Season in review: Brad Keselowski, No. 6 RFK Racing Ford Crew chief: Matt McCall Final 2024 ranking: 13th Key stats: One win, nine top fives, 14 top 10s, 318 laps led
How 2024 ended: Keselowski’s season ended after being eliminated following the Bristol Night Race (the Round of 16 elimination race). Keselowski struggled with finishes of 19th in the playoff opener in Atlanta, and then back-to-back 26th-place finishes at Watkins Glen and Bristol, ending his advancement hopes. Even though he was eliminated, Keselowski did have two notable finishes after that: runner-up in the fall Talladega race and ninth in the penultimate race of the season at Martinsville. After Phoenix, he ended the season 13th, a drop of five positions from his eighth-place showing in the 2023 season.
Best race: Keselowski’s best race was the spring event at Darlington, where he started from the outside pole and finished with his first win since the spring 2021 race at Talladega. It was Keselowski’s second career victory at the "Track Too Tough To Tame," leading 37 laps, including the final nine laps before taking the checkered flag. RELATED: Keselowski snaps 110-winless streak | Bullins to reunite with Keselowski in 2025 Other season highlights: Keselowski finished 1-2-3 in the three-race stretch from Darlington (win) to Charlotte (second) to Gateway (third). Another highlight was the fall playoff race at Martinsville, where he led a race- and season-high 170 laps before finishing ninth. Stats to know: If it seemed like Keselowski was playing from behind early in the season, you’d be right. He began the season with back-to-back crashes and identical 33rd-place finishes in the season-opening Daytona 500 and the following week at Atlanta, dropping him to 33rd in the standings. He didn’t climb back into the top 10 in the rankings until the Coca-Cola 600, when he finished runner-up, moving him up to ninth in the standings. Quotable: “The 6 team had a strong middle part of the season and faded come playoff time. I learned a lot this year and we will come back smarter and recharged. I’m not looking back wondering what would’ve been if I stayed at Team Penske. Success as a driver-owner, even if less as of today, means so much more to me.” – Brad Keselowski MORE: Keselowski takes 'natural next step' in RFK expansion Looking ahead: After serving as crew chief for Keselowski’s first three seasons with RFK Racing, Matt McCall is out for 2025. The new guy on the pit box, Jeremy Bullins, is a familiar face, having served as crew chief for Keselowski’s final two seasons with Team Penske (2020 and 2021). Now that he’s 40, is retirement starting to creep into Keselowski’s mind? Not a chance, he says: “Anyone who thinks I’m ready to retire can kiss my tail. I have a lot of fight left in me and already can’t wait for 2025.”