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" "Fans watching from home were suddenly transported onto the track at a huge racing event and had a view that they'd never seen before," said Twitter spokesperson Elaine Filadelfo in an email. Justin Bieber may get 5,000 RTs easily, but he has 30 million followers. The tweet had around 5,000 retweets, which was significant especially relative to Brad's follower number at the time.

It went viral.īrad's Twitter followers tripled that night to more than 200,000. During the resulting red-flag stoppage of the race, Keselowski, seated in his car, tweeted a photograph of what he saw. The ensuing explosion halted the race and become international news. On Lap 160 of the Daytona 500, Juan Pablo Montoya was racing around the bottom of the track under caution in the effort to catch up to the rest of the field before the race returned to green-flag action.Īs he entered Turn 3 he suddenly shot up the track and collided with a track dryer, powered by a jet engine. That moment served as a fitting bookend to a season that started with one of the most famous tweets the sport has ever seen. "I always lose my beer in Victory Lane," Keselowski says now. With every sip, the legend of the on-air buzz grew. MillerCoors would never admit it publicly.

Throughout a thoroughly entertaining five-minute interview with ESPN SportsCenter anchor Kevin Connors, Keselowski - who opened the banter by admitting he had a buzz - swilled often from a massive pilsner glass full of Miller Lite, which sponsors his Sprint Cup team. But some of the finer details from the immediate aftermath of winning his first career Sprint Cup championship are a bit blurry for several reasons: emotion, physical and mental fatigue beer. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserīrad Keselowski has a steel-trap memory.