SPEEDWAY, IN (July 27, 2025) – Late race chaos at the Brickyard proved to be a blessing for Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing. Taking advantage of two overtime restarts, following a brief rain delay, Ryan Preece and Brad Keselowski surged to the front, both scoring top five finishes. Chris Buescher contended much of the day as well, before the overtime intensity saw him shuffled back to 14th at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

6 Brad Keselowski

Starting 14th, Brad Keselowski returned to Indianapolis Motor Speedway looking to recapture the magic of his 2018 Brickyard 400 win. Early in Stage One, he took a conservative approach, maintaining his track position with the Body Guard Ford just outside the top 10. After an early caution, the team opted for a two-tire stop that shuffled him back to 20th on the restart. He steadily regained ground through the remainder of the stage, climbing to 15th by the end of Stage One

Stage Two saw Keselowski restart deep in the field after another pit stop, but he clawed his way up to 16th by lap 79 then began playing a fuel strategy. A caution fell on lap 90, just after many competitors had pitted under green, and Keselowski stayed out, moving him up to seventh as others pitted. Another yellow soon followed, allowing the 6-car to restart on the outside of row one aside leader, Ryan Blaney. With four laps remaining in the segment, Keselowski got squeezed to the outside and slipped to 5th to end Stage Two.

After packing the car with fuel for the final stage, Keselowski restarted 20th. Employing a long-run strategy, he cycled as high as second while stretching his fuel and briefly chased leader Justin Haley. Later in the stage it appeared a caution would wave as Joey Logano’s car was limping down pit road. The yellow, which could’ve cemented Keselowski’s position up front, never came. Still Keselowski needed fuel and ducked down pit road for a quick two-tire stop returned him to the track in13th. He continued to push forward, running 11th when a caution flew for rain, halting the Brickyard 400 with five laps to go. Ther race ended in double overtime, with Keselowski making the most of it. Gobbling up positions in both green-white-checker attempts, the Body Guard Ford came home fifth.

“Solid day for us,” said Keselowski, “We were in position. At certain points we showed a lot of speed. We needed to catch a few breaks to win, which is normal for this race. We didn’t catch enough breaks, but we caught some good breaks to finish in the top five with both RFK cars.”