

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski addresses the media during Preseason Thunder testing at Daytona International Speedway. / Douglas Jones, USA TODAY Sports

If you're a regular viewer of ESPN's Pardon the Interruption, you know Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon don't talk a whole lot of NASCAR.

NASCAR has tried to woo the PTI co-hosts over the years in hopes of more coverage, but hasn't had much luck. Though Wilbon was given the star treatment at a Phoenix race several years ago and Kornheiser was seated with the VIPs at a Richmond drivers meeting in 2011 (after he accused NASCAR of being fixed), PTI mostly debates the stick-and-ball sports.

So when a NASCAR driver gets the show's "Five Good Minutes" segment, it's kind of a big deal.

Brad Keselowski was PTI's featured guest Wednesday as part of NASCAR's Gen 6 car publicity tour, and he didn't disappoint. Keselowski fielded questions about the declining attendance ("I think we can be better all across the board," he said) and whether he's been able to fulfill his celebrity dating wish since winning the championship ("I'm still young; I've got no news to break.").

But his best response was when Wilbon asked his opinion of the Danica Patrick/Ricky Stenhouse Jr. romance.

"In my opinion, I don't think the news story is them lasting together; I think the news story is: What happens if they fall apart?" he said. "Because that's going to be way better of a story."

Keselowski didn't stop there. He wondered aloud what would happen when they raced around each other after a breakup. Would they wreck each other?

"Like, 'Last time I was around, you didn't take the laundry out and that's why we broke up and I'm going to wreck you,'" he said. "Or 'You stuck me with the bill.' I mean, that kind of stuff, to me, is going to be way more exciting than them actually dating."

The Penske Racing driver explained NASCAR's human interest element to Kornheiser and Wilbon, telling them the personality aspect was "always going to be a part of racing."

"So any relationship between drivers, whether it's good or bad -- or dating -- is something that's going to be of interest," he said. "It's a huge story, without a doubt, but I think the real story will be if it goes wrong and what happens."

Lastly, Kornheiser asked Keselowski about his much-publicized wish to buy a tank with some of his championship winnings.

A tank? Why?

Keselowski said he'd driven a tank with the National Guard one time and liked the power and the feel, but added this:

"I had somebody break into my house, and I want to park the tank at the end of my driveway with the barrel pointed right down the driveway, so any one of those sons of (expletive) that try to break into my house again think twice."

Kornheiser was thrilled with the driver's answer.

"How great is that?" he said, laughing. "What a great end line!"

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