Kaulig Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Kaulig fields two Cup Series Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 teams: the No. 10 full-time for Ty Dillon and the No. 16 full-time for A. J. Allmendinger. They also field five full-time Truck RAM teams: the No. 10 truck for mostly Corey LaJoie, the No. 12 truck for Brenden Queen, the No. 14 truck for Mini Tyrrell, the No. 16 truck for Justin Haley, and the No. 25 truck, with various drivers as the flagship team for RAM. The team is owned by Matt Kaulig, who also owns the team's sponsor, LeafFilter. The team has a shop on the Richard Childress Racing campus in Welcome, North Carolina, and formerly operated out of the NTS Motorsports facility. The team previously competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
Cup Series
Car No. 10 history Ty Dillon (2025–present)
Ty Dillon was announced as the driver of Kaulig's second entry in 2025. Along with Dillon driving, the team said they would use the No. 10. He started the season with a 14th-place finish at the 2025 Daytona 500. During the first round of the inaugural NASCAR In-Season Challenge at Atlanta, Dillon would start as the #32 seed in the brackets. He would finish 8th in the race and defeating #1 seed Denny Hamlin. He stayed consistent throughout the In-Season Challange and made it to the final round at the Brickyard 400 against Ty Gibbs. However, Gibbs defeated Dillon to win the US$1 million.
Dillon remained with the team in 2026. He started the 2026 season with another 14th-place finish at the 2026 Daytona 500.
Car No. 10 results Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts 2025 Ty Dillon 10 Chevy DAY14 ATL29 COA 28 PHO16 LVS21 HOM27 MAR15 DAR16 BRI32 TAL23 TEX12 KAN35 CLT19 NSH26 MCH24 MXC33 POC33 ATL8 CSC20 SON17 DOV20 IND28 IOW35 GLN30 RCH20 DAY22 DAR34 GTW34 BRI27 NHA29 KAN13 ROV27 LVS37 TAL20 MAR26 PHO35 33rd 477 2026 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN CLT NSH MCH POC COR SON CHI ATL NWS IND IOW RCH NHA DAY DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM
Car No. 13 history Part-time (2023–2025)
Kaulig Racing announced that they will field a third car on a part-time basis, with Xfinity driver Chandler Smith driving for five races, starting with the Daytona 500, with sponsorship for that race coming from Quick Tie. Smith failed to make the Daytona 500 after finishing eighteenth in Duel 1 of the 2023 Bluegreen Vacations Duels. Smith made his official Cup debut at Richmond, finishing seventeenth. On March 9, the team announced dirt racer Jonathan Davenport would be driving the entry in his Cup Series debut at the Food City Dirt Race. He finished 36th in the race.
In 2024, A. J. Allmendinger would drive No. 13 in the road course races when Shane van Gisbergen was driving the No. 16. Allmendinger made his first start in the No. 13 at Circuit of the Americas, where he finished sixth. Allmendinger would drive the car at Chicago and Watkins Glen, but failed to finish both races with an accident at Chicago and suffering a transmission failure at Watkins Glen.
In 2025, it was announced that Will Brown would drive the No. 13 Chevrolet at the Chicago Street Race.
Car No. 13 results Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts 2023 Chandler Smith 13 Chevy DAYDNQ CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH17 DAY15 DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL11 ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 39th 69 Jonathan Davenport BRD36 MAR TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC RCH MCH IRC GLN 2024 A. J. Allmendinger DAY ATL LVS PHO BRI COA6 RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA NSH CSC38 POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN36 BRI KAN TAL28 38th 77 Shane van Gisbergen ROV7 LVS HOM MAR PHO 2025 Will Brown DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH MXC POC ATL CSC39 SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH DAY DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 49th 1
Car No. 16 history Part-time (2020–2021)
On January 10, 2020, Kaulig Racing announced they would make their NASCAR Cup Series debut at the Daytona 500, fielding the No. 16 for Justin Haley. The Fraternal Order of Eagles would sponsor Haley's entry. On February 8, Kaulig announced the team was looking to do more races in 2020. The next day, Haley made the field by posting the fastest qualifying speed of all the non-charter teams (190.018 mph; 31st overall). After failing to run more Cup races in 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the team announced plans during the offseason to run the superspeedways and road course races in 2021. On January 13, 2021, it was announced that Kaz Grala would attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 in the No. 16 car for Kaulig. Grala also attempted the GEICO 500 at Talladega, finishing a career best sixth place. A. J. Allmendinger returned to Cup by racing at the Daytona RC, then Circuit of the Americas.
