was a competitor in the ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Rac ...

Career

As a driver, Keselowski would acquire two top-five finishes in addition to eleven top-ten finishes. His total earnings for his NASCAR career was considered to be $62,790 ($ when the amount is converted to today's money). Keselowski has raced a total of in his career and averaged a 24th-place finish in all of his career Winston Cup races. While he led nine laps, Ron has never won a race under NASCAR sanction; in April 1974 he did win the ACME Super Saver 500 for USAC stock cars at Pocono. His most active season was in

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where he competed in 22 out of the 31 races held that year. Most of his top-ten finishes came in 1971 (with an obvious exception for the

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where he was only able to complete a single lap of the race). In the 1973 Winston Cup season, Keselowski finished 45th place in the season standings and with 879 championship points (6294 points behind the 1973 champion

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). In addition to being a race car driver, Ron Keselowski was also an

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from

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. Among his employees at

K-Automotive Motorsports Keselowski Motorsports, formerly known as K-Automotive Racing and Brian Keselowski Motorsports, is a stock car racing team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. K-Automotive previously raced in ARCA and the Nationwide Series. K-Automotive is own ...

were Terry Cook,

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, Bob Keselowski, and

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. As an owner, Ron's total earnings was considered to be $698,813 ($ when inflation is taken into consideration). Other stats made by Ron Keselowski as an owner included three top-five finishes, 22 top-ten finishes, 156 laps as the leader of the race (using three different drivers), and 101 races attended. Although Ron never cracked the $1,000,000 mark as either a driver or an owner, his legacy to the sport would become an inspiration to his nephews Brad and Brian, in addition to his brother Bob. He & his ex-wife Sandi, but friend, have 2 children who were with him for many years in the racing circuit. Sandi & their children follow Brad weekly.

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