In last Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway, all three Roush Fenway Keselowski drivers finished in the top 10, with Chris Buescher leading the way in fourth and Ryan Preece and team co-owner Brad Keselowski running eighth and ninth, respectively.
Two weeks earlier, at Michigan International Speedway, the three RFK drivers all posted top-10 results, with Buescher finishing second to Denny Hamlin, Preece running ninth and Keselowski 10th.
Despite those recent consistent results, however, Keselowski isn’t satisfied. Given the positions of the three drivers in the standings, there’s no substitute for winning races.
“We’ve had some really strong races where you don’t get the results, and it’s kind of frustrating, but we’re on a good path,” Keselowski said. “We want wins. Strong showings like that are great, and you’d like to think that we’re paying some dues in order to get the wins that we really need, but they’re not wins.
“I’m very optimistic that we can turn that into something with the weeks we have in front of us, but until then it doesn’t matter. With the way this format is we don’t get any bonus for top 10s. It’s all about the wins, but still it’s not a bad problem to have. A lot of reasons for optimism. All three teams have shown some bright spots.”
Currently 30th in the Cup Series standings, Keselowski almost certainly will need a win in the next nine races to qualify for the Playoffs. Buescher and Preece both are on the Playoff bubble—Buescher 38 points above the current cut line and Preece 20 points below.
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