CONCORD, N.C. — Brad Keselowski is still shying away from speaking about his split with RFK Racing, but he remains optimistic that he will have an opportunity to compete in NASCAR in 2027.
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In fact, he believes the situation is far more open-ended than it may appear to those on the outside.
"There's probably a lot of things that are out of the purview of this group," Keselowski said while meeting with media members at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday. "And that's okay. That's part of how this sport works."
What exactly does this look like? Is it a driver-owner deal? Is it an opportunity to race for three to five more years, something that RFK Racing President Chip Bowers indicated was a potential reason for the split?
Keselowski won't provide details about any of his possible paths forward, at least not at the moment. The information will become public in the coming months.
What he will acknowledge is that many things happen behind the scenes, even in a business where people spend extensive time trying to break news.
A fitting example is a recent revelation from Denny Hamlin on his Actions Detrimental podcast. The veteran driver said that he had offered Keselowski an opportunity to join 23XI Racing after his Team Penske contract ended.
Obviously, this didn't happen as Keselowski joined RFK Racing, but the 2012 Cup Series champion has since confirmed the offer.
Since Denny put this out on his own accord, I can confirm that an offer was made for me to join his team.
At the time of offer (Roughly April 2021), RFR had gone to contract with their offer and it was ready to sign. I was very interested in the opportunity and offered them a… https://t.co/zPrpv1PNaJ
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) October 7, 2026
"There's things like that all the time, and the book of things that could have come together and didn't come together and you guys never found out is pretty thick," Keselowski said about previous offers in his racing career.
Keselowski doesn't yet have a deal in place for next season. He believes this will come together in the coming months.
But why would he even continue pushing for this outcome with seemingly limited opportunities? After all, he only has one win in the Gen 7 era, which came at Darlington Raceway in 2024.
"I've only won once in the past five years, but I have like eight or nine second places too," Keselowski said. "A lot of 'should have, could have and would haves' that were outside of my control. I do feel like in Tier 1 equipment, I could win a lot of races.
"I was thinking about it the other day with some different comments, and I feel like a really similar conversation in my career to where, like Mark Martin was in circa 2004-2005, where people were looking at his recent success and saying he couldn't do it.
"He got the right opportunity at — whether it was the DEI car or then the Hendrick car — and he was super competitive and could win races."
