Brad Keselowski: 2025 NASCAR Driver Profile

At 40 years old, Keselowski still has fuel in the tank as a driver. He posted runner-up finishes at Talladega’s spring race and the Coca-Cola 600. Nine top-5 finishes fell one short of the total during his final season at Penske in 2021.

Keselowski has won on ovals ranging in size from Martinsville to Pocono and no active driver has more victories at Talladega. He’s a savvy, if not sometimes too aggressive, superspeedway racer who also has a win at Daytona. He’s also excellent on the intermediate tracks that are a staple on the Cup schedule.

His résumé lacks only the Daytona 500 from NASCAR’s most prestigious races. He’s won the Coca-Cola 600, Southern 500, the Brickyard 400, and the Bristol Night Race. This certain Hall of Fame driver feels he has plenty of time to add to his career win total.

Brad Keselowski career stats

If Keselowski has a real weakness, it’s road courses. He doesn’t have a win on the right-handers, and his 17.3 average finish on the roadies is well below his 14.1 career average.

A team that inherited a decade’s worth of struggles has now primed itself for expansion. Keselowski’s focus has been on building enough confidence to add a third team for 2025 with Ryan Preece, which puts added pressure on him as an owner but brings the organization a wealth of information. We’ll see if expansion leads to distraction.

RFK Racing is improving by the year and a playoff berth is now an expectation for Keselowski. Taking the next step into title contention depends on how much this leader within the sport can stay focused once he slips behind the wheel.

The Brad Keselowski file

Car: No. 6 Ford

Team: Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing

Crew chief: Jeremy Bullins

Years with current team: 4

Best points finish: 1 (2012)

Hometown: Rochester Hills, Michigan

Born: Feb. 12, 1984

Scouting report

Anonymous takes from drivers, crew chiefs, and assorted industry insiders

Brad Keselowski is perceived exactly how you would imagine in the Cup Series garage. The words “absolute professional,” and “smart,” were tossed around repeatedly. “A true veteran of the sport who has learned everything there is and is now applying it,” says a Cup Series driver. Another Cup driver says his trademark aggression is still very much a thing: “He is still the one guy I do not want pushing me at Daytona or Talladega.”

“I have the utmost respect for Brad Keselowski,” says a Cup Series broadcaster. “What he did to turn around Roush Racing is remarkable and he did it purely on leadership. His driving speaks for itself – 36 times a winner in the Cup Series – but his legacy when it’s over might be more about what he is doing now. He’s going to lead that team back to the championship and I can’t wait to see how quickly he gets there.”

A rival team owner says it’s nearing time for the 40-year-old to make a choice. “Brad needs to decide if he’s a businessman or a racecar driver. He’s great at both, but you can tell that he is being pulled in a lot of different directions and that probably comes at the expense of doing his homework with this car. But Brad largely gets away with it because he has more natural talent than almost everyone in the field – but he is doing too many things.” But this team owner says it also takes a full commitment to run a Cup Series program, too, so he finds the level of dedication admirable.