Brad Keselowski founded the team as a one-car operation competing part-time in the ARCA Racing Series in 2007, before expanding into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2008. The team was based in Mooresville, North Carolina before relocating to a new facility in Statesville, North Carolina in 2015. BKR ran primarily as a Ford team, becoming closely associated with Ford Performance's driver development program and serving as a proving ground for factory-backed prospects. The organization typically fielded two full-time trucks — the Nos. 19 and 29 — and occasionally ran a third entry.
The team's first notable breakout came in 2012, when Ryan Blaney won at Iowa Speedway, delivering BKR its first-ever Truck Series victory in just his third start behind the wheel of the No. 29. Blaney returned in 2013 and 2014, adding wins at Pocono and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park respectively, and finished runner-up in the championship standings at the end of 2014.
Tyler Reddick drove the No. 19 truck full-time in 2015, winning twice — at Daytona and Dover — before finishing second in the overall standings. The following year, Reddick switched to the No. 29 and won the fall Las Vegas race, sparking BKR's first 1-2 finish in the series.
Daniel Hemric piloted the No. 19 in 2016, qualifying for the inaugural Truck Series Chase and ending the season sixth in points, before departing for the Xfinity Series with Richard Childress Racing.
In the team's final season of 2017, Austin Cindric drove the No. 19 and Chase Briscoe drove the No. 29, both competing for Rookie of the Year honors. Cindric scored his first career Truck Series win at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in his 22nd start. Briscoe earned his first win at the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, giving BKR a fitting final victory in its closing race. Briscoe also earned the distinction of being named the first driver in the Ford Performance Driver Development Program.
Brad Keselowski himself drove for his own team on multiple occasions. In 2008, he piloted the No. 19 at Phoenix, using the engine from his race-winning Nationwide Series car from Bristol that weekend, and finished sixth. He also drove the No. 19 part-time in 2012 and recorded the team's first Truck Series win as a driver at Bristol in 2014, during a year when Tyler Reddick was sharing the No. 19 duties.
The roster of drivers who developed through BKR before advancing to Cup Series careers reads as a who's who of the era's young talent: Ryan Blaney, Tyler Reddick, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric, Daniel Hemric, and Parker Kligerman all drove for the organization. Joey Logano also made part-time appearances, winning the spring Martinsville race in 2015 while driving the No. 29, earning his first career Truck Series victory.
Brad Keselowski Racing operated for a decade as one of the more effective driver development programs in NASCAR, with its Ford Performance alignment giving it both factory support and a clear mandate to identify and polish young talent. Despite never fielding a championship-winning truck, the team's alumni have accumulated Cup Series wins, championships, and regular starts across the top two tiers of NASCAR. When BKR closed at the end of 2017, it did so with a final win — Chase Briscoe's victory at Homestead — underlining the team's consistent role as a winner in one of NASCAR's most competitive developmental series.