Roush-Fenway Keselowski Racing

RFK Racing History

Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing was founded by Jack Roush, a former employee of Ford and the pioneer behind Roush Performance. Roush had a history as a racing driver. He competed and won in different racing series including drag racing and sports cars. Roush has previously competed in the NHRA, SCCA Trans-Am Series, IMSA GT Championship, and the 24 Hours of Daytona. His racing team was a part of an automotive engineering and road-racing business based in Livonia, Michigan.

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RFK Racing’s NASCAR program came into existence in 1988. Their program involves racing, engine building, and collaborating with other teams using Ford engines. RFK Racing manages to share effective information between the teams through this method. They partnered with Doug Yates in 2004 to form Roush-Yates Racing. Roush-Yates is the primary engine supplier for Ford teams. They are the engine suppliers for Wood Brothers Racing, Team Penske, Rick Ware Racing, Stewart Haas Racing, and Front Row Motorsports.

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Roush Racing sold off 50 percent of their stakes to sports investor and Fenway Sports Group owner, John W. Henry in 2007. In 2022, Brad Keselowski, a co-owner of the team, named it Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing. The team fielded almost five carts in 1998-2000 and 2003-2009. They were ordered to shrink operation from the 2009 season. Since the 2016 season, they have been operating only two cars in the Cup Series.

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RFK Racing Owner

RFK Racing is jointly owned by Jack Roush, Fenway Sports Group, and Brad Keselowski. The team owners have their unique history before joining the team. Roush was the founder of the team, whereas John Henry is an investor who owns teams like Boston Red Sox, Liverpool F.C., and the New England Sports Network. Their newest owner, Brad Keselowski is a NASCAR driver and champion.

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Jack Roush

Jack Roush is the founder, co-owner, and CEO of RFK Racing. He was born on April 19, 1942, and is nicknamed “Cat in the Hat”. Roush was an International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee in 2007. He also became a part of the SEMA Hall of Fame in 2022. Roush was born in Covington, Kentucky, and grew up in Manchester, Ohio. He earned a degree in Mathematics from Berea College and a master’s in Scientific Mathematics from Eastern University of Michigan.

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Jack Roush started working at Ford in 1966 but left in 1970 to start his own company. He worked one more year at Chrysler and later opened his own engineering business. Roush partnered with Wayne Group to race in NHRA, IHRA, and AHRA drag racing events. He partnered with the German firm Zakspeed to develop road racing vehicles for Ford. His team has found success in the Trans-Am and IMSA Camel GT series in the 1980s and 1990s.

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John W. Henry

John William Henry II is a businessman. He is the founder of John W. Henry & Company, which is an investment management firm. He is the principal owner of Liverpool Football Club, the Boston Red Sox, the Pittsburgh Penguins, The Boston Globe, and co-owner of RFK Racing. According to Forbes, his estimated net worth as of August 2024 is $5.1 billion.

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He started his career by trading corn and soybean futures, learning the basics of the business. He developed a mechanical trend-following method for managing futures trading accounts. He founded his company John W. Henry & Company in 1981. He started from an office across the street in Irvine, California, and began marketing his work to the largest brokerage firms in America. He attained success and moved on to larger quarters in 1983 at Fashion Island in Newport Beach.

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Brad Keselowski

Brad Keselowski is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. Keselowski drives the no. 6 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing. He is also a co-owner of the team. He also had his own Truck Series team, Brad Keselowski Racing. He is the winner of the 2012 NASCAR Cup Series and the 2010 Xfinity Series. He is the second of the six drivers who have attained a championship in both the Cup Series and Xfinity Series.

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Keselowski is the founder and owner of Statesville-based CNC machining and additive metal technology company, Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing. He was the most popular driver of the Xfinity Series from 2008-2010. He was also named among the 75 Greatest Drivers of NASCAR in 2023. Keselowski has won three out of the four Crown Jewels except for the Daytona 500. Keselowski has started 545 Cup Series races over 17 years as of August 25, 2024. He has won 36 races in the Cup Series and achieved 260 top 10s. He has won one race in the 2024 Cup Series season as of August 25, 2024, and is qualified for the NASCAR Chase for Cup playoffs.

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RFK Racing Crew Chief

RFK Racing fields two cars in the Cup Series, the No. 6 and No. 17 Ford Mustang Dark Horse. Matt McCall and Scott Graves are the crew chiefs for Keselowski and Buescher respectively.

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Matt McCall

Matt McCall is a veteran crew chief in the NASCAR Cup Series. He is a former driver and has been with RFK Racing for three seasons as of 2024. He has spent 10 seasons in the Cup Series. He and his team earned the second-best improvement in 2022. His team won the Mechanix Wear Most Valuable Pit Crew Award and was the fourth-best pit crew in the 2023 Cup Series.

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As a racer, he has many achievements. He is a successful driver in the late-model stock cars with over 60 victories. He has previously raced in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Truck Series. He is a native of Denver, North Carolina. McCall has graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He is married to Meredith and resides in Denver with his two children.

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Scott Graves

Scott Graves is a veteran Crew Chief at RFK Racing. He is an ex-stock car racing driver himself. Graves won the NASCAR Xfinity Series twice as a driver. He is working with the No. 17 team in his third season in 2024. Graves has been serving as Crew chief in the Cup Series for nine seasons. He worked with Buescher in the 2015 Xfinity Series towards the championship finale for Jack Roush. He led the No. 6 team for three seasons when he joined their Cup Series team in 2019.

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He is a native of Clifton Springs in New York. Graves earned his Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech in 1994. He is married to Dana and resides with his family in Mooresville, North Carolina. The couple has one daughter, Elise, and one son, Dalton. Their son attends the University of Alabama.

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RFK Racing Records in the Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Truck Series

RFK Racing is a regular team in the Cup Series. They stopped operations in the Xfinity Series and Truck Series in 2018 and 2009.

RFK Racing created a record in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2005 when all five of their teams qualified for the NASCAR Chase for Cup. There are no other records set by RFK Racing in the Cup Series.

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List of RFK Racing Drivers

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List of RFK Racing Champions