Kenny Wallace must have put some hot sauce in his coffee on Sunday morning as he was spitting fire when he reacted to RFK Racing’s explanation for why the team is splitting with Brad Keselowski.

RFK Racing announced that Keselowski would no longer race for the team following the conclusion of the 2026 season and that it would work with him to seemingly buy out his ownership stake in the company.

“Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing and Brad Keselowski today announced that Keselowski will conclude his tenure as driver of the No. 6 Ford Dark Horse Mustang following the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, bringing to a close an important chapter for both Keselowski and the organization,” the press release stated.

It added, “RFK Racing and Keselowski intend to collaboratively and mutually work through the appropriate next steps regarding his existing ownership interest in the organization, and the team supports his desire to explore his career opportunities elsewhere.”

Sailors assigned to Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Greeneville (SSN 772) meet with NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski during NASCAR San Diego Weekend on Naval Base Coronado, June 20, 2026. Marking the nation and the Navy’s 250th birthday celebrations, NASCAR San Diego Weekend, hosted aboard Naval Base Coronado June 19-21, delivers a unique, high-profile sports experience that blends motorsports with Navy heritage. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiarra Brown)

Ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas, RFK Racing President Chip Bowers explained why the team was splitting with Keselowski, ” “For Brad is that he really has an interest in being a race car driver for the foreseeable future. I think a 5-year+ plan is what he’s got his eyes on. And I applaud that. We are excited about Brad, considering all the things that he’s considering and things he wants to achieve on the track. I think that’s tremendous. We’re going to be rooting for him the entire way.”

However, Bowers shared that having Brad behind the wheel for five years was not what RFK Racing wanted. Instead, they wanted him to transition to more of an ownership role. 

“So when we looked at it, we wanted to make sure organizationally that not only we set ourselves up for near-term success, but really long-term sustainable success. And so when we started looking at what the next three years look like for us an beyond, it was clear that we wanted Brad to start focusing more on his role in competition. We felt like, as you all know, you look at Chris Gabehart or Chad Knauss, and the list goes on and on and on. These are 24/7 jobs. You have to live, breathe it constantly. And if we want to be in the same conversation as Hendrick Motorsports and Penske Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing, it’s going to take that level of commitment. And that’s what we’re focused on as a company. That’s what we’re focused on across the entire organization.”

“So for us, we wanted that to be a natural transition over the next two to three years for Brad. I think he wants to continue to drive for much longer than that, and that’s fine. We applaud that. Like I said, we want to give Brad, because we have so much immense respect and appreciation for Brad, every opportunity to do all the things he wants to do in his career,” he added. “But that’s what makes it so hard. This is a business and we just weren’t aligned with that and that happens sometimes. We just wanted to make the competition side more of a focus. He wanted to focus more on the driving side. We get that and that’s why it took us so long to get here. Is that we worked so hard and diligently to find a solution and just couldn’t get there. And that happens sometimes in business.”

Wallace shared his reaction to Bowers’ explanation saying, “Oh, by the way that was bull[crap]! The only thing real was Stewart-Haas. Tony must have had some pull. Stewart Haas that really worked. RFK? All show. The K on the end, Roush, Fenway Keselowski. That was all fake. Come to find out, Keselowski didn’t have any pull. He was brought in there to make the team more competitive and he did.”

“If the K would have worked, Brad would have been his own boss,” Wallace added. “Tony was his own boss over at Stewart-Haas. A lesson for all of you that want to try this once.”

Wallace then got to Bowers’ specific comments regarding Keselowski’s desire to continue driving and RFK Racing’s desire to have him transition out of the seat and into an executive role.

“Are you kidding me? ‘Hey, we want you to stop racing. You’re supposed to be an executive now.’ You’re telling a NASCAR champion and a guy that’s won all those races in NASCAR, ‘You need to stop racing,’ when you’re not ready to stop racing. Brad Keselowski for the win, everybody.”

“I don’t care if it’s two or three years, when you’re a racer like me, you—. I have people to this day go, ‘Herman, why are you still racing?’ I’m like, ”Cause I love it. It’s my life. Inject it into my veins. Look, I’m giving you a shot. It’s got racing in it. What is that serum you put in that needle? It’s called racing. I love racing.'”

“So Brad Keselowski says, ‘I’m not ready to stop racing.’ So they fired him. Crazy ass story if I’ve ever heard one,” Wallace stated. “That’s what the boss at RF told all the media in the media room.”

“So Brad K says, ‘Listen, there’s a lot more to this story. I got to let it play out.’ He said, ‘A month ago, two months ago, I knew this was coming. So two months ago, Brad K. said he could see the writing on the wall. So RFK was a joke. It was RF all along. If it was really RFK, he would have stayed there,” Wallace concluded.

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