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Brad Keselowski discusses another Daytona 500 heartbreak in 2024

Brad Keselowski discusses another Daytona 500 heartbreak after crashing in 2024. Find out what Keselowski had to say about the wreck!

[autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag] moved to the inside of race leader Ross Chastain with eight laps remaining in the 2024 Daytona 500. Keselowski’s maneuver would’ve been successful as he got to Chastain’s quarter panel; however, his progress came to a scratching halt. After Alex Bowman gave William Byron a bad push, Keselowski got clipped and shot up the track into traffic.

The driver of the No. 6 car wrecked out of the Daytona 500 for a 33rd-place finish. It was another heartbreak for Keselowski in the Great American Race. Following the accident, Keselowski talked about the situation and showed obvious disappointment after coming up short.

“It’s unfortunate,” Keselowski said. “We were making the pass for the lead with just eight laps to go, and now I’m here talking to you guys. It’s not exactly where I want to be, no offense, but that’s just part of how this deal goes sometimes.”

Keselowski has been so close to winning the Daytona 500 on several occasions, and he should be the top storyline every time the sport enters Florida in February. The RFK Racing driver needs a little luck to go his way to get it done. Keselowski continues to be on the verge of winning the Great American Race, but it will need to wait one more year.

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10 NASCAR drivers share what they love — and don’t — about the Daytona 500

“It’s one of the few things that — having been in the Cup Series for 13, 14 years now — still give me chills.”

LOS ANGELES — The Daytona 500 is unlike any other NASCAR race. It’s the biggest event on the 36-race schedule, and it kicks off the season each year at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR’s iconic 2.5-mile track.

It’s a crown-jewel race in the sport, and drivers would do just about anything to take NASCAR’s most coveted checkered flag. But it has and continues to elude many of the sport’s best competitors.

Before the start of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, For The Win caught up with several drivers at the Clash at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a preseason exhibition race, to talk about the Daytona 500. We asked them what their favorite and least favorite things are about the race, and their answers didn’t disappoint.

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Brad Keselowski’s schedule, paint scheme for King’s Hawaiian in 2024 revealed

Brad Keselowski’s schedule and paint scheme for King’s Hawaiian in 2024 has been revealed. Check out the paint scheme and schedule for 2024!

[autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag]’s week has been filled with new sponsorship and paint scheme announcements, including Build Submarines and Consumer Cellular. This doesn’t even include Castrol or Fifth Third Bank, which are also a part of RFK Racing’s announcements. Now, the driver of the No. 6 car has another schedule and paint scheme revealed for a familiar sponsor.

On Thursday morning, RFK Racing announced that King’s Hawaiian will return to Keselowski’s entry in 2024. The company will be on the No. 6 car for nine of the 38 Cup Series events. Most notably, Keselowski will carry King’s Hawaiian colors during the Cup Series’ debut at Iowa on June 16 and the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona on August 24.

RFK Racing seems to be in a position to take a step to the next level this season. Keselowski has yet to win with his NASCAR team, but Chris Buescher won three times in 2023. Keselowski is a Cup Series champion, but winning his first race with RFK Racing as a co-owner might be one of his proudest moments if it happens in 2024.

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RFK Racing reveals new NASCAR paint scheme for Brad Keselowski in 2024

RFK Racing reveals a new NASCAR Cup Series paint scheme for Brad Keselowski in 2024. Take a look at Keselowski’s new scheme!

[autotag]RFK Racing[/autotag] released the first official paint scheme for Ford’s new Mustang Dark Horse Next Gen car, which will debut in race action during the 2024 NASCAR season. It was a Fastenal paint scheme for Chris Buescher as RFK Racing moved from a fully blue car to a blue and black car. Now, the NASCAR organization has an announcement for [autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag].

On Wednesday morning, RFK Racing released Keselowski’s paint scheme for Fastenal’s Body Guard brand. The driver of the No. 6 car will run this new paint scheme in two races, which will be the first race of the season at Martinsville Speedway and NASCAR’s return to the oval layout at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

This paint scheme is relatively close to Buescher’s Fastenal layout. Keselowski has an orange base instead of blue while having black on the front and back. Overall, it looks very good as RFK Racing’s paint scheme layout is becoming clear. Keep yourself updated at Motorsports Wire as we cover every Cup Series paint scheme released for the 2024 season!

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Brad Keselowski’s 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season in review

Brad Keselowski had a bounce back year with RFK Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. Here, you can check out Keselowski’s 2023 season in review!

[autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag] had a rough start to his tenure at RFK Racing but the 2023 NASCAR season represented a turnaround. Keselowski ended the year with seven top-5 finishes and 16 top-10 finishes. Unfortunately for the driver of the No. 6 car, he was eliminated in the Round of 12 and finished eighth in the point standings as the highest competitor without a victory.

Keselowski made incredible strides compared to the 2022 NASCAR season. The 39-year-old driver only had one top-5 finish and six top-10 finishes so it should be labeled a success. Keselowski closed out the campaign with 341 laps led (ninth best) and a 14.4 average finishing position (eighth best); however, his season was determined by a two-race stretch in the Round of 12.

The RFK Racing driver was in position for a strong showing at Talladega Superspeedway but he ended up crashing out for a 32nd-place finish. It was an unfortunate result for Keselowski as the Charlotte ROVAL closed out the Round of 12. He struggled on road courses throughout the 2023 NASCAR season and never had a chance to advance after Stage 1 in Charlotte.

Still, Keselowski’s improvement from 2022 to 2023 shows that his winning days may not be over yet. The No. 6 team came close to victory lane on a few occasions so they can still get it done. For Keselowski, it represents a great building block for RFK Racing. The hope for the organization is that Keselowski and Chris Buescher become consistent winners in 2024.

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RFK tips Custer to qualify for dad-again Keselowski at Phoenix

Cole Custer will qualify the No. 6 Ford for RFK Racing on Saturday afternoon as Brad Keselowski has left Phoenix Raceway to be with his wife Paige, who has gone into labor. NASCAR Cup Series qualifying is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. local time (4:35 …

Cole Custer will qualify the No. 6 Ford for RFK Racing on Saturday afternoon as Brad Keselowski has left Phoenix Raceway to be with his wife Paige, who has gone into labor.

NASCAR Cup Series qualifying is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. local time (4:35 p.m. ET). It will set the field for the final race of the season and the championship-deciding race for William Byron, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, and Ryan Blaney.

Custer will pull double duty on Saturday. Following Cup Series qualifying, Custer will compete for the Xfinity Series championship in his No. 00 Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing.

RKF Racing stated: “Brad Keselowski will not qualify the No. 6 car today, due to his wife, Paige, going into labor. In place of him, Cole Custer will qualify the car later this afternoon. The expectation is that Brad will return to Phoenix Sunday to drive the No. 6 in the NASCAR Cup Series Race.”

Custer has made six Cup Series starts this season with Rick Ware Racing with his best finish being a 24th-place result at Kansas Speedway last month. He was a full-time Cup Series driver from 2020 through 2022.

RFK has a lot to be proud of despite one elimination – Keselowski

Despite his NASCAR Cup Series postseason coming to an end Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Brad Keselowski said the No. 6 RFK Racing team had a lot to be proud of. “We kept clawing and it just wasn’t enough today,” Keselowski said after finishing …

Despite his NASCAR Cup Series postseason coming to an end Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Brad Keselowski said the No. 6 RFK Racing team had a lot to be proud of.

“We kept clawing and it just wasn’t enough today,” Keselowski said after finishing 18th. “I felt like I could have done a few things better, and obviously, it’s frustrating when you don’t advance and you don’t get what you want out of the day. But we’ve got a lot of great things going on, and we’ll learn from it and come back stronger.”

Admittedly, it was not the cleanest of days for Keselowski on the road course. It started with a pass-through penalty on lap 19 after he slid over the exit of the frontstretch chicane. A penalty is called when all four tires are on the opposite side of the blue curbs.

“We really recovered from that very well,” Keselowski said. “We got back up into the top 10 and then we just kind of faded a little bit, pitted for tires to try to claw as we faded. I think we faded to like 10th or so, and we pitted for tires, and I then had spun with (Ross Chastain).

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“We clawed back out of that to an 18th, which isn’t a great day, but it certainly could have been a lot worse.”

It wouldn’t have been a pass-through penalty had Keselowski stopped on the track, which the team initially thought they’d done. But it wasn’t deemed that way by NASCAR.

“There was numerous levels of confusion,” Keselowski said. “We thought we had served it with a stop before that. In the end, it didn’t really make or break our day.”

Keselowski’s spin with Chastain was with 17 laps to go. It was also in the frontstretch chicane.

Sunday, however, was a dual hat day for Keselowski. While he was eliminated from championship contention as a driver, his teammate and the car he co-owns, Chris Buescher, advanced into the semifinal round.

“I’m really happy for Chris,” Keselowski said. “Obviously, you’re never happy when you don’t advance, but if you look at where we were a year ago to where we’re at today, it’s night and day, and we want to make this same jump next year. There’s a level of patience that comes with that and building a team and company, and there’s a lot of great things that we’re doing.

