One in every of NASCAR’s worst-kept secrets and techniques is formally official.
Ryan Preece will drive a 3rd automobile for Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing in 2025. Preece joins Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher as RFK expands again to a few full-time vehicles for the primary time for the reason that 2016 season.
Preece involves RFK together with longtime NASCAR sponsor Kroger. The grocery chain has been a sponsor of JTG-Daugherty Racing since 2010. The staff mentioned that Kroger and its varied related manufacturers will function a sponsor of all three of its vehicles at varied factors throughout the 2025 season.
JTG-Daugherty is about to compete in 2025 with longtime driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. with sponsorship to be introduced.
Preece spent the final two seasons at Stewart-Haas Racing after he drove for 3 full-time seasons at JTG-Daugherty from 2019-2021. Over 187 profession Cup Collection begins, the 34-year-old has 4 top-five finishes and 16 prime 10s.
Two of these prime fives got here in his SHR tenure. Preece was twenty third within the standings in 2023 and twenty sixth in 2024. He was in want of a trip coming into the 2025 season as a result of SHR shut down on the finish of the 2024 season. The four-car staff introduced earlier this 12 months that it will be ending operations as co-owner Gene Haas would proceed to area a one-car staff in 2025.
Cole Custer is about to drive for Haas subsequent season because the staff sells three of its charters. A type of charters has been bought by Trackhouse Racing and the opposite two are earmarked for 23XI Racing and Entrance Row Motorsports. Nonetheless, it’s at present unclear what the standing of these gross sales are as each 23XI and Entrance Row have filed a lawsuit in opposition to NASCAR over the brand new constitution settlement.
No constitution sale has been introduced for RFK’s new automobile, that the constitution for Preece’s automobile is prone to come from Rick Ware Racing.
RFK’s efficiency has improved over the previous two seasons because the staff has scored 5 wins. Chris Buescher has 4 of these, although he missed the playoffs in 2024 earlier than profitable at Watkins Glen this fall. Brad Keselowski certified for the playoffs with a win within the spring race at Darlington.
Keselowski completed thirteenth within the factors standings in 2024 after he was eighth a season in the past. Buescher was seventeenth — the highest-finishing non-playoff driver — after he was seventh in 2023.
