WELCOME, N.C. — Dirt late model standout Carson Ferguson will return to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on Friday at Nashville Superspeedway, getting behind the wheel of the Kaulig Racing No. 25 Ram 1500 as part of the Ram Free Agent Program.
Ferguson turned heads in his Truck Series debut on April 10 at Bristol Motor Speedway, charging to a 21st-place finish in a challenging first race aboard an unfamiliar vehicle at a track he had never seen before race morning.
“I am a dirt racer who always watched NASCAR on television and dreamed of this opportunity,” Ferguson said. “Bristol was a dream come true. I learned so much at that amazing place, and it was a blast.”
Ferguson knows the challenge ramps up in Nashville.
“Nashville Superspeedway is almost three times as big as Bristol, so it’s another huge learning curve, but I’ll give it everything I’ve got,” he said. “It’s an honor to get back in the No. 25 Ram 1500.”
The 26-year-old Lincolnton, North Carolina native ranks among the brightest young talents in dirt late model racing. He competes full-time in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series for Paylor Motorsports in the No. 93 Longhorn Chassis. His résumé includes two Schaeffer’s Oil Spring Nationals Series titles (2022 and 2023), the 2019 FASTRAK Racing Series championship and rookie of the year honors, plus dozens of regional and national wins. In 2014, he became the only driver to sweep all three INEX national finals events on pavement in the same year in Legend Cars. He is the younger cousin of dirt late model driver Chris Ferguson.
Ferguson earned his Truck Series shots after a standout performance on “Race for the Seat,” the eight-episode reality series presented by Ram and Kaulig Racing. He claimed the $50,000 prize by winning the season-ending 20-lap Late Model Stock Car race at South Boston Speedway in