Brad Keselowski wins at Pocono

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    Brad Keselowski was inspired Sunday by a relative in the Navy Seals, and that was all he needed to push through his painful ankle injury.

    Keselowski's cousin lost a friend who was one of 30 American service members who died when their helicopter was shot down during fighting in eastern Afghanistan. The NASCAR driver took the sacrifice to heart, and vowed he would not leave his car no matter how bad he hurt.

    So Keselowski went out and raced all 500 miles of the Sprint Cup stop at Pocono Raceway with a broken left ankle.

    As if that wasn't enough, he somehow managed to win, too.

    Competing with a brace on his ankle, Keselowski sped off on the final restart late in the race to pick up his second victory of the season. He gingerly climbed out of his car to celebrate with his crew in Victory Lane.

    He dedicated the victory -- one that thrust him into Chase contention -- to the troops in Afghanistan.

    Read more: http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cu...brad-keselowski-wins-pocono-broken-left-ankle
     

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