Brad Keselowski earns first Top-5 finish of 2025 at Charlotte

For the first time in 2025, Brad Keselowski finished a NASCAR Cup Series points-awarding race inside the Top-5.

Keselowski picked up a fifth-place finish Sunday night in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, marking his first Top-5 — and Top-10 — of the year.

“We had a really good car,” Keslelowski said. “We got mixed up in some of the different stuff in the midpoint of the race and just clawed our way out. I feel like if we could have got to the lead, we could have won the race. I wish it was a 700 mile race.”

The 2012 series champion started the race 35th, and despite not pick up stage points, led five laps in Stage 4, which were his first laps led of the season.

Prior to Charlotte, Keselowski’s last Top-5 finish was at Talladega in October 2024, 18 races ago.

Prior to Charlotte, Keselowski’s highest finish of the year was 11th at Las Vegas in March. Entering the Coca-Cola 600, Keselowski has posted three straight DNF’s, all resulting from crashes. 

Entering the Charlotte race, Keselowski was 33rd in driver’s standings, 103 points behind the playoff cutline.

Now, Keselowski is 32nd in points, 100 points behind the cutline. Keselowski has qualified for the post-season the last two years.

“We’ve been really competitive the last few weeks and I feel like it just hasn’t all come together and it still hasn’t all come together,” Keselowski said. “But this car has got the speed to win the race and I need to go get it.”