{"id":630495,"date":"2026-10-14T15:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630495\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:52:15","slug":"supercars-star-linked-to-vacant-nascar-seat-at-rfk-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630495\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars star linked to vacant NASCAR seat at RFK Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Supercars\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe #6 RFK Racing Ford Mustang of Brad Keselowski. Image: Getty Images\/Amy Kontras\/<\/p>\n

Keselowski will depart the team at the end of this year and is rumoured to be exploring multiple options in NASCAR.<\/p>\n

RFK Racing has been run as a three-car team with two in-house charters and another leased from Rick Ware Racing.<\/p>\n

That leased charter is set to shift stables in 2027 to Legacy Motor Club for Riley Herbst.<\/p>\n

RFK is hopeful of acquiring a third charter, but in the event that it doesn\u2019t, will run the third car as a full-time, non-chartered entry.<\/p>\n

It is expected that RFK\u2019s charters will be used for the #17 and #60 cars of Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece respectively leaving the #6 as a non-chartered, open entry.<\/p>\n

Speedcafe understands Feeney is the front-runner for an opportunity to tackle selected road course races with RFK.<\/p>\n

Feeney spent time with the team during a visit to the Sonoma road course race this year<\/a>, with a view to 2027 opportunities.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s made clear that his ideal 2027 program includes a mix of NASCAR and international GT races<\/a> alongside a full Supercars schedule.<\/p>\n

Speaking on his Door Bumper Clear podcast, Bubba Wallace\u2019s spotter Freddie Kraft hinted at the possibility of a Supercars driver in the #6 car.<\/p>\n

\u201cInterestingly enough, I have been hearing an Australian driver\u2019s name mentioned a heck of a lot around that #6 car for next year,\u201d said Kraft.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not SVG (Shane van Gisbergen). I think he\u2019s from Australia. He runs in Australian Supercars.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019ve heard that name mentioned a little bit, so it will be interesting to see how that plays out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kraft\u2019s comments, albeit veiled, have revived speculation about Feeney\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n

In any case, interested Supercars drivers will have to wait before committing to any NASCAR opportunities with the 2027 calendar still pending a release.<\/p>\n

The 2027 NASCAR Cup Series will visit Circuit of the Americas on March 7, Sonoma on July 11, San Diego street on August 1, and Watkins Glen on September 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The #6 RFK Racing Ford Mustang of Brad Keselowski. Image: Getty Images\/Amy Kontras\/ Keselowski will depart the team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17209,111,139,69,251765,216,213],"class_list":["post-630495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-broc-feeney","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rfk-racing","tag-slot3","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}