Longtime NASCAR star Brad Keselowski broke his leg Thursday while on a family ski trip, his RFK Racing team said in a statement.
‘Keselowski has successfully completed routine surgery, and doctors expect a quick and full recovery,’ RFK Racing said.
In a statement, the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion said he was ‘grateful for the medical team who took great care of me and for the support system around me.
‘My attention now is fully on recovery. I’m motivated to get back to full strength as quickly as possible and will work relentlessly to be ready for Daytona,’ Keselowski said.
Keselowski, 41, subsequently took to his own social media channel and posted a photo of himself in the hospital in a hospital gown surrounded by his family, an X-ray of his leg showing screws going into it, and a video of himself walking down a hospital hallway while using a walker.
In his post he said he is ‘focused on Daytona’ and cracked that he is ‘now bionic.’
The 2026 Daytona 500 is scheduled for Feb. 15, giving Keselowski less than two months of recovery time before NASCAR’s most famous race.
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