From Scratch to a Five-Truck Fleet
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It was audacious, ridiculous and outrageous all at once, and Matt Kaulig knew it
Kaulig stood on pit road in the minutes before the start of the Feb. 13 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series opener at Daytona International Speedway, the track's lights high atop the frontstretch grandstands illuminating the 37-truck grid. Kaulig's new Ram truck team had yet to run a lap in anger, and already he could enjoy a moment of major accomplishment.
Five shiny Kaulig Racing trucks were scattered across the starting field. Only a few months earlier, the team had not even a truck fender, with the upcoming season an onrushing bull and the clock ticking.
"It was very, very, very surreal," Kaulig said. "For us to build five trucks -- we didn't even sign the Ram deal until the summer -- it was an epic undertaking. Some people in the racing world understand what we did to accomplish that, but they don't really understand how we did it. I mean, we had nothing.
"Daytona was an awesome moment."
Now the Truck season is three races old, and teams have been enjoying a three-week break before Race No. 4 today at Darlington Raceway.
Three races in, Kaulig executives are pleased to have had a top-10 finish in each race but are more excited by the fact that they "won" the rushed preseason construction process and have dominated much of the current talk about the Truck Series, in particular Ram's big splash at Daytona.
The Kaulig Truck Team Darlington Line-Up
- 20th --- Corey LaJoie
- 22nd --- AJ Allmendinger
- 25th --- Justin Haley
- 29th --- Brenden Queen
- 30th --- Mini Tyrell
JUMPIN TRUCKS!
— Kaulig Trucks (@Kaulig_Trucks) March 20, 2026
Stay tuned for a full video next week of @03Butterbean and @MiniTyrrell getting BIG AIR in some @RamTrucks!! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/6QN4UxwPYK
