When Brad Keselowski signed on as a co-owner/driver at Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing last year, he joined a company that had been floundering.
From 2015 through 2021, the company founded by NASCAR Hall of Famer Jack Roush had won two races—both on superspeedways and both by 2023 Daytona 500 winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who has since moved on to JTG-Daugherty Racing.
RFK picked up one victory last season in the person of Chris Buescher, who has added three wins to his column this season. Both RFK cars—those of Buescher and Keselowski—have qualified for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs this year.
But Keselowski isn’t satisfied. Asked whether he thought the organization was ahead of the schedule he envisioned when he joined the company, he replied emphatically, “Oh, no. Gosh, I wanted to be here last year.
“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.”
Keselowski has to balance family life and his work as both an owner and a driver with heading a 3D-printing company he founded in 2019. He doesn’t care that his duties don’t give him time to relax.
“I don’t want to relax,” Keselowski 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.”
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