{"id":24465,"date":"2012-11-28T05:09:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T05:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/?p=24465"},"modified":"2015-03-20T23:51:08","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T23:51:08","slug":"michigan-start-your-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/blog\/michigan-sprint-cup-winner-nascar\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan, Start Your Engines!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Michigan-Nascar-Sprint-Cup-Winner\"In the world of NASCAR racing, Michigan finally has something to rev its engine about.<\/p>\n

While Detroit is well-known as the Motor City, the Mitten State has never had a driver bring home a top racing award\u2026until now. On November 18, 2012 Rochester Hills native Brad Keselowski beat out 5-time champion Jimmie Johnson to become the first-ever\u00a0<\/span>Sprint Cup<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>champion to hail from Automotive Alley.<\/p>\n

Keselowski, who\u00a0<\/span>grew up racing the tracks at Clio and Birch Run<\/a>, finished the race in 15th place, which was the exact placement he would need to\u00a0<\/span>guarantee a victory<\/a>. \u00a0His victory secured the first-ever premier NASCAR win for the Penske racing team, and also gave Dodge its first championship in nearly 40 years.<\/p>\n

Detroit, whose automtive prowess has recently reemerged with both the revival of the Big 3 and Chrysler\u2019s successful \u201cImported from Detroit<\/a>\u201d campaign, now has yet another accomplishment to add to its long and impressive history.<\/p>\n

Remember, though \u2013 racing should be left strictly for the pros! If you\u2019ve been caught acting like a speed demon out on the Michigan streets, you make want to look into a\u00a0<\/span>Michigan Basic Driver Improvement Course<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>to avoid having the brakes put on your driving privileges for good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the world of NASCAR racing, Michigan finally has something to rev its engine about. While Detroit is well-known as the Motor City, the Mitten State has never had a driver bring home a top racing award\u2026until now. On November 18, 2012 Rochester Hills native Brad Keselowski beat out 5-time champion Jimmie Johnson to become […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":26641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24465"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/26641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idrivesafely.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}