{"id":52102,"date":"2025-08-07T13:22:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/52102\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T13:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:22:06","slug":"dodge-in-talks-with-multiple-teams-ahead-of-nascar-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/52102\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodge in talks with MULTIPLE teams ahead of NASCAR return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                                Change your timezone:&#13;<br \/>\n                                                                                                &#13;<br \/>\n                                                &#13;\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"NASCAR Cup Series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/us\/tags\/nascar-cup-series\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASCAR Cup Series<\/a> may well see an iconic name return sooner rather than later, according to reports. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nRAM intend to make their re-entry into the sport via the Truck Series in 2026, but the Dodge spinoff have made no secrets that their loftier end goals include Cup Series entries. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a title=\"The Athletic&#039;s Jordan Bianchi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6527930\/2025\/08\/05\/nascar-free-agency-justin-haley-daniel-suarez-trackhouse-denny-hamlin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Athletic&#8217;s Jordan Bianchi<\/a> reported last week that the company has held talks with at least one team with Cup Series involvement, with a fresh RAM-helmed entry thought to be a less likely option. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nThe consensus within the garage,&#8221; Bianchi writes, &#8220;is that Dodge would be best served by aligning with an already operational team that knows the ins and outs of NASCAR, helping to mitigate the typical issues that inevitably arise when a new manufacturer comes in.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Many NASCAR teams in RAM conversations<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Teardown podcast&#8217;s co-host also added, cryptically: &#8220;Expect substantial movement on this soon.&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a title=\"Kaulig Racing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/us\/tags\/Kaulig-Racing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaulig Racing<\/a> president <a title=\"Chris Rice also spoke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpfans.com\/us\/f1-news\/1057659\/nascar-team-chief-kaulig-rumors-2026-shut-down\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Rice also spoke<\/a> about RAM&#8217;s re-entry into NASCAR last week, revealing that the Cup\/Xfinity Series organization he&#8217;s involved in have spoken to the legendary manufacturer. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI can tell you this,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I think everybody in the garage probably has. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s one team that hasn\u2019t. I think I told you guys off air yesterday, I have no idea who\u2019s gonna do it, and I\u2019m telling you the truth, and when it does come out, I think it will definitely be a team that\u2019s probably already in the sport.\u201d&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI will say everybody\u2019s had a conversation with those guys, and our conversations really not had anything to do with, but with Chevrolet, we\u2019ve talked with Eric Warren and Shane Martin and those guys lately and seeing what we can do with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Change your timezone:&#13; &#13; &#13; The NASCAR Cup Series may well see an iconic name return sooner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,13752,35413,34204,578,576,3631,26422,634,8354,44,34210,82],"class_list":["post-52102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chris-deeley","tag-chris-rice","tag-dodge","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-gpfans","tag-kaulig-racing","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup-series","tag-news","tag-ram","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52102","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=52102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}