Brad Keselowski fuels speculation ahead of Silly Season on potential RFK expansion
There’s been speculation that RFK Racing could expand to three full-time Cup Series charters in 2025 and to this point, co-owner Brad Keselowski has been short on the topic.
Keselowski once again addressed the possibility during NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Media Day at the Charlotte Convention Center Wednesday, and said he had no news to share on whether RFK would expand to three charters next season. Keselowski did indicate to Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports it would be another month or so before he would have anything finalized or had anything further to say about it.
In other words, Keselowski isn’t exactly closing the door on the idea. Pockrass added he believes 23XI Racing will be the team to purchase Stewart-Haas Racing’s one available charter and expand to three full-time rides in 2025.
RFK, formerly Roush Fenway Racing, has been a two-car operation full-time in the Cup Series since 2017. Keselowski currently pilots the flagship No. 6 car, while Chris Buescher is in the No. 17. Both have been key in revitalizing RFK, winning four races combined since the beginning of the 2023 season.
In addition to Keselowski and Buescher, RFK has had multiple drivers run the No. 60 car for select races this season. David Ragan ran the Daytona 500, while Cam Waters was behind the wheel at Sonoma. Joey Hand piloted the car to a P4 finish in July’s Chicago Street Race.
RFK Racing expanding under co-owner Brad Keselowski?
Pockrass previously mentioned that RFK is in the running for a Kroger sponsorship in 2025, which could lead the way for the team to field a third car full-time.
“RFK Racing is in the running to get the Kroger sponsorship for 2025, and if so, could possibly start a third full-time car,” Pockrass recently wrote. “Brad Keselowski said on Aug. 23 about being ready to start a third full-time car: ‘Not today but hopefully soon.’ He even left the door open to run a third car unchartered. Kroger has previously been a sponsor of Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece, and had good relationships with both when they drove for JTG Daugherty Racing.”
Keselowski said “absolutely” to the idea of RFK running a third car unchartered in 2025.
“I would say anything’s on the table,” Keselowski said at Daytona last month. “We did this year, not full-time. … Nothing’s off the table.”