RFK Racing co-owner and driver Brad Keselowski has reacted to his race-ending wreck at Talladega Superspeedway, claiming that he “couldn’t have done anything different.”

During Stage 1 of the Jack Link’s 500 NASCAR Cup Series race, a number of cars headed for pit road on Lap 43, leading to a multi-car wreck.

Keselowski crashed into Kyle Busch, and as a result, Alex Bowman and Ryan Blaney got caught up in the mess too. Chris Buescher also suffered damage but was able to continue with the race, although a spin 10 laps later ended his race.

Commenting to the media after the race, Keselowski explained:

“It was just a stack of guys trying to come to pit road as fast as they could and we were kind of the ham in the sandwich that got squeezed.

Brad Keselowski, driver of the #6 BuildSubmarines.com Ford, greets fans as he walks onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Jack Link’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on April 27, 2025 in Talladega,…


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“I waved down the backstretch to let everybody know I was gonna pit and I came off of four and everybody was so tight behind me that I didn’t even have a chance to turn left. I hate that it ruined not just our day, but several other people’s day. I don’t think I could do anything different.”

Blaney also commented on the wreck, stating:

“It looked like a group of guys trying to get to pit road and maybe some guys not knowing that they were coming to pit road and not giving them any room,” Blaney said.

“I saw the 8 and 6 kind of get hooked together, and they were going up the track, so I kind of picked the bottom and tried to get out of there, and I think they clipped someone outside of them, and the 6 came back into me, and I got clipped in the right-rear.

“Oh gosh, man, another DNF. It just sucks. Just when we were kind of getting our momentum and didn’t even get to race today. We’ll just move on to Texas.”

Both Keselowski and Blaney were sent to the infield medical center and were cleared.

NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega: Jack Link’s 500 race results

  1. Austin Cindric
  2. Kyle Larson
  3. William Byron
  4. Noah Gragson
  5. Chase Elliott
  6. Carson Hocevar
  7. Alex Bowman
  8. Bubba Wallace
  9. Daniel Suarez
  10. Austin Dillon
  11. Michael McDowell
  12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  13. Cole Custer
  14. Tyler Reddick
  15. Chase Briscoe
  16. Todd Gilliland
  17. Ty Gibbs
  18. Erik Jones
  19. Zane Smith
  20. Ross Chastain
  21. Denny Hamlin
  22. Riley Herbst
  23. Ty Dillon
  24. A.J. Allmendinger
  25. Justin Haley
  26. Josh Berry
  27. Kyle Busch
  28. Anthony Alfredo
  29. Shane van Gisbergen
  30. John H. Nemechek
  31. Cody Ware
  32. J.J. Yeley
  33. BJ McLeod – DNF
  34. Chris Buescher – DNF
  35. Christopher Bell – DNF
  36. Brad Keselowski – DNF
  37. Ryan Blaney – DNF
  38. Ryan Preece – DSQ
  39. Joey Logano – DSQ