JOLIET, Ill. — Brad Keselowski’s racing team for 2010 is still undecided.
The 25-year-old Keselowski hoped a recent meeting with team owner Rick Hendrick would answer some questions about where he’d be racing next season. Keselowski wants a full-time ride next year, and he’s optimistic he can stay affiliated with Hendrick Motorsports. He discussed several possibilities with Hendrick, though no final decision was reached.
“I have some preferences, but I haven’t gotten very far with them,” Keselowski said. “I’m not really close on anything.”
Keselowski was making only his seventh Cup start of the season Saturday night at Chicagoland Speedway. He qualified 29th in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 25 Chevrolet and had Tony Eury Jr. as his crew chief. Eury was calling the shots for the first time since he was ousted as Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s crew chief in late May.
Eury’s father is Keselowski’s crew chief at JR Motorsports in the Nationwide Series. Keselowski drives the No. 88 in the second-tier series for Earnhardt, who could move the team up to NASCAR’s premier series and open up a spot for him.
Keselowski was introduced at Friday night’s Nationwide race as “Junior’s best buddy.”
Keselowski, who had a surprise Cup victory in April at Talladega, also could run next season as a third entry at the Hendrick-supported Stewart-Haas Racing.
NASCAR’s four-car limit means Hendrick doesn’t have an open seat for 2010.
No matter where he ends up, Keselowski felt he would have a full-time ride next season.
“I feel pretty confident that’s the way it’s heading,” he said. “It would have to be a big problem to come up for that not to happen.”
He recorded his lone Cup win for owner James Finch and runs a part-time schedule this season for Finch and Hendrick.
