Brad Keselowski through the years

Brad Keselowski has had a storied NASCAR journey as both a driver and team co-owner for RFK Racing. Scroll through to see highlights from his championship career.

Keselowski made his NASCAR debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2004. His only full-time season at the Camping World Truck level came in 2005, when he finished in the top 10 for the first time in his career (Daytona International Speedway). Keselowski has competed in 66 Truck races in his career.

It didn't take long for Keselowski to move his way up the NASCAR ranks. In 2006, the driver ran his first race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Auto Club Speedway in the No. 23 Love FiFi Chevrolet for Keith Coleman Racing.

Keselowski ran most of the 2007 Xfinity Series season. Nearly halfway into the year, the 23-year-old received a phone call from Dale Earnhardt Jr. The co-owner of JR Motorsports offered Keselowski the opportunity to finish the season in the No. 88 U.S. Navy Chevrolet.

Keselowski reached Victory Lane in 2008 on two occasions: once at Nashville Superspeedway in June, followed up by a dominating run at Bristol Motor Speedway that summer. He finished the 2008 season with 11 top fives and 20 top-10 finishes.

To this day, Keselowski credits the phone call from Earnhardt as one of the pivotal points in his career. He ran the No. 88 for JR Motorsports full time until 2010.

After racing just two events in 2008 at the NASCAR Cup Series level, Keselowski wheeled his No. 09 Chevrolet to a win at Talladega Superspeedway in just his fifth series start. This marked his first win at the sport's highest level after a last-lap clash with Carl Edwards.

For the 2010 Xfinity Series season, Keselowski landed at Team Penske. He rattled off 6 wins, 26 top fives and 29 top-10 finishes en route to the 2010 championship. He also drove the No. 12 Team Penske car full-time in the Cup Series that season.

Keselowski took over the iconic No. 2 car for Team Penske in 2011 and hasn't looked back.

Keselowski always has been a regular user of social media, especially Twitter. During the 2012 Daytona 500, Keselowski tweeted this picture, showing fans his view during a red-flag period after Juan Pablo Montoya crashed into a jet dryer, causing a fiery scene.

The dynamic duo of Keselowski and crew chief Paul Wolfe hit the jackpot in 2012 when the pair took home the Cup Series championship trophy. With five wins, 13 top fives and 23 top-10 finishes, Keselowski cemented his name as one of the sport's biggest stars. Wolfe was also paired with Keselowski during his 2010 Xfinity titlle march.

A White House visit was one of the highlights from Keselowski's championship tour after winning the title.

With a Truck win in 2014 at Bristol, Keselowski joined select company as a driver with a win in three NASCAR national series. To date, 31 drivers have accomplished this, including Keselowski's Team Penske teammates Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney.

The 2014 season saw Keselowski make a strong surge with five wins over a 16-race span. His victory in September at Richmond Raceway was the most dominant of that stretch where he led 383 of 400 laps. Keselowski's clutch win the next month at Talladega helped him stave off playoff elimination.

The Keselowski-Wolfe pairing was long marked by a willingness to try different strategies. Keselowski's 2015 victory at Auto Club was thanks to that mentality as he drove up from 18th on Lap 203 with fresh tires to the win -- leading just one lap (Lap 209) -- the final one -- on the day.

Keselowski and longtime girlfriend Paige White tied the knot in February 2017. The couple's oldest daughter, Scarlett, is a fixture in Victory Lane celebrations.

Keselowski paid tribute to Earnhardt with his Talladega paint scheme for the fall 2017 race with #Cheers2DaleJr design that was similar to the U.S. Navy paint schemes Keselowski drove at JR Motorsports. Keselowski won the race, and over the years, he has shown himself to be in the same class as Earnhardt at Talladega with five wins at the superspeedway.

Keselowski used consistency, strategy and patience to land a spot in the Championship 4 in 2017. He finished fourth in the final standings.

