09/15/2022

RFK Weekly Advance | Bristol II

Roush Fenway Keselowski Weekly Advance | Bristol II

The annual Bristol Night Race is next on the calendar for the NASCAR circuit, as RFK takes its two Ford Mustangs to ‘The World’s Fastest Half Mile’ this weekend to try and steal a victory in the final race of the opening round of the 2022 NASCAR Playoffs.

NASCAR Cup Series Race at Bristol

Saturday, Sept. 17 | 7:30 p.m. ET

USA, PRN, SiriusXM Channel 90

• Brad Keselowski, No. 6 Kohler Generators Ford Mustang
• Chris Buescher, No. 17 Fastenal Ford Mustang

Runner Up

RFK’s storied history at Bristol began on April 10, 1988 with the No. 6 NCS car earning a second-place finish. Since that time, in addition to the organization’s 11 NCS wins at the track, RFK Fords have finished second at Bristol on 15 occasions (7 NCS, 4 NXS, 4 NCWTS).

One-Two Punch

RFK’s most recent victory at Bristol came after sweeping the top two positions in the March 2014 event with former driver Carl Edwards taking the victory and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. coming home in second. Edwards led the final 78 laps of the event to earn the victory.

History and Hot Streaks at “Thunder Valley”

RFK’s history at Bristol has been one of hot streaks, including trips to victory lane in nine of the last 20 seasons at the famed short track. RFK swept the track in 2003 and put a NCS car in victory lane at least once in every season from 2002-2008.

Thunder Rolls

RFK has earned five victories, 23 top-five finishes, 37 top-10 finishes and an average finish of 15.8 at Bristol in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Former RFK driver David Ragan earned the organization’s most recent Xfinity victory at the .533-mile short track in the Aug. 2009 event.

Tale of the Tape

RFK has started 217 NCS races at Bristol, recording 11 total wins with 50 top-five and 88 top-10 finishes. RFK Fords have an average finish of 16.0 with 3396 laps led all-time.

RFK Bristol Wins

1993-2    Martin       Cup

1996-1    Martin       NXS

1997-1    Burton       NXS

1998-2    Martin       Cup

2002-1    Busch         Cup

2003-1    Busch         Cup

2003-2    Busch         Cup

2003-2    Busch         Cup

2004-1    Busch         Cup

2004        Edwards    Truck

2005-2    Kenseth    Cup

2006-2    Kenseth    Cup

2006       Martin      Truck

2006-2    Kenseth    NXS

2007-1    Edwards    NXS

2007-2    Edwards    Cup

2008-2    Edwards    Cup

2009-2    Ragan         NXS

2014 -1  Edwards    Cup

By the Numbers at Bristol

Race      Win       T5           T10         Pole       Laps       Led        AvSt      AvFn     Miles

217         11           50           88           11           102682       3396       18.2        16.0        51341

98           5              23           37           4              24218       1653       13.2        15.8        12109

23           2              4              9              3              4097       318         12.6        14.5        2048.5

338         18           77           134         18           130997      5367       16.4        15.9        65498.5

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