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Keselowski isn’t going anywhere for years ...

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MOORESVILL­E, N.C. — Team Penske has reached an agreement with 2012 NASCAR Cup champion Brad Keselowski on a multiyear extension.

The 33-year-old Keselowski has driven for Penske throughout his 10-year career in NASCAR’s top series, notching 23 wins and the series title five years ago. His crew chief with the No. 2 Ford, Paul Wolfe, has also agreed to a multiyear extension with Penske.

“In the time that Brad has driven for Team Penske, he has risen to the top echelon of stars in NASCAR,” owner Roger Penske said Tuesday. “Brad and Paul have establishe­d a terrific, winning combinatio­n.”

Keselowski has two Cup wins so far this season, at Atlanta and Martinsvil­le, and is sixth in the points standings.

“Roger and everyone at Team Penske have given me everything we need to win championsh­ips at the highest levels of NASCAR,” said Keselowski.

“I have a lot of years left in the sport and I truly feel our best years are ahead of us.”

Keselowski joined Penske near the end of the 2009 season and Wolfe joined him prior to the ’10 Xfinity Series season. They won the ’10 Xfinity drivers’ championsh­ip with six wins and a series-record 26 top-five finishes. Wolfe then joined Keselowski on the No. 2 and they have earned six trips to the NASCAR playoffs.

“There is no one I want helping make my race cars go fast more than Paul Wolfe,” Keselowski said. “We have a lot of continuity between the two of us, and really the entire No. 2 Ford team, which is so important in today’s NASCAR.”

Keselowski is tied with Ricky Rudd for 33rd on the career wins list.

 ?? ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO ?? Brad Keselowski, left, battles Kasey Kahne, right, heading into the first turn of the NASCAR Brickyard 400 on Sunday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO Brad Keselowski, left, battles Kasey Kahne, right, heading into the first turn of the NASCAR Brickyard 400 on Sunday.

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