How do you fix something that refuses to be fixed? That is the question that RFK Racing is currently plagued by. What began with great expectations and fast cars has devolved into a series of outcomes so perplexing that even the most seasoned NASCAR experts are finding it difficult to interpret. “There’s, like, a million of those decisions during one of these races, and you just try to get a feel for it, and I guessed wrong,” Brad Keselowski said after the wreck during the Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta.
Chaos broke out on Lap 150 of the Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta when the densely populated draft broke down in Turn 3. When Corey LaJoie slipped beneath Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski, who was running in the middle of the pack, was trapped in a chain-reaction crash. Elliott was pinballed into the outside wall after the contact propelled him up the track into Keselowski’s No. 6 Ford. It was a painful early exit for the RFK Racing driver, and the hit terminated Keselowski’s day and caused serious damage to everyone involved.
But it became evident that this is more than simply bad luck when Dale Jr. leaned in and asked insightful questions of veteran spotter TJ Majors. It concerns what occurs when the team runs out of reasons and begins searching for anything that could shift the energy.
All speed, no results: RFK’s season spirals into chaos with no answers
The NASCAR icon spoke out about Brad Keselowski’s disastrous 2025 season in a frank and upset debate on the Dale Jr. Download, and he provided a humorously supernatural remedy. “Are you gonna get a holy man in there? You need to bring somebody in there with the stones and the salt and all that… change the energy. Y’all need to have an exorcist,” Dale Jr. said.
What began as a race recap slowly turned into a comedy sketch featuring ghost-busting rituals and NASCAR bad juju. “Man, when are you all gonna get it right? What’s going on with the sixth car? Y’all are having some bad luck. I am tired of this s—, TJ,” Dale Jr. pondered. He added, “I went from thinking Brad is just about to win any minute to going, ‘Damn!’” The 2025 season for Keselowski has been a master class in terrible breaks. Even though the No. 6 vehicle ran inside the top 5 at Atlanta, it later got entangled in a multi-car crash on Lap 150, which then resulted in a 39th-place finish.
Not far from the similar bad luck among others was Las Vegas, and Texas, where he failed to finish in the top 10 at all in the season’s first ten races. A pit blunder at Talladega, a cut tire at Martinsville, and a loose wheel at Richmond have all resulted in finishes that don’t accurately represent the car’s capabilities. Top that with 4 DNFs this season, and it doesn’t get any brighter.
“That makes two of us, I don’t recall ever having a start of the year. If something’s gonna happen. I haven’t taken a race off, and we still lost a wheel. So I know it’s not me,” TJ Majors, clueless, said. Chris Buescher, Keselowski’s teammate, has also had trouble finding rhythm, and he is way beyond the playoff cutline. Buescher’s 2025 campaign has been far from expectations, with five top-10 results, one top-5 finish, and several mid-pack finishes, following a stellar 2024 campaign in which he won twice and a breakout 2023 campaign.
Feb 3, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (6) during media availabilities at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
“Preece is being messed with, too. We need to do something… We just need to put it all together,” Majors remarked. Despite not being an RFK driver, Ryan Preece, a driver for SHR, has been working closely with RFK’s Ford technical alliance. According to the podcast, he was a “bright spot.” He demonstrated speed at Texas, but an incident involving Carson Hocevar caused Ryan Preece’s race to stall during the last stage of the 2025 Würth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Hocevar’s car veered wide as the field came out of Turn 2, colliding into Preece and putting both of them into the outer wall. Cody Ware was also engaged in this crash, which resulted in a multi-car collision and a late caution. And before being destroyed, he came very close to winning at Talladega. It relates to a broader narrative: Ford has demonstrated speed in spurts but inconsistent execution. The fact that even the alliance cars cannot get in is a bigger issue.
“All the cars run the same speed, TJ. We all know the cars are fast. You’re just having bad luck. Same speed, same parts, same cars. It’s all the same.” Considering the mounting worries regarding NASCAR’s Next Gen vehicle, the car’s standardized components, which were intended for cost and parity, have leveled the playing field, but at the expense of less creative passing and teamwork.
While Brad Keselowski’s winless streak may be a thing of grief for Earnhardt Jr., he recently received some news to cheer him up.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns to the booth as TNT unveils NASCAR In-Season Challenge broadcast team
The broadcast team for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series has been formally revealed by TNT Sports. The network will begin coverage of the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge on June 28 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be the main attraction. Adam Alexander, a seasoned play-by-play commentator, and Steve Letarte, a former crew chief who is now an analyst, will both be in the booth. Both NASCAR and Alexander, who oversaw TNT’s Cup Series coverage from 2010 to 2014, are making a big comeback to the network.
“TNT Sports Announces Full Broadcast Team for Inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge ,” TNT Sports wrote. This new position builds on Earnhardt Jr.’s already prosperous second media career. Earnhardt, who retired from full-time racing in 2018 to join NBC Sports, has received a lot of recognition for his passionate and perceptive commentary. His now-famous “Slide job!” call during Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson’s thrilling finish at the 2018 Chicagoland Speedway marked the beginning of his instantly renowned NBC debut. Later, in 2022, he became a guest analyst at Talladega for FOX Sports, expanding his broadcasting reach and solidifying his position as a fan favorite in the booth.
“I was standing there, and I was like, I ain’t said four words. I hadn’t said 10 words, maybe in the whole stage. I was so mad and frustrated. Burton, standing there next to me, elbows me and goes, ‘We ain’t going to step out of the way. You’ve got to get in here.’ He’s like, ‘You got to force your way in here. We’re not going to stop and wait on you,” the 50-year-old said of his experience in the booth at NBC in 2018.
Though its new booth roster implies a forward-looking approach—blending experience, familiarity, and fan-friendly energy—TNT’s return to NASCAR broadcasting evokes a flood of nostalgia. Viewers can anticipate in-depth commentary, behind-the-scenes knowledge, and the kind of authenticity that only a former driver can provide, with Dale Jr. at the forefront.
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