Brad Keselowski Makes an Honest Confession Regarding His Student-Master Dynamic With Former Boss Roger Penske

After spending over a decade at Team Penske, Brad Keselowski decided it was time to part ways and take on a new challenge. In this new challenge though, he not only moved to a different team but essentially in a newer role that made him and his ‘master,’ his former boss Roger Penske, a rival.

This is because Keselowski moved to Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing as a driver as well as a team owner.

And in a recent interview, he admitted that it’s going to be difficult for him ‘to beat’ his former team now that he’s also responsible for building his new one. But this is something he hopes to achieve by using the learnings from Roger Penske, in a bid to have a career post-racing himself as a team owner of a successful team.

“It’s going to take a lot for the student to beat the master, I’ll tell you that,” Keselowski said. “The biggest lesson is always the same, and that’s the importance of culture and people.”

“Everyday and every way you act is effectively your brand. You can build a brand in decades that you can turn down in an hour. Getting that right is really difficult.”

Brad Keselowski hopes ‘master’ Penske can take pride in this new phase of his career

Regardless of the rivalry, the 2012 Cup champion hopes his former boss is proud of this new step in his career, of which Keselowski owes a lot to Penske himself.

“There should be some pride that [Penske] has, as the master, in seeing me have this opportunity and hopefully being successful. No way would I be ready for this opportunity without the things I’ve learned from him,” Keselowski said.

The coming season will undoubtedly test Brad Keselowski in newer, more difficult ways. But at the same time, the RFK driver-owner will be aware and ready for the new responsibilities and expectations that are now on him.

“It’ll be a year of pursuing self-growth accordingly. I feel really good about it,” Keselowski said.

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