Timothy \u201cMini\u201d Tyrrell, a 21-year-old racer from Manassas, Virginia, clinched the No. 14 for Kaulig Racing full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series by winning the finale of the RAM:\u00a0Race for the Seat\u00a0competition Friday night.<\/p>\n
Tyrrell, competing against 14 other up-and-coming drivers, secured the top spot in the reality-based series that tested competitors on road courses, ovals and in off-track challenges designed to evaluate adaptability, leadership and racecraft. <\/p>\n
Tyrrell\u2019s consistent performance throughout the contest earned him the No. 14 Ram 1500 entry with Kaulig Racing for the upcoming 2026 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The finale unfolded at South Boston Speedway, where Tyrrell overcame a narrow points deficit to Carson Ferguson entering the final showdown. <\/p>\n
After winning a critical heat race, Tyrrell\u2019s point total was enough to outpace Ferguson and claim the season-long prize.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s unreal,\u201d Tyrrell said. \u201cI can\u2019t wait to get to work. This is the craziest day of my life.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ferguson, a dirt-track standout, rebounded later in the finale to win a separate 20-lap race that netted him $50,000 and a one-off opportunity to compete in the No. 25 Ram truck at Martinsville Speedway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tyrrell, a rising star in the CARS Tour with multiple wins and a notable victory in the Throwback Classic at Hickory Motor Speedway, brings a wealth of short-track experience to the national stage. <\/p>\n
The\u00a0Race for the Seat\u00a0series, produced in partnership with Kaulig Racing and Ram Trucks, aimed to spotlight emerging talent and provide a merit-based path to the Truck Series. <\/p>\n
The program featured televised and streamed content showcasing both racing and off-track tests over eight episodes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tyrrell joins a Kaulig Racing lineup that includes Brenden \u201cButterbean\u201d Queen in the No. 12, Daniel Dye in the No. 10 and Justin Haley in the No. 16. The organization also plans a rotating \u201cfree agent\u201d entry with veteran Tony Stewart in the No. 25 at Daytona International Speedway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season opens next weekend at Daytona, where expectations are high for the expanded Ram-backed Kaulig contingent.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Timothy \u201cMini\u201d Tyrrell, a 21-year-old racer from Manassas, Virginia, clinched the No. 14 for Kaulig Racing full-time in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-461975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}