Roush Fenway Keselowski Auctions Off NASCAR History
With recent big changes in the sport, RFK is auctioning off old equipment to make space for new innovations.
Ford fanatics who follow NASCAR were rocked by two major changes to start the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. First, the Gen 6 car was replaced by the Next Gen car, which is all-new from the ground up. Second, 2012 Cup Series Champion Brad Keselowski departed Penske Racing to take on an ownership role at Roush Fenway Racing.
After a strong showing at the Daytona Duels, the newly-renamed RFK Racing has experienced some struggles with the new car. However, they’re beginning to show signs of promise, with some strong recent finishes. Hopefully, when the rebuilding process is complete, Roush will dominate the sport as it did in the early 2000s.
While the new Next Gen car has done much to level the playing field, its composite body – sourced from a third party – has rendered much of each teams’ fabricating equipment obsolete. RFK Racing is no different, and they’re auctioning off fabrication equipment, older engines, and even entire Gen 6 Mustangs to raise capital and clear up space.
A Candy Store For Race Fans
If you’ve ever dreamed of owning a NASCAR Mustang of your own, now is your chance. Numerous cars are available in varying states of completion. Most are still wrapped with the livery they last raced with. Ryan Newman fans can bid on one of the Rocket Man’s final Cup series rides.
You can also buy pit boxes, steering wheels, and even complete Roush Yates racing engines. There are quite a few relics of a now-bygone era of the sport. An impact gun – used to change tires on pit road – may not seem impressive on its own. However, with the switch from five lugs to a single center lug, this now-obsolete piece of equipment might be a collector’s item someday.
If we had a little more money to throw around, we’d be bidding on one of the short track rolling chassis and an engine and transmission to build ourselves the ultimate track toy. Even though we’ve seen plenty of street-legal NASCAR conversions, we’d be content to just roll our #17 Fastenal Mustang out of the garage, fire it up, and annoy the neighbors every now and again.
Photos: Iron Horse Auction Company
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