Denny Hamlin reacts to Ram return to NASCAR Truck Series in 2026

Ram Trucks is returning to NASCAR as it will be part of the Truck Series next year, and Denny Hamlin loves it. While speaking to Kevin Harvick on FOX Sports’ Victory Lane, Hamlin shared his thoughts on Ram Trucks returning to NASCAR after taking a 13-year break.

“The burden really falls on the few manufacturers that you have,” Denny Hamlin said about the NASCAR Cup Series potentially getting Dodge as a fourth manufacturer. “When you got 36 Cup teams and you got only three manufacturers, it’s really hard to spread 100 percent of their resources to 10, 12 teams. They have to pick and choose where they spend those resources. The more manufacturers you have, the more money that flows down to the teams that would make the business model somewhat more viable.

Denny Hamlin shares more on Ram returning to NASCAR

“I think it’s the right thing for Dodge to do is to dip their toe back into NASCAR. Certainly, the Truck Series is the place to do that. You don’t have to build your own engines. I think to oversimplify it, they got to build a body. They’ve all got common engines over there in the Truck Series. I don’t know that they’ve got to spend a whole lot on setup technology and engineering. It’s a lower price point for them to get their feet back into NASCAR and then see how this thing goes and hopefully build it up into the Cup Series.”

Last week, Ram unveiled a new Ram 1500 concept race truck that previews the design for next season. Ram wants to have a handful of teams at Daytona for the start of the 2026 season.

“For more than a decade, customers and our dealer network asked about getting back into NASCAR. The desire was always there, but we didn’t have a plan that delivered the last tenth and following just didn’t fit our DNA,” Ram Trucks CEO Tim Kuniskis said in a press release. “Now we have a solid plan that will set us apart from the field and will bring fresh new interest and engagement to America’s Motorsport.”