After spending the last season-and-a-half as the driver of the No. 60 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for RFK Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series, Ryan Preece will be returning to the organization in 2027.
RFK Racing co-owner Brad Keselowski confirmed in a media scrum Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway that the three-car operation has indeed picked up Preece’s option to return for the organization for another season and did so several months ago.
“We had a multi-year contract with Ryan [Preece], and we picked up his option here a few months ago,” said Brad Keselowski. “We’re going to continue to keep him as a part of the family for a while.”
The 35-year-old driver is currently in the midst of his seventh season as a full-time driver in the NASCAR Cup Series, having spent three seasons with JTG Daugherty Racing (2019 to 2021), and two seasons with Stewart-Haas Racing (2023 to 2024), before joining the team co-owned by Keselowski, Fenway Sports Group, and Jack Roush.
Last year was, without question, the best season of his NASCAR Cup Series career, as the Berlin, Connecticut-native collected a career-high three top-fives (three times his previous high) and 14 top-10s (more than double his previous high of five).
While this season has provided a little bit more of a struggle when it comes to finding highlight-reel-worthy finishes, Preece did manage to capture a major victory in the pre-season exhibition event at Bowman Gray Stadium in February. With no top-fives and four top-10s, Preece currently sits 18th in NASCAR Cup Series point standings, the same position he finished in 2025.
The elephant in the room for Preece and RFK Racing, though, for 2027, is whether Preece’s No. 60 Ford Mustang will even have a charter – with the one currently being leased to the team by Rick Ware Racing set to be awarded to LEGACY MOTOR CLUB at season’s end for their third entry.
Preece is still able to run full-time if his No. 60 is unchartered; in fact, it’s something he’s done before while driving the second entry at JTG Daugherty Racing (which is now HYAK Motorsports), however, it does come with a significant financial downside to the team that is fielding the entry.
