05/12/2022
Brad Keselowski – Kansas I Advance
Team: No. 6 King’s Hawaiian Ford Mustang
Crew Chief: Matt McCall
PR Contact: Brandon Lee; blee@rfkracing.com; 704-783-5446
Twitter: @RFK6Team, @RFKRacing and @keselowski
Race Format: 400 miles, 267 laps, Stages: 80-85-102
NCS Race at Kansas – Sunday, May 15 at 3 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN, SiriusXM Channel 90
ADVANCE NOTES
Weekend Format
- The weekend at Kansas features a practice session followed by group qualifying, where the top-10 fastest cars in group one will transfer to the final round and run for the pole.
Keselowski at Kansas Speedway
- Keselowski makes his 25th Cup start at Kansas on Sunday, one of 11 tracks he has multiple wins at. Keselowski won races at Kansas in 2011 and 2019, and has an overall average finish of 11.5.
- Keselowski has three top fives in the last four races, including a P3 finish last spring. He finished second in the 2020 spring event, and fourth that fall.
- His average qualifying effort at the 1.5-mile track stands as 9.5 with two career poles (2015, 2021).
- Keselowski also made a combined 10 starts in the Xfinity and Truck Series with one win and five combined top-10s.
Matt McCall at Kansas Speedway
- McCall will be on the box for his 15th Cup race at Kansas this weekend. He has five top-10s at the track with a best finish of fourth (twice – 2019, 2021).
- McCall’s average qualifying position is 15.9 with five starts inside the top 10.
QUOTE WORTHY
Keselowski on racing at Kansas:
“Kansas is a really fast race track and it carries so much speed with how spread out the racing can be there. We’re thrilled to be running the King’s Hawaiian car for the first time, a brand we’re excited to partner with moving forward and one that will make for some fun content. Our goal is to get back on track and keep finding speed as we head into the weekend.”
Last Time Out
Keselowski blew a tire last Sunday at Darlington and was knocked out of the race early, finishing 34th.
On the Car
King’s Hawaiian will make its debut with RFK this weekend as the primary partner with the No. 6 team, the first of two races for the iconic bread brand. Known for its famous soft and fluffy dinner rolls, King’s Hawaiian has launched its newest product, the Original Hawaiian Sweet Preztel Slider Buns and Original Hawaiian Sweet Preztel Hamburger Buns. The new products – the perfect balance of sweet and salty, and irresistibly soft and fluffy – join the existing product portfolio featuring rolls, sliced bread, hamburger buns, hot dog buns, mini-subs and sliders.
About King’s Hawaiian
Founded more than 70 years ago in Hilo, Hawaii, by Robert R. Taira, KING’S HAWAIIAN is a family-owned business that for three generations has been dedicated to providing irresistible, original recipe Hawaiian foods made with Aloha Spirit. A priority for the company is sharing the Hawaiian Way – a uniquely Hawaiian approach to hospitality based on graciousness, generosity, and a commitment to making everyone feel a part of the KING’S HAWAIIAN ‘ohana’ (extended family). KING’S HAWAIIAN makes the #1 branded dinner roll in the United States, along with other great Hawaiian foods including hamburger buns, hot dog buns, sandwich bread and more. The company operates baking facilities in Torrance, California, and Oakwood, Georgia. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.KingsHawaiian.com, or find KING’S HAWAIIAN on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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