Kaulig Racing is set to become the anchor factory team for Ram as the Stellantis brand returns to NASCAR for the first time since the 2012 season.
They will have five trucks, featuring Brenden Queen, Daniel Dye, and Justin Haley as full-time drivers. The fourth truck will feature a rotating cast of all-star drivers beginning with Tony Stewart, while the fifth truck will be awarded to the winner of the RAM: Race For The Seat competition that is currently airing.
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And while we still don’t officially know the complete driver lineup because of that, we now know the crew chiefs for each entry.
Dan Stillman will partner with Daniel Dye and the No. 10 truck. This veteran has worked 61 Cup races as a crew chief with various teams, 267 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (NOAPS) races, and 62 Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) races. He has five wins as a crew chief in NOAPS, ending the 2009 season as the championship runner-up with Carl Edwards.
Eddie Pardue will partner with reigning ARCA Menards Series champion Brenden Queen in the No. 12 truck, working 33 Cup races, 384 NOAPS races, and 22 Truck races. He is also a proven winner in the O’Reilly Series, earning three wins during the 2009 season.
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Mike Hillman Jr. will partner with Justin Haley in the No. 16 truck, and is perhaps the most experienced crew chief on this list. He has spent 30 years in the top level of the sport sitting atop the pit box for 402 Cup races the pit box, as well as 107 O’Reilly races, and 39 Truck races. As a crew chief, he won four NOAPS races (1988 and 1990) and two NCTS races (2004).
Bruce Cook will lead the driver who wins the RAM: Race For The Seat competition in the No. 14, and Alex Yontz will work with the rotating driver roster in the all-star No. 25 truck.
Cook has 134 NOAPS races and 122 NCTS races as a crew chief, which includes one O’Reilly win and six Truck wins all during the 2011 season. Yontz has 217 O’Reilly races under his belt, all with Kaulig Racing so he will be in a familiar position in 2026 — just a different series. Nine of Kaulig’s NOAPS victories came with Yontz atop the pit box, and with four different drivers.
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