Keselowski comes from behind for Nationwide victory

CONCORD, NC - Brad Keselowski rebounded from an early tire issue to score his fourth NASCAR Nationwide win of the season in Friday night's Drive For The Cure 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.<br /> <br /> Keselowski passed his teammate Ryan Blaney with 13 laps to go and sailed to the finish ahead of fellow Sprint Cup drivers Kyle Busch and Matt Kenseth for his 31st Nationwide Series win and his ninth-straight top five finish in his nine starts so far this season.<br /> <br /> Blaney held on for fourth, followed by Kyle Larson.<br /> <br /> Keselowski overcame an early tire problem after cutting down a tire on lap 55 and scraping the wall, forcing him down a lap. Keselowski's team managed to get him back out and back on the lead lap back into the top 10 by lap 73.<br /> <br /> Tire problems were a major issue in the early stages of the race for several of the top contenders, including championship points leader Chase Elliott and second-place points driver Regan Smith.<br /> <br /> "I told Jeremy (Bullins, crew chief) that I thought we were playing prevent defense early in the race," said Keselowski. "Everybody was waiting to see who was going to blow the next tire.<br /> <br /> "It was a night of adversity to start. We didn't quite qualify the way we wanted too