According to The Athletic, part of the New York Times, Ram is planning to return to NASCAR truck racing with the 2026 season, and Dodge may be rejoining the mainstream car series later on.
Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota all compete in the national truck series. Ram has not fielded a truck there, but Dodge has. NASCAR is currently reviewing Ram’s application, and is expected to approve it. To race next year, NASCAR would likely have to approve the application quite soon.
Dodge won three truck manufacturer championships and two drivers championships from 2001 through 2005—but when it did, companies used their own engines. Today, Ilmor makes every NASCAR engine to the same specifications.
Dodge itself could join the Cup series by 2027 or 2028; this was reportedly first rumored by CatchFence.com.
NASCAR started out with stock car racing, but currently races special cars that are not street-legal and are created specifically for the series. The SCCA still has a series of true stock car races.
David Zatz started what was to become the world’s biggest, most comprehensive Mopar site in 1994 as he pursued a career in organizational research and change. After a chemo-induced break, during which he wrote car books covering Vipers, minivans, and Jeeps, he returned with Patrick Rall to create StellPower.com for daily news, and to set up MoTales for mo’ tales.
David Zatz has around 30 years of experience in covering Chrysler/Mopar news and history, and most recently wrote Century of Chrysler, a 100-year retrospective on the Chrysler marque.
Discover more from Stellpower - that Mopar news site
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.