Social Media Allows Brad Keselowski to Share His Trying Week with Fans

When you think you’re having a tough day, just look back at Brad Keselowski’s week, starting at his Nationwide win Saturday night.

After the race, Keselowski had to jump on Twitter to defend himself as fans attacked his hard driving style that got him to Victory Lane. Not even Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who was racing Keselowski for the win, could calm down the fans by saying he would have done the same thing.

“After thinking about doin something different I need better restarts...and if I was @keselowski I woulda done the same thing.” Stenhouse said on Twitter.

But Keselowski’s win on Saturday wasn’t the only thing criticized this week, as his comments about having one of the best cars after the Sprint Cup race on Sunday, where he finished ninth, allowed another attack on the driver.

“I felt like Jeff Gordon and I were the two best cars,” Keselowski told Nate Ryan of USA Today.

He never could have guessed that his words would spark off another rough experience two days later at the hands of Jimmy Spencer on Tuesday's Race Hub.

"Every week, he has the best car, but he rarely competes for wins. I think he’s trying to sell his superhuman abilities to the fans and the sponsors," Spencer said during his segment on the show.

Once again, Brad Keselowski, being the Twitter expert he is, pulled off a defensive move by tweeting stats about his speed to counter Spencer's argument.

Keselowski definitely had to feel like he was put through the ringer over the comments made to him up until this point, but the racing gods had more in store for him.

This afternoon, while testing at Road America, the No. 2 Dodge flew into the wall in Turn 1 after his brakes failed. He was sent to the hospital as a precautionary measure according to Penske Racing. Soon after his tweet informing followers about his wreck, Keselowski tweeted that he would be okay to race this weekend at Pocono.

But not only did followers get to hear from the driver himself that he was okay, they also got to see some of his injuries, including his ankle. He also let everyone know that while the foot looked bad, it wasn't broken.

"X-rays on feet r good" Keselowski tweeted with the pictures.

Jimmie Johnson also showed some on-track photos of the accident, including a picture of the wall Keselowski hit in the accident and the remains of his car.

While Keselowski will definitely be sore tomorrow (and he may even tweet about it), there's no doubt viewers will see him racing hard at Pocono this weekend to better his 23rd finish there in June.

Keselowski sits one spot outside of the Top 20 in points, a spot he hopes to improve so he can make an attempt at the Chase Wild Card for those with wins in the No. 11 to 20 spots in points.