On April 28, 2021, Matt Kaulig announced on SiriusXM Radio that Kaulig Racing would race full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in the 2022 season. On June 18, the team announced that it purchased two charters from Spire Motorsports and would have Haley drive full-time in 2022. On August 15, Allmendinger gave Kaulig Racing their first Cup Series win at the Indianapolis road course in only the team's seventh Cup Series start. At the 2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, Grala suffered a foot injury from one of the race's accidents.
Daniel Hemric, A. J. Allmendinger, and Noah Gragson (2022)
On December 14, 2021, Kaulig Racing announced the 2022 lineup for the No. 16, with Daniel Hemric and Noah Gragson joining the previously announced A. J. Allmendinger. Hemric is to run 8 races, Gragson will run 14, and Allmendinger will run 16 including the Clash and the All-Star Race. While Hemric drove his eight races, Gragson only drove ten as near the end of the season, he drove in the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 for five races as Alex Bowman recovered from injury. Allmendinger drove the remainder of Gragson's scheduled races, making it eighteen races in the No. 16 for Allmendinger.
On May 3, 2022, crew chief Matt Swiderski was suspended for four races due to a tire and wheel loss at Dover.
A. J. Allmendinger (2023)
On October 5, Kaulig Racing announced that Allmendinger would drive the No. 16 full-time in 2023, marking his first full-time Cup season since 2018. Despite not making the playoffs, Allmendinger scored a win at the Charlotte Roval. Allmendinger would not return to the Cup Series full-time in 2024, instead competing full-time in the Xfinity Series, with a part-time schedule in Cup.
Rotation of drivers (2024)
The team used multiple drivers for the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. Allmendinger would remain in the car running in a part-time capacity. The team also announced that the team's other NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers, Josh Williams, and Shane van Gisbergen, would also run races. On February 22, 2024, Derek Kraus was announced for a six-race slate beginning at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. On March 25, 2024, Kaulig announced that Ty Dillon would drive a five-race schedule, beginning at Richmond Raceway. On October 16, crew chief Travis Mack left the team. Darian Grubb replaced him at Las Vegas.
Return to A. J. Allmendinger (2025–present)
On August 15, 2024, Kaulig announced that Allmendinger would return full-time to the No. 16 in 2025. Allmendinger would begin the season with a DNF at the Daytona 500 caused by a blown engine, placing him last in 41st place. He ended the season 26th in points with two top-fives, seven top-tens, and a pole.
Allmendinger would begin the 2026 season with a 19th-place finish in the Daytona 500. He would score his first top 10 of the season at Austin. At Sonoma, Allmendinger had his 500th career start.
