Chicago, IL (July 6, 2025) – Ryan Preece lead RFK Racing in Chicago Sunday, as he powered to a hard-fought seventh-place finish. Chris Buescher battled back from adversity to finsish18th in a chaotic race marked by shifting strategies and looming weather. While Brad Keselowski’s day ended early in a multi-car crash, the team’s performance reinforced Preece’s emergence as a road course contender and Buescher’s resilience in the face of adversity.

6 Brad Keselowski

 Brad Keselowski entered the Chicago Street Course well prepared, focused and determined. The weekend began as he walked the 2.2 mile street course early Saturday morning, studying the asphalt’s characteristics. Plotting the way he would attack it. Saturday night followed with more preparation as he studied race tape in his hotel room to sharpen his approach.

Starting 15th, Keselowski was ready to put that preparation to the test. He quickly showed speed and precision in the opening laps advancing through the filed. Unfortunately, his day came to a heartbreaking end, just three laps into the race, when two cars collided ahead of him, leaving him with nowhere to go. The Kroger / Blue Buffalo Ford sustained heavy front-end damage in the multi-car pileup, forcing Keselowski to retire early and settle for a 37th-place finish despite the promise he and the team displayed throughout the weekend.

“I didn’t see it until the last second,” said Keselowski, describing the crash. “I slowed down and I actually felt I was gonna get stopped and then I just kind of got ran over from behind. It’s just a narrow street course and sometimes there’s nowhere to go.”