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Does Brad Keselowski Own One Single Suit Jacket? Jalopnik Investigates

NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski has been a frequent feature of the motorsport news lately with his swap from Team Penske to a co-ownership and driver role at Roush Fenway. It’s a pretty massive career move for someone who has been with one team for over a decade. But that’s not what I’m here to talk to you about today. Instead, I want to discuss Mr. Keselowski’s suits.

Every time Brad Keselowski makes an appearance in the broadcast booth or during a press conference, I think to myself, “That’s a nice jacket.” Instead of opting for a regular black, navy, or gray suit, he’s usually sporting a nice plaid coat. But lately, saying that has turned into a bit of déjà vu. Haven’t I said this before?

As it turns out, I have. It appears that Brad Keselowski has one Nice Suit, and he wears it everywhere.

Here’s a photo from Keselowski’s recent Roush Fenway press conference:

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Here’s Keselowski in the booth on June 12, 2021:

Here’s a photo of Keselowski in the same suit jacket in March of 2019:

Unfortunately, my theory has been disproved. Mr. Keselowski has been seen in the booth wearing a blue suit with a very faint plaid pattern. But did he offer his other suit jacket to his boothmate? I’ll let you decide:

That said, it’s the same suit that he wore back in 2016:

And he also appears to own a striped blue suit jacket as well:

That striped suit made a reappearance in 2018:

2017 also brought us this snazzy checkered number:

Whatever the case — however many suit jackets Keselowski owns — I have to say that I respect playing favorites. I have about four outfits that I pack any time I go on a press trip, which I am sure people have noticed by now. When you find something nice that you like, I say stick with it. Go on and be your bad self, Brad. Maybe ask Roush for a slightly larger suit budget.

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Racing Pioneer Janet Guthrie Born 83 Years Ago Today

Janet Guthrie received a degree in physics from the University of Michigan back in 1960, and she started her career working as an aerospace engineer. She made it through the first round of eliminations for the Scientist-Astronaut program that was a precursor to Project Apollo. She was a pilot and a flight instructor. In the meantime, she was taking her Jaguar XK140 out to the race track to compete in Sports Car Club of America events, where she often did the repair work on her own machines. And somehow those aren’t even the coolest things Guthrie did, because she was the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.

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I have to say that Guthrie is one of my personal heroes. I first learned about her through the Dinner with Racers podcast and was blown away by the stories she told and by how articulate and generous she was with her thoughts. I immediately bought her autobiography, Janet Guthrie: A Life at Full Throttle, and continued to be blown away by how eloquent her writing was. I still refer to that book when I describe racing scenes in my fiction stories. She’s one of the few drivers I’d love to meet, just purely from a fan’s perspective.

Guthrie was born on March 7, 1938 in Iowa, but her family moved to Miami, Florida soon after, where she developed a love for all things airplane. That led her to pursue a career as both a pilot and an engineer—both of which were highly unlikely careers for a woman of her era. It certainly primed her for some of the chaotic experiences she’d have on the race track years later.

But the big thing I want to talk about today is her Indy 500 runs. Yes, the NASCAR races in which she competed weren’t exactly welcoming a woman with open arms, but when Guthrie started pursuing Indianapolis, she came up against one hell of a rule: no women were allowed in the pit lane. That didn’t stop her from pursuing a stunning, if brief, career.

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“It seems I was born adventurous and grew up insufficiently socialized,” Guthrie said back in 2017. And I’ll be damned if I don’t love her all the more for it.

I have plans for a more expansive Guthrie feature in the future, but I’ll end with this. Her sixth-place finish in a 1977 NASCAR race at Bristol is still tied for the best finish by a woman in the sport. Her ninth place in the 1978 Indy 500 was achieved despite a fractured wrist. Legendary racer A. J. Foyt got so sick of hearing people complain about Guthrie’s inability to race due to her gender that he lent her his car—objectively the quickest in the field—and proved she could damn well qualify for the Indy 500 if she wasn’t driving an insufficient car.

Guthrie built her own engines. She did her own bodywork. She’d haul her car to the track herself and sleep behind the wheel to save money. And she did it for 13 years before she got her big break in Indianapolis and NASCAR. But she denies that it was uncomfortable.

“It was doable,” Guthrie said to the Indianapolis Star with a shrug. “If your desire is strong enough, anything is doable.”

Justin Allgaier Secures First 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Win After Disastrous Daytona Weekend

Justin Allgaier had his hands full at the first of two races at Dover International Speedway. Not only did he have to hold off the incredibly dominant Austin Cindric, but he was also looking to make up for last week’s disappointing outing at the Daytona road course.

While Cindric and Noah Gragson looked promising during the first two stages, Allgaier took the lead on lap 76 and never looked back, leading 120 of the race’s 200 laps. He won both the second stage and the race itself.

“These last 18-24 months have been crazy. I’m just proud of these guys and the ‘never give up’ attitude they’ve got. This team is incredible,” Allgaier said as he climbed out of the car in Victory Lane.

He also didn’t miss a chance to thank AJ Allmendinger: “This is the power of social media. I got blasted last week, so I guess I need to thank AJ for giving me the drive and determination, and all the haters on social media, because that’s definitely what’s given me some fire.”

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If you’re a little behind on all the NASCAR drama, Allgaier and Allmendinger made contact while the former was fighting for third place at the Daytona International Speedway road course. After the race, the two had some heated words to exchange:

Much of the social media heat came from the fact that Allmendinger owned up to the mistake, but Allgaier kept arguing and ended up throwing himself under the bus by saying, “I make a lot of mistakes.”

Allgaier definitely needed a win to help recover from a tough weekend. This is his first race win of a difficult 2020 season. His last race win was at the 2019 Desert Diamond West Valley Casino 200 in November.

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