In 2018, Keselowski went on a hot streak at the right time. After winning at Darlington Raceway, Keselowski made a dramatic late pass to win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and followed that up with a victory in the 2018 NASCAR Playoffs opener at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Keselowski joined Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch as drivers who enjoyed three-race win streaks in 2018, a rarity considering there have only been 26 drivers to have such streaks in NASCAR's modern era (1972-present).

Unfortunately, Keselowski couldn't keep the magic from his winning streak all the way through the playoffs. After finishing 31st at Charlotte Motor Speedway (pictured), Keselowski's Round of 12 began with 14th- and 27th-place finishes at Dover International Speedway and Talladega, respectively. That put him in a must-win at Kansas Speedway, and he couldn't advance. But three top-five finishes in his final four races of the season built momentum heading into 2019.

Keselowski started hot in 2019, winning three times in the first 12 races of the season. His victory at Kansas in May was his 30th career Cup Series triumph. He became just the 27th driver in NASCAR history to reach the 30-win plateau.

Three wins, 13 top fives and 19 top 10s were the outcome of a solid 2019 season for Keselowski. He drove the No. 2 Ford for Team Penske to eighth place in the final Cup Series standings.

Brad Keselowski and wife Paige welcomed their second bundle of joy into the world in late November 2019. This photo of newborn daughter Autumn with big sister and 4-year-old Scarlett was quite the magical way to end 2019.

In the 2020 season, Brad Keselowski was paired with a new crew chief in Jeremy Bullins. Team Penske shuffled up the pit bosses on all three of its Cup teams and that meant breaking up the Wolfe-Keselowski combo that won 29 races together from 2011-2019. Keselowski and Bullins barely skipped a beat with a four-win season that ended in the Championship 4 field.

Brad Keselowski finished second in the final standings to Chase Elliott in the 2020. For the year, in addition to his 4 wins, he had 13 top fives and 24 top 10s.

The 2021 season marked the final one for Brad Keselowski at Team Penske, completing 11 years of driving the No. 2 Ford Mustang. Keselowski collected 34 of 35 career Cup Series victories with Team Penske.

On July 20, 2021, Roush Fenway Racing and Brad Keselowski announced that Keselowski will drive the No. 6 Ford Mustang beginning with the 2022 Cup Series season. Keselowski also holds a minority ownership stake to accompany his driving duties, which also includes a leadership role with the organization once he decides to hang up the helmet.

On Nov. 16, 2021, Roush Fenway Racing announced its rebrand as Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, RFK Racing for short, with Keselowski in the fold as a driver-owner.

Keselowski scored his first victory as a team co-owner on Sept. 17, 2022, when Chris Buescher (right) won at Bristol Motor Speedway. The RFK Racing duo combined to lead 278 of 500 laps that night before Keselowski suffered a tire issue that eliminated him from winning contention.

Both RFK Racing cars qualified for the NASCAR Playoffs in 2023, with Keselowski fifth in the final regular-season standings and ahead of teammate Buescher (sixth). Buescher closed the season on a hot streak of his own, with wins in three of the final five races to propel him to the No. 4 seed entering the postseason, with Keselowski seeded ninth.

The large sum of 110 signified the number of races Keselowski went without tallying a Cup Series victory, spanning three-plus seasons. Enter the spring 2024 running at Darlington Raceway, where the No. 6 driver found Victory Lane for the first time as driver/co-owner of RFK Racing. The win was Keselowski's first since April 25, 2021 at Talladega Superspeedway. With the May 12 victory, the winless streak was erased. Farewell, 110.

A Darlington dub additionally netted Keselowski a NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs berth, his second consecutive postseason appearance. Keselowski's 2024 title push, however, came to end in the Round of 16 following his elimination at Bristol. Keselowski concluded the season with 1 win, 9 top fives and 14 top 10s to go along with a 13th-place finish in the championship standings. 

The 2025 Cup Series season marks a new chapter for Keselowski on the ownership front as the team officially expands to three full-time Fords. With Ryan Preece piloting the No. 60 Ford machine full-time, the team, Keselowski included, will continue its quest for a championship crown.