“One day in this sport feels like it could make or break you, but it really doesn’t. I, at least, have a little bit of a longer-term view of the sport and what we’re trying to do and can see that we’re going to have the opportunity to come back next year and be even stronger.”

VIDEO: Keselowski on the playoff consistency of his No. 6 team

There is one NASCAR Cup Series driver with a top-10 finish in all four playoff races, and it might not be who you expect. Brad Keselowski and the No. 6 RFK Racing team are doing what they need to as they try to survive and advance. Keselowski is …

There is one NASCAR Cup Series driver with a top-10 finish in all four playoff races, and it might not be who you expect.

Brad Keselowski and the No. 6 RFK Racing team are doing what they need to as they try to survive and advance. Keselowski is eight points above the cutline going into Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway, where he’s won six times.

But how far can consistency take this team, and is his confidence growing in how deep they can make a run in the postseason?

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Brad Keselowski’s outlook for the Round of 12 during 2023 NASCAR season

Evaluating Brad Keselowski’s chances of advancing out of the Round of 12 in his first NASCAR playoffs with RFK Racing.

[autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag] never found himself in trouble during the Round of 16 and it created a situation where he easily advanced to the Round of 12. Keselowski did so by finishing in sixth place at Darlington Raceway, ninth place at Kansas Speedway, and eighth place at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was a very consistent opening round for the RFK Racing co-owner and driver.

Keselowski’s turnaround has been very impressive as RFK Racing truly struggled at the beginning of his tenure, which was not even two years ago. So, how does the Round of 12 stack up for Keselowski as he tries to claim his first NASCAR Cup Series title with the organization? Let’s take a look at what tracks are coming up over the next three races.

The driver of the No. 6 car will take a three-point deficit to the playoff cut-line and head to Texas Motor Speedway, which has treated him very well in the past. Keselowski has four straight top-10 finishes at the venue but more specifically, he ran well with RFK Racing last year. Keselowski won the pole and finished in eighth place so Texas should be a strong track.

Moving on to Talladega, the statistics aren’t even needed. Keselowski is one of, if not the best superspeedway driver in the entire field and this sets up to be a very good event for him. As long as Keselowski can keep himself in the race, the opportunity for a win and major points will be present due to RFK Racing’s consistent superspeedway track speed.

Finally, the Charlotte ROVAL is the biggest concern for Keselowski. During the 2023 season, the 2012 Cup Series champion has a best finish of 15th place on a road course. At the ROVAL, he finished in 14th place with RFK Racing last year. The Round of 12 does not set up a positive ending for Keselowski, which makes the first two races even more crucial.

As stated above, Keselowski needs to have very good days at Texas and Talladega if he wants to advance to the Round of 8. It is very possible to see the driver of the No. 6 car in the next round but if he enters the Charlotte ROVAL below the cut-line, it will be very difficult. Still, RFK Racing continues to shock everyone so nothing is impossible for Keselowski in 2023.

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Brad Keselowski talks about the progress at RFK Racing before the 2023 playoffs

Brad Keselowski discusses the progress at RFK Racing over the last two seasons before the 2023 NASCAR playoffs.

[autotag]Brad Keselowski[/autotag] joined [autotag]RFK Racing[/autotag] at the beginning of the 2022 NASCAR season and it was a very slow start; however, the organization has made huge strides. Keselowski’s first victory as an owner came at the Bristol Night Race in 2022 when Chris Buescher was the first to cross the start-finish line. That has translated into the 2023 season.

Buescher has won three times at Richmond Raceway, Michigan International Speedway, and Daytona International Speedway. No one could have expected such a quick turnaround by RFK Racing except Keselowski himself. This is what the RFK Racing co-owner had to say when asked if the team was ahead of schedule.

“Oh, no. Gosh, I wanted to be here last year,” Keselowski said. “But that’s not where we were. That’s not what we were prepared for. The good news is we’re here now, and we still have a lot of potential.”

It has been a fast recovery for the NASCAR organization and one that has been refreshing to see. RFK Racing struggled for so long and it has finally turned it around. As an owner, Keselowski has pushed to make this happen, even if it doesn’t give him time to relax.

“I don’t want to relax,” he said. “I don’t want to be on vacation. I want to win. I want to be a part of fixing this. That’s the juice for me. Being on the beach or whatever, that’s not fun.”

“Fun for me is turning around a company and seeing guys like Chris Buescher be successful, seeing a new pit crew guy come in or a mechanic who’s never won a race or a new partner come into the sport and have their first chance in victory lane. That’s better than any vacation I’ll ever go on.”

Keselowski has done just that and if RFK Racing continues to develop at this rate, he will have more than just a race win to celebrate sooner rather than later.

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