NASCAR star Brad Keselowski reveals he was pushed to focus on racing over girls and drinking

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For NASCAR star Brad Keselowski growing up, it was all about the rubber meeting the road and far less about girls and boozing.

Keselowski joined Kevin Harvick’s FOX Sports podcast, "Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour," recently and talked about drinking his first beer with Dale Earnhardt Jr. He said he did not sip the suds until he got his first deal with Miller. He took over the Team Penske Miller Lite car in 2011.

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Brad Keselowski, driver of the #2 Miller Lite Ford, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 24, 2020 in Concord, North Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

"Before I got the Miller deal, I didn’t drink at all," he said. "I grew up in a household that didn’t drink. It wasn’t like a super religious thing, but my parents just didn’t drink. … There was no alcohol in the house growing up that I remember. I just never really had an interest in it.

"So, there was no drinking, there was no dating, there was none of those things because I wanted to race and my dad was very clear like ‘If you even touch any of that stuff, done.’ I don’t think he meant it in a mean way, it was probably actually really good for me. If you’re going to do this, you’re going to be 100% focused, we’re not doing anything at all. I’m not wasting my time with this.

Brad Keselowski, driver of the #6 King's Hawaiian/Despicable Me 4 Ford, looks on in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on June 7, 2024 in Sonoma, California. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)

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