Car No. 16 results Year Driver No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts 2020 Justin Haley 16 Chevy DAY13 LVS CAL PHO DAR DAR CLT CLT BRI ATL MAR HOM TAL POC POC IND KEN TEX KAN NHA MCH MCH DRC DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV KAN TEX MAR PHO 42nd 24 2021 Kaz Grala DAY28 TAL6 KAN DAR DOV DAY36 DAR RCH BRI LVS 37th 193 A. J. Allmendinger DAY7 HOM LVS PHO ATL BRD MAR RCH COA5 CLT SON NSH POC POC ROA29 ATL NHA GLN IND1 MCH CLT38 TEX KAN MAR PHO Justin Haley TAL20 2022 Daniel Hemric DAY12 CAL9 LVS22 TAL36 DAR31 DAY26 DAR23 TAL34 26th 622 A. J. Allmendinger PHO20 COA33 RCH27 MAR24 DOV33 GTW10 SON19 NSH19 ROA9 NHA16 IND7 GLN2 BRI7 CLT4 LVS9 HOM3 MAR23 PHO12 Noah Gragson ATL37 BRI27 KAN18 CLT24 ATL34 POC24 MCH30 RCH24 KAN18 TEX21 2023 A. J. Allmendinger DAY6 CAL36 LVS18 PHO20 ATL16 COA34 RCH27 BRD16 MAR27 TAL29 DOV18 KAN14 DAR23 CLT14 GTW14 SON6 NSH10 CSC17 ATL3 NHA19 POC17 RCH27 MCH26 IRC26 GLN4 DAY29 DAR13 KAN30 BRI30 TEX29 TAL20 ROV1* LVS20 HOM5 MAR28 PHO32 21st 692 2024 DAY6 BRI23 DOV13 SON6 IOW36 NSH11 POC21 IND37 MCH30 BRI23 ROV6 HOM8 28th 545 Josh Williams ATL37 MAR27 Derek Kraus LVS28 PHO35 KAN31 DAR29 GTW30 PHO25 Shane van Gisbergen COA20 TAL28 CLT28 CSC40 DAY35 DAR26 ATL32 GLN2 TAL15 LVS29 MAR12 Ty Dillon RCH29 TEX16 NHA20 RCH26 KAN21 2025 A. J. Allmendinger DAY41 ATL14 COA 30 PHO22 LVS8 HOM7 MAR23 DAR18 BRI9 TAL24 TEX36 KAN38 CLT4 NSH20 MCH17 MXC13 POC21 ATL12 CSC6 SON18 DOV37 IND23 IOW18 GLN11 RCH22 DAY26 DAR5 GTW23 BRI36 NHA20 KAN36 ROV9 LVS19 TAL37 MAR28 PHO38 26th 649 2026 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN CLT NSH MCH POC COR SON CHI ATL NWS IND IOW RCH NHA DAY DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM
Car No. 31 history Justin Haley (2022–2023)
On June 18, 2021, when Justin Haley was announced to drive full-time for Kaulig Racing in 2022, the team stated that he would pilot the No. 16, the number Kaulig used for its Cup Series races in 2020 and 2021. However, following the news that Kaulig's other chartered entry would use the No. 16, the team announced on December 15, 2021, that Haley would drive the No. 31 in 2022. Haley finished 23rd at the 2022 Daytona 500, but following the race, crew chief Trent Owens was suspended for four races due to a tire and wheel loss during the race. On May 17, Owens was once again suspended for four races due to a tire and wheel loss during the 2022 AdventHealth 400 at Kansas.
Haley began the 2023 season with a 32nd-place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500. On March 15, the No. 31 was served an L2 penalty after unapproved hood louvers were found installed on the car during pre-race inspection at Phoenix; as a result, the team was docked one hundred driver and owner points and ten playoff points. In addition, Owens was suspended for four races and fined 100,000. On April 5, the National Motorsports Appeals Panel amended the penalty, upholding the fine, Owens' suspension, and 10 playoff points, but reducing the 100 driver and owner points deduction to 75 points. On April 19, the Final Appeals Officer rescinded all points deductions levied against the team at the request of NASCAR.
It was announced on July 20, 2023, that Haley would be leaving the team in 2024 after signing a multi-year agreement with Rick Ware Racing.
Daniel Hemric (2024)
On September 15, 2023, Kaulig Racing announced that Daniel Hemric would drive the No. 31 in 2024. This would mark Hemric's first return to full-time Cup Series competition since his Rookie of the Year campaign in 2019.
Car No. 31 results