RFK Racing is definitely interested in expanding to a three-car team in the future; however, the organization is also happy with its current setup alongside Rick Ware Racing. The two organizations have a technical alliance and that allows them to have depth overall. Still, RFK Racing would love to have another entry alongside the No. 6 and 17 cars.
[autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag], a co-owner of RFK Racing and the driver of the No. 6 car, talked about the charter market ahead of last weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway. It was a good look into the current status of the market with NASCAR silly season well underway.
“I think it is maybe well documented and maybe not but it is almost impossible to buy a charter. Nobody is selling one,” said Keselowski. “Really no matter what your offer is you can’t buy a charter. I think there have been some people knocking on the door with a lot of money and the answer is that your money is not good anywhere. Everyone on the team owner side wants to see where the charter goes and where the TV media rights deal goes. So there are no charters even actively for sale right now.”
It was reported in November 2022 that a charter was worth around $30 million. Based on the recent comments by Keselowski, it is safe to say that it has not gone much down since that point. The charter market won’t be this expensive forever; however, it is severely impacting teams’ abilities to make a jump to the Cup Series.