How NASCAR star gutted out racing on broken leg. 5 things about Dover race

DOVER − Brad Keselowski isn't supposed to be racing at Dover Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Cup Series All-Star race on May 17. And certainly not in any of the 12 races that came before it. Not after Keselowski suffered a broken leg last December while slipping on some ice on a skiing trip with his family in Boone, North Carolina.

Yet barely two months later, Keselowski, walking with a cane, got in his car and somehow finished fifth at the Daytona 500. Keselowski was nowhere near fully healed from an injury that put into question whether he would walk again, let alone race again. Even now, five months later, Keselowski said he's not 100%, although he proudly said that he's no longer using a cane.

"It feels pretty good," Keslowski said on April 30 at Dover Motor Speedway. "Hopefully, it stays that way. I get really tired if I walk a lot.

I’ve been making a lot of progress. I want to get back to 100%. I’m not 100% now, but I’m getting closer every day.