Kaulig Racing, Ram unveil unique Free Agent program for 2026 NASCAR Truck Series

Kaulig Racing and Ram said they would bring immoderate outside-the-box ideas to the Craftsman Truck Series – and they’re delivering with the adjacent signifier of the motortruck manufacturer’s instrumentality to NASCAR.

It was announced Monday that a unsocial Free Agent Program for the #25 Ram 1500 astatine Kaulig Racing volition debut successful the 2026 Craftsman Truck Series. The programme volition bring an "unexpected and chartless lineup of drivers from antithetic racing disciplines to vie passim the season."

"The Free Agent spot gives america the flexibility to bring successful endowment portion keeping fans connected their toes," Matt Kaulig, proprietor of Kaulig Racing, said successful a statement. "Each operator volition bring thing unsocial to the team. It’s a caller idea, and precisely the benignant of vigor we privation heading into 2026."

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Matt Kaulig, CEO of Kaulig Racing, excited for the caller Free Agent programme on with Ram for adjacent season.  (Kaulig Racing)

The Free Agent spot volition diagnostic a premix of drivers from assorted racing backgrounds. Ram and Kaulig Racing volition denote the Free Agent operator connected the Monday earlier each contention adjacent season, keeping the bid caller with antithetic competitors.

"Few radical volition ever acquisition the earthy strength of driving successful a NASCAR contention – V-max speeds, crushing G-forces, raging adrenaline, primal absorption – 170 mph successful postulation is dancing connected a razor’s edge. It’s a unreserved that is hard to replicate," Tim Kuniskis, CEO of Ram, said successful a statement. "Until subject fabrication becomes reality, spectators tin lone glimpse the feeling, ne'er genuinely unrecorded it. So wherefore bash 20 cardinal fans emotion this sport? Ask 5 and you’ll get 5 antithetic answers, but 1 communal thread: the transportation to teams and drivers, personalities larger than life. No. 25 isn’t chasing points, we are chasing thing bigger, celebrating and amplifying instrumentality engagement with the Free Agents, Kaulig Racing and the Ram brand. That’s the sole mission."

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Ram announced successful August that Kaulig Racing would beryllium its anchor mill squad arsenic it makes a long-awaited instrumentality to NASCAR.

The Free Agent drivers volition not vie for the Craftsman Truck Series championship, arsenic Kuniskis noted erstwhile helium said the #25 motortruck "isn’t chasing points."

Debut look astatine caller Kaulig Racing Ram 1500 truck, which volition beryllium utilized successful the 2026 Craftsman Truck Series.  (Kaulig Racing)

Instead, Ram volition make a prize programme based connected the champion idiosyncratic contention performances. Only drivers who vie successful the Free Agent motortruck volition beryllium eligible, with the apical performer recognized astatine the extremity of the season.

Five Ram 1500 trucks were announced for Kaulig Racing’s 2026 lineup, with Brenden "Butterbean" Queen, Daniel Dye and Justin Haley serving arsenic full-time drivers. The different 2 entries see the Free Agent motortruck and different operator to beryllium announced astatine a aboriginal date.

Kaulig told Fox News Digital successful August, erstwhile the concern with Ram was announced, that it was "a national of shared values." He said his relation arsenic squad proprietor revolves astir reasoning otherwise from others successful NASCAR portion helping Ram reestablish itself successful the sport.

"To present articulation forces arsenic the anchor squad for Ram’s instrumentality to NASCAR is some an grant and a responsibility," Kaulig said then. "Together, we’re acceptable to acceptable a caller modular connected contention time and successful the interaction we marque disconnected the track."

Ram and Kaulig Racing person announced their Free Agent program, which volition bring successful a new, caller radical of Craftsman Truck Series drivers successful NASCAR successful 2026. (Ram/Kaulig Racing)

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And Kuniskis said it then: "We needed a spouse that genuinely aligns with the Ram marque and embraces our unconventional attack to NASCAR."

This is astir arsenic unconventional arsenic it gets, but it’s focused connected instrumentality engagement, elite endowment and, of course, the earthy horsepower Ram plans to present connected Feb. 13, 2026, erstwhile the play kicks disconnected astatine the iconic Daytona International Speedway.

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