RFK Racing
NASCAR racing team
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2025 | RFK Racing expands back to a 3-car operation for the first time since 2016. The No. 60 team becomes a full-time operation with driver Ryan Preece and Kroger as sponsor. |
2025 | Chase Briscoe moved to Joe Gibbs Racing, driving the No. 19 car and replacing Martin Truex Jr. |
2024 | Chase Briscoe won a race at Darlington while still with Stewart-Haas Racing before the team shut down. |
2024 | Ty Majeski won the NASCAR Truck Series championship driving the No. 98 Ford for ThorSport Racing. |
November 29 2023 | Announcement made to bring the No. 60 team from Xfinity Series to compete in the 2024 Daytona 500 with David Ragan under Stage 60 banner. |
2022 | Racing team rebranded as RFK Racing when Brad Keselowski became a co-owner, marking a significant shift in the team's ownership and leadership. |
2022 | Chase Briscoe scored his first NASCAR Cup Series win at Phoenix while driving for Stewart-Haas Racing. |
February 2022 | Austin Cindric won his first NASCAR Cup Series race at the Daytona 500 in his 8th Cup Series start after moving to Team Penske's No. 2 car. |
July 20 2021 | Roush-Fenway announced that Brad Keselowski would join the organization as a driver and co-owner, replacing Ryan Newman in the No. 6 car starting in the 2022 season. |
2018 | Conor Daly drove the No. 6 car for a single race at Road America. Due to Lilly Diabetes pulling sponsorship last minute, Jack Roush personally funded the race. Daly finished 31st after experiencing a suspension issue. |
2018 | Roush's Xfinity Series program was closed following the departures of Ryan Reed, Chase Briscoe, and Austin Cindric. |
2017 | Reed won the season opener at Daytona again, securing 2 Top 5's, 7 Top 10's, and finishing 8th in points. |
2016 | Team reduces to two NASCAR Cup Series teams. |
2016 | Reed went winless but improved his performance, earning 1 Top 5 and 7 Top 10's, finishing 6th in points. |
November 2016 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove the No. 60 car at Phoenix with SunnyD sponsorship. |
September 2016 | Trevor Bayne drove the No. 60 car at Watkins Glen with AdvoCare sponsorship. |
August 2016 | Gray Gaulding began driving the No. 60 car at Bristol, marking the start of his two-race stint with RFK Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. |
2015 | Chris Buescher won the NASCAR Xfinity Series driver's championship with the No. 60 team. |
2015 | Reed won his first career race at Daytona, being pushed by teammate Chris Buescher past leader Brad Keselowski on the final lap. This was his only Top 5 finish of the year, with 10 Top 10 finishes and an average finish of 16.8, concluding the season tenth in driver points. |
2015 | Elliott Sadler drove the No. 1 car, earning four top fives and 17 top tens, finishing sixth in the NASCAR Xfinity Series points standings. |
2015 | At the end of the season, Sadler and OneMain Financial left the team for JR Motorsports. The No. 1 team was subsequently shut down, with approximately 25 employees released. |
December 2015 | Darrell 'Bubba' Wallace Jr. signed a deal to drive the No. 6 car for Roush Fenway Racing for the 2015 season. In his rookie year, he achieved three Top 5's and 14 Top 10's, finishing seventh in the standings. |
May 2015 | Buescher won his first victory of the season at Iowa on a green-white-checkered finish. |
2014 | Ryan Reed was selected to drive the No. 16 full-time for Roush Fenway Racing, competing for Rookie of the Year with Lilly and the ADA. He scored one top 5 finish, a fourth place at Daytona in July, and finished ninth in driver points. |
2014 | Chris Buescher began driving the No. 60 car in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, competing for Rookie of the Year. |
2014 | Buescher scored his first career victory at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in the Nationwide Children's Hospital 200, becoming the third rookie to win that season and securing the only win for Roush in the Nationwide Series. |
October 30 2014 | Roush Fenway announced Elliott Sadler would drive the No. 1 car in 2015, bringing sponsor OneMain Financial from Joe Gibbs Racing. This marked Sadler's reunion with former owner and engine builder Doug Yates, and his fourth stint with manufacturer Ford. |
2013 | Trevor Bayne drove the No. 6 car full-time, earning seven Top 5's, 21 Top 10's, and winning once at Iowa. He finished sixth in the standings. |
2013 | RFK Racing's No. 16 car was driven by multiple drivers including Chris Buescher, Billy Johnson, Ryan Reed, and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. throughout the NASCAR Xfinity Series season. |
2013 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove the No. 16 car in a single race at Texas, finishing 17th. |
2013 | Pastrana secured a pole position at Talladega during his NASCAR Xfinity Series season, demonstrating his potential speed despite challenges. |
2013 | Completed his NASCAR Xfinity Series season ranked 14th in points with four top ten finishes. |
2013 | Billy Johnson competed in 2 races in the No. 16 car, securing two 15th place finishes at Road America and Loudon. |
2013 | Chris Buescher drove the No. 16 car in 7 races, achieving 2 Top 10 finishes. |
2013 | Ryan Reed ran 6 races in the No. 16 car, with one top 10 finish at Richmond. |
November 11 2013 | Travis Pastrana announced his departure from full-time NASCAR competition in 2014, citing performance struggles and lack of sponsorship. |
2012 | Trevor Bayne returns to drive the No. 60 car at Bristol with backing from the Pat Summit Foundation. |
2012 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won a consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series driver's championship with the No. 6 team. |
2012 | Billy Johnson drives the No. 60 car at Montreal and finishes 8th. |
2012 | The Car No. 16 team shut down for the season, with Bayne's crew moving to RFR's No. 60 for a limited schedule. |
2012 | Travis Pastrana drives the No. 60 car at the fall Richmond race with Ford EcoBoost sponsorship, qualifying fifth and finishing 17th. |
August 2012 | Carl Edwards drives the No. 60 car at Watkins Glen with Subway sponsorship and wins the race. |
2011 | Team further reduces to three NASCAR Cup Series teams. |
2011 | Paul Menard and his Menards sponsorship moved to Richard Childress Racing, and the No. 98 team ceased operation. |
2011 | Bayne finished the season with 1 win, 5 Top 5's, 14 Top 10's, and 11th place in the standings. |
2011 | Carl Edwards won the NASCAR Xfinity Series owner's championship with the No. 60 team. |
2011 | Bayne was hospitalized after 8 races, with Chris Buescher and Kevin Swindell filling in as replacement drivers. |
2011 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the NASCAR Xfinity Series driver's championship with the No. 6 team. |
2011 | The team shut down for the entire year. |
2011 | Trevor Bayne returned later in the season and secured his first win at Texas in the fall. |
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