Brad Keselowski finished 28th in final RFK Racing start at Homestead-Miami

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Keselowski crashes in qualifying

Keselowski hit trouble early at the track. He crashed during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series championship race on Friday, a rough start to the weekend that marked the end of his RFK Racing tenure. Keselowski got loose during his run and drifted up the banking before lightly clipping the outside wall. The car then spun toward the inside wall. His tires blew out before he made additional contact, and the damage was enough to leave his No. 6 Ford battered before race day ever arrived. The incident did not change the larger context around the weekend, but it did set the tone for a final stretch that already carried plenty of meaning for the driver and team. Keselowski entered the event 19th in the Cup standings and outside the title race, so the focus was on the finish of his run with RFK Racing and the close of a partnership that had stretched across five years.

RFK Racing closed Keselowski era

The Homestead-Miami weekend ended with Keselowski finishing 28th at the track in his final race as an RFK Racing driver and active co-owner. That result brought down the curtain on a five-year stretch that began when he joined the organization in 2021 and took a 20% ownership stake. Over that span, Keselowski served in both roles, driving the team’s cars while also holding a seat in the ownership structure. His departure had already been announced before the weekend, and RFK Racing said he can pursue other Cup opportunities beginning in 2027. The split gives the team a clean break from the arrangement that defined his time there, and the final race reflected that transition. Keselowski’s day ended without the kind of finish he would have wanted, but the broader significance came from the fact that it was his last start with the organization in either capacity. The 28th-place run became a footnote to a much larger organizational shift, one that closed a significant chapter for both sides.

Keselowski looks ahead

Keselowski said after the race that he had not fully soaked in the end of his RFK Racing run. That reaction fit the moment. The weekend carried the weight of a partnership ending, but it also left open what comes next for the driver. Keselowski said he is not ready to retire, which keeps his future in Cup racing on the table as he moves away from the team he co-owns. Before the partnership formally ended, he shared a pre-race moment on pit road with RFK Racing team owner Jack Roush. It was a brief public sign of the relationship that had involved him as driver and co-owner over the last five years. That relationship now closes with Keselowski stepping aside from RFK Racing and looking toward whatever opportunity follows. The weekend at Homestead-Miami did not deliver the result he wanted, first in qualifying and then in the race, but it did provide a clear ending to one phase of his career and a possible opening to the next.