Did RFK Hint At Their New Cup Car?
What’s Happening? RFK Racing has fought rumors since mid-August that it is expanding to a third car. However, on Thursday night,…
NASCAR fans on social media Thursday morning may be wondering what the buzz is about RFK Racing and veteran driver Corey LaJoie, following a cryptic social media post from the Ford team Wednesday evening.
RFK Racing is well known as having the best online presence of any NASCAR team.
The team, co-owned by Jack Roush, Fenway Sports Group, and 2012 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Brad Keselowski, has not shied away from teasing major announcements via social media. For example, RFK social media pages were packed with Easter Eggs in late 2024 prior to the team signing Ryan Preece.
What’s Happening? RFK Racing has fought rumors since mid-August that it is expanding to a third car. However, on Thursday night,…
Wednesday evening, the team may have teased another major development for 2025, in a puzzling post on X featuring the emojis of a palm tree, a plane, an American flag, and a checkered flag, followed by four plane emojis.
As always, NASCAR fans have flocked to this post, throwing out their bets on what this means.
The first bet is that this has to do with the 2026 Daytona 500, and perhaps a fourth car in the field for the team.
This entry would have to be uncharted, as RFK already has three chartered entries, the maximum a team is allowed to own, though entering an open car in the Daytona 500 is nothing new to RFK.
In 2024, the team entered the No. 60 car, then part-time under the program name Stage 60, in the 500, with driver David Ragan piloting the car to a 20th-place finish.
If RFK wanted to restart its part-time car program, this might be the right time, as another former RFK number, No. 99, is back on the board following Daniel Suarez’s departure from Trackhouse Racing, something Brad Keselowski took notice of on X in early November.
As of press time, there is no indication, aside from Wednesday’s cryptic post, that RFK will enter a fourth car in the 500, with FOX Sports Analyst Bob Pockrass’ recent projections for Daytona not featuring RFK.
So, with RFK’s potential fourth entry into the 500 up in the air, why are many fans in RFK’s replies pointing to veteran Corey LaJoie as the potential driver of this car?
What’s Happening? A storyline to focus on entering every Daytona 500 is the numerous open entries that attempt to make the…
Since leaving Spire Motorsports in late 2024, Corey LaJoie has had a consistent ride in NASCAR’s National Series.
Last year, LaJoie, now a pre/post-race analyst for NASCAR on Prime Video, entered five NASCAR Cup Series races with Ford’s Rick Ware Racing, followed by eight late-season NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races with Spire Motorsports to round out the year.
But following the end of the season, there has been radio silence from LaJoie, that was, until RFK Racing boss Brad Keselowski broke his leg in mid-December.
Though Keselowski plans to be ready for the Daytona 500 on February 15, the former series champion will not be ready for the February 1 Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. Keselowski’s injury is where LaJoie, RFK’s reserve driver, joins the fray, as he will drive the No. 6 in the Clash.
What’s Happening? Brad Keselowski is set to miss the 2026 NASCAR Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium, following an injury suffered during…
His status at RFK is perhaps part of the reason why fans online are drawing a connection to RFK’s speculative fourth entry, alongside posts from content creators like BrakeHard, who posted a reference to LaJoie’s Stacking Pennies podcast in response to RFK.
Now, it is worth noting that these posts are in spite of a report from Bob Pockrass that says LaJoie will “be Keselowski’s standby driver for the start of the season,” duties which would, perhaps, include the season-opening Daytona 500. Though these things can always change.
Regardless, on Thursday morning, a well-known NASCAR rumor account on X posted that LaJoie was racing a fourth car for RFK in February’s Daytona 500, only adding to the speculation.
While there are some signs pointing to both RFK entering a fourth car with LaJoie as the driver, the unfortunate truth for fans playing the speculation game is that none of this is confirmed.
After all, these are just rumors and speculation, and, even if they are true, as many NASCAR fans know, things can change before the race or the week of.
So, it’s best to wait and see what RFK could have in store for the 2026 Daytona 500.
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Two NASCAR Cup Series crew members for Ross Chastain’s No. 1 team were suspended following the race at Circuit of the Americas
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On February 17, Ubisoft released a trailer that confirmed that NASCAR would be included in The Crew Motorfest’s next season update. Details were limited at the time, but in a press release issued today, Ubisoft revealed the full details of the update ahead of its March 4 launch.
Ubisoft says drafting will affect car speed and help save fuel, implying that drafting will be a huge factor in the game, at least with these cars. You can check out this and much more on Ubisoft’s official post linked below
Earlier this Tuesday, the official The Crew Motorfest account clarified confusion around the NASCAR bundles. The Crew Credit (CC) bundles only include cosmetic team liveries, not additional cars. The 3 base Next Gen cars (Ford Mustang Dark Horse, Toyota Camry XSE, and Chevrolet ZL1) are part of the free Season 9 update and can be purchased separately.
Mitch Rasmussen, NASCAR’s Senior Director of Interactive, said in the press release:
We’re excited to bring our iconic brand to life in The Crew Motorfest. This collaboration represents another important step in our strategy to bring NASCAR into the digital spaces and places where next generation fans spend their time, giving players new ways to interact with the culture and communities they love.
The content arrives as part of Year 3 Season 9 and is officially licensed by NASCAR. You can watch the first trailer and learn more in the article linked below
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Four road courses on the schedule, and somehow that’s enough to spark one of the biggest debates in the garage. After recent comments from Brad Keselowski questioning the business value of road racing, the conversation has picked up serious steam. Is NASCAR leaning too far into it, or is the current balance about right?
There are valid points on both sides, from sponsorship realities to fan traditions to competitive diversity. Some tracks have gained traction. Others have struggled. The question isn’t just whether road courses belong, but how many make sense within a 36-race season. It’s less about extremes and more about direction. And with future schedule changes always looming, this debate probably isn’t settled anytime soon.
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