Race cautious to conserve tires and the chances at winning go out the door. “You try to be smart, which is always a double-edged sword,” Keselowski said. “Chris having the failure there with the tire at the end of the race in Kansas really shook things up,” Keselowski said, referring to the playoff standings. Buescher finished 27th at Kansas after blowing his right-rear tire with six laps to go. You’re just constantly doing risk analysis,” said Keselowski, who ranks fifth in the standings. The double-edged sword cut Keselowski last year during the fall race at Bristol, when his tire blew with 87 laps to go at the .533-mile concrete track.

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