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Brad Keselowski stunned the crowd at Michigan International Speedway as he went from 3rd to 1st on the final lap to score an emotional and popular win at his home track in the Carfax 250 Nationwide Series event. Brad was able to capitalize as Brian Vickers and Kyle Busch battled side by side down by the track apron, and was able to sweep by on the outside and lead the final lap.

Up until that decisive final lap, the entire race was the Brian and Kyle show, as Vickers and Busch were the class of the field swapping the lead back and forth multiple times. They had been racing each other very hard the entire day, and neither one had any intentions of backing down to the other. Vickers was full of confidence having won the pole in this race plus the last three Sprint Cup races at the high speed 2 mile oval, and well, Kyle Busch was driving like Kyle Busch always does. The fans were all standing expecting a dramatic ending between these two combatants, and Brad's crew chief, "Pops" Eury instructed his driver to be prepared for anything as he sat several lengths behind them in 3rd. The fans got their wish as they witnessed one of the most spectacular last laps ever seen at MIS.

Vickers had been able to stay in front of a hard charging Busch as the race wound down to the finish, and as they approached the white flag, Kyle attempted his move for the win. Busch dove his No. 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota under Vickers No. 32 Dollar General Toyota coming out of Turn 4 and as those two went side by side in a drag race for the finish, they thought they were going to settle it between themselves. Keselowski had other ideas however, and as those two grappled near the apron, the rapidly closing No. 88 Chevy swept by both of them on the outside. Vickers wasn't giving up that easy and was able to lead down the backstretch, but Brad stayed on the outside and used his momentum to beat Brian to the line coming out of turn 4 with Kyle trailing in 3rd.

As Brad celebrated with a couple burnouts, Busch still had a score to settle with Vickers. Kyle drove his car into Brian's fender on pit lane after he had stopped and jumped out to confront him. Vickers was not amused and after Kyle flipped up Brian's visor, the two exchanged some heated words and were quickly separated. The crowd jeered Kyle and roared with approval as Vickers explained his view of the incident.

"He (Vickers) hung on my right rear quarter panel all the way down the front stretch and gave the win to the No. 88 car," Busch said. "He slowed us both down so much. He had no idea the 88 car was coming and the 88 just drove past both of us on the outside because Brian Vickers was trying to slow both of us down. "Unfortunately, you race with idiots and I guess you're going to have that some times. I'm sure I'm complaining, and I'm whining and I'm a crybaby but that's uncalled for and it's stupid. I would have run my own line instead of giving it to the third-place car."

"I'm so sorry. I forgot it was the Kyle Busch show," said Vickers in response to Busch's statements. "I thought we were racing for a win. I thought it was my job to hold him off. Apparently not. He came over to the car after the race, knocked our right fender in, which was unnecessary, and then started crying like a little baby. I asked him to give me a minute to get out and we could talk about it like men and if he wanted to fight that was fine with me, but he ran off. "It's a shame that it went down like that. We were racing hard and I thought it was a good race. Congratulations to the 88, he snuck around both of us. I didn't see him coming. I let my guys down. We should have won the race but last I checked it wasn't the Kyle Busch show it was a Nationwide race and I was supposed to race him for the win."

As for Keselowski, the young 25 yr. old Rochester Hills, Michigan rising star had finally won at his hometown track in only his 4th attempt. His uncle Ron competed with NASCAR in the 70's and had achieved three top five finishes at MIS, while Brad's dad Bob had won the ARCA series race there in 1992. One of Brad's most memorable moments growing up was getting to experience victory lane in that 1992 race at the age of 8. Brad was joined in the celebration with his parents Bob and Kay, as well as brother Brian and uncle Ron.

"I saw them bobbling in turns three and four with one lap to go and I knew I had them," said a beaming Keselowski. "I knew it. I knew I could get to the outside and get past the 32 (Vickers). I wasn't sure about the 18 (Busch). I don't know what happened to him.

"Oh my God, I won at home! I'm speechless. I can't believe it. I'm usually terrible here and to win here is a major accomplishment. It's so cool to win in front of my hometown fans. I don't know what you guys saw but it was one heck of a show. I can't believe I'm in Victory Lane at Michigan! I just can't believe it. I've been coming here since I was four or five years old with my parents. I'm speechless. It's amazing. It's awesome. I can't thank everyone enough who got me to where I am now."