Kaulig Racing

Tony Breidinger, she's back with Mac and Ally Hilgeman in the number 20.

Um, and then Connor Daly is gonna be the free agent driver this week once again for Kaulig.

I feel like the free agent thing was really fun, and then they just got to a point and it's like we ran out of free agents, so we just bring back some of the guys [laughs] that have already done it.

Uh, which, fine, we get Tony Stewart next week, so that'll be great.

Toni Breidinger, she's back with McEnally-Hilgeman in the number 20.

Um, and then Connor Daly is gonna be the free agent driver this week, once again for Kaulig.

I feel like the free agent thing was really fun, and then they just got to a point and it's like we ran out of free agents, so we just bring back some of the guys [laughs] that have already done it.

Uh, which, fine, we get Tony Stewart next week, so that'll be great.

Moving right along in DWD, a lot of rumors that Dodge is nearing a return to the Cup Series in 2027.

As we know, Dodge has partnered with Kaulig Racing.

They have Five RAM trucks that run in the truck series.

There's been a lot of talk about Dodge getting into, back into the cup series, and l- you know, of course, a lot of questions of where and when that's gonna be.

Chris Rice, CEO of Kaulig Racing, has been open that it really depends on power.

Where are they getting their engines from? Has been announced that RCR, which of course is owned in partnership with ECR Engines, they are going to build engines for Dodge.

And when you get into the details, it's really just for Dodge to get back into the sport, and even the other manufacturers, Chevy, Ford, and Toyota, have agreed to the terms, and it's the understanding that this is gonna be a short-term solution to get Dodge back into the cup series, get their feet wet, with the long-term solution that Dodge is gonna supply their own engines, their own power.

Now, a certain team has worked with ECR in the past.

That's Kaulig Racing, where they get their engines now.

It feels like Kaulig is gonna be a Dodge team, and it, it, it feels like if Brad is not going to another, which there's a lot of track house rumors this week, uh, with him, it feels like this is the spot for Brad.

What do you think of Dodge's-

Um, so I don't see them moving.

But I think Trackhouse and Kaulig would be teams where I could see potentially entertaining a new manufacturer coming in, um, and working with them.

And again, I'm not privy to every single alliance-

Yeah

Um, a quick Google search, RCR, we mentioned, is, uh, running ECR engines.

Also, Kaulig, Trackhouse, and Rick Ware are all contracted to run R... uh, ECR, uh, Chevys.

So, um, all right, let's get into this weekend's race at Phoenix.

It's Sunday afternoon at about 2:00 Central Time.

But for them to get in right away, ECR is, is going to produce their engines, assuming they can close this agreement.

Um, so Dodge coming in obviously sparks questions and debates, right? Kaulig we know obviously will go to Dodge.

They've got the Ram program already.

They're already have, you know, splintered their relationship with, um, Chevrolet, although they do have a relationship with ECR, so maybe that's ties all that in.

Obviously, we'll, we can have the speculation if they don't start announcing it by the time the season's over.

But obviously that'll be a speculation for the off-season as to which other team joins suit.

But I mean, I don't know that I have any, any front runners outside of Kaulig that I think could make the switch, but-

Yeah, I mean, Kaulig is the shoo-in, right? With just because of obviously their relationship with Ram right now, and, and it's been assumed they'll be the first team.