06/04/2025
RFK Advance | Michigan
Michigan Event Info:
Date: Sunday, June 8
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Series: NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Location: Brooklyn, Michigan
Format: 200 Laps, 400 Miles, Stages: 45-120-200
TV: Prime
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90)
Weekend Schedule:
Saturday: 9:30 p.m. ET, Cup Practice (Prime, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Saturday: 10:40 a.m. ET, Cup Qualifying (Prime, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Sunday: 2 p.m. ET, Cup Race (Prime, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Pace Laps:
- The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Michigan International Speedway for the 15th points race on the schedule.
- Michigan International Speedway serves as ‘home’ for Jack Roush and RFK Racing, located just an hour from Roush Industries in Livonia, Michigan.
- Chris Buescher’s victory two years ago marked Jack Roush’s 14th all-time in the Cup Series in the backyard of Ford Motor Company, and the first for RFK at Michigan since 2013 (Greg Biffle).
6 Team Info:
Driver: Brad Keselowski
Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins
Partner: BuildSubmarines.com
17 Team Info:
Driver: Chris Buescher
Crew Chief: Scott Graves
Partner: Kroger / Kraft / Artesano
60 Team Info:
Driver: Ryan Preece
Crew Chief: Derrick Finley
Partner: Castrol
Keselowski at Michigan
Starts: 27
Wins: —
Top-10s: 15
Poles: 2 (2017, 2019)
- Keselowski makes his 28th Cup start in Michigan this weekend where he has an average finish of 12.0 and 15 top-10s.
- Despite no wins at his home track, Keselowski has nine results inside the top five with three runner-up finishes (2012, 2018, 2020).
- The Rochester Hills native has seven top-10s in his last 10 starts, and ran fifth a season ago after leading two laps.
- He has two career Cup poles at MIS (2017, 2019) and 10 overall starts inside the top-10.
- Keselowski has an additional nine combined starts at MIS in the Xfinity and Truck Series with two NXS wins (2009, 2010).
Buescher at Michigan
Starts: 14
Wins: 1 (2023)
Top-10s: 3
Poles: 1 (2020)
- Buescher makes his 15th start at Michigan, where he finished sixth a season ago. In 2023, he found victory lane after starting fourth, including 52 laps led.
- He carries an average starting position of 18.5 with a pole back in 2020, and the P18 starting position last season.
- Buescher also made three NXS starts at MIS and finished top-10 in all three with a best finish of P4 in 2015.
Preece at Michigan
Starts: 7
Wins: —
Top-10s: 1
Poles: —
- Preece is set for his eight Cup start at Michigan this weekend, where he posted a career-best finish of seventh at the track in 2019. He is coming off an 11th-place finish just a season ago.
- Preece holds a 29.0 average starting position at Michigan, with a best career start of 25th in 2020.
- Preece also made one NXS start at Michigan in 2016.
RFK Historically at Michigan
Cup Wins: 13 (Mark Martin, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998; Matt Kenseth, 2002, 2006; Kurt Busch, 2003; Greg Biffle, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2013; Carl Edwards, 2007, 2008; Chris Buescher, 2023)
- Home Sweet Home: Michigan International Speedway serves as ‘home’ for Jack Roush and RFK Racing, located just an hour from Roush Industries in Livonia, Michigan. MIS has naturally been one of the organization’s most successful tracks on the circuit, with the team earning a total of 24 wins across NASCAR’s three major touring series.
- I Said Welcome to Detroit City: In 225 NCS starts at Michigan, RFK has recorded 14 wins, 59 top-fives and 106 top-10 finishes with 2,572 laps led. Greg Biffle’s win back in 2013 was the 1,000th NASCAR victory for Ford Performance.
- Roush vs. Everyone Else: RFK’s 14 wins in the NCS at Michigan are the most of any track on the NCS schedule. Six different drivers have earned victories for RFK at the two-mile oval with former drivers Mark Martin and Biffle both taking the checkered flag on four separate occasions. RFK drivers Matt Kenseth (two), Carl Edwards (two), Kurt Busch (one) and Chris Buescher (one) have also gone to victory lane for the organization in Michigan.
- Consistency in the Motor City: Michigan ranks first overall among all tracks that RFK has competed on in the NCS in top-five finishes, top-10 finishes and in average finish among tracks that they have run two or more races. RFK has recorded 59 top-fives, 106 top-10s and has an average finish of 14.3 at the two-mile oval.
RFK Michigan Wins
1990-2 Martin Cup
1993-2 Martin Cup
1993 Martin NXS
1995 Martin NXS
1997-2 Martin Cup
1998 Burton NXS
1998-1 Martin Cup
1999 Biffle Truck
2000 Biffle Truck
2002-1 Kenseth Cup
2003-1 Busch Cup
2004-2 Biffle Cup
2005-1 Biffle Cup
2006-2 Kenseth Cup
2007-1 Edwards Cup
2007 Kvapil Truck
2008-2 Edwards Cup
2008 Edwards NXS
2008 Darnell Truck
2009 Braun Truck
2011 Edwards NXS
2012-2 Biffle Cup
2013-1 Biffle Cup
Last Time Out & Where They Stand
Nashville: Buescher 14th, Keselowski 23rd & Preece 28th.
Points Standings (17: 14th, 60: 16th, 6: 32nd): Buescher moved into a playoff spot last weekend at Nashville, while Preece sits two points behind the cutline. Keselowski remains in 32nd and earned the last spot in NASCAR In-Season tournament.
