"It started with a phone call" - Ryan Preece makes feelings known about joining Keselowski and Buescher at RFK

Ryan Preece is all set to move to Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing in the 2025 season. This has come after RFK Racing decided to extend to three cars ahead of next season. As Preece gets ready to race alongside Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher, he has shared his thoughts on the switch.

For the first time since 2016, RFK will switch back to three cars with the arrival of Preece. The former was temporarily out of a drive after Stewart-Haas Racing decided to dismantle their NASCAR operations at the end of this season.

In a recent social media video by RFK Racing, Preece recalled how he found the new opportunity to race alongside Buescher and Keselowski. Here's what he said in Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing's official X video:

"So having the opportunity to come over, be teammates with Chris again, someone who I enjoy being around with a lot of times, and someone that I actually from a teammate perspective I can depend on, just like he can depend on me."

"And then obviously, being able to lean on Brad, the knowledge that he has, as well as what he's been able to do as a leader for RFK, is very impressive. It started with a phone call actually. I remember walking into SHR's building and I saw Brad was calling. That ended up being a conversation of there maybe an opportunity of where we're gonna be expanding to three car, would you, would you like to come drive for us?" he added. (0:24-01:09)

Preece will drive the #60 Ford Mustang Dark Horse in 2025. Interestingly, the former SHR driver is also bringing his long-time sponsor Kroger with him to RFK. Notably, Kroger will also sponsor Keselowski and Buescher's cars at RFK next year.

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Ryan Preece aims for excellence at RFK

In the same video shared by RFK, Ryan Preece also opened up on how he is looking forward to having an exciting and excellent time at Roush Fenway Keselowski next season. Here's what he said:

"Obviously, I'm extremely excited for this opportunity and thankful to Brad, Jack, and everybody here at RFK for giving me that opportunity. There's a lot to look forward to, a lot of hard work to accomplish the rules that we're about to set." (1:10-1:23)

NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Preece (41) during practice for the NASCAR Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. Mandatory (Credit: Imagn Images)

Stewart-Haas Racing called off their NASCAR operations at the end of this season after Tony Stewart decided to withdraw from SHR. SHR's co-owner Gene Haas, however, decided to continue racing in the sport and is moving forward with Haas Factory Racing.

Ryan Preece finished the 2024 season in 26th place with 584 points to his credit. He claimed a Top 5, five Top 10s, and faced five DNFs. His average start position was 27.778 and his average finish position was 20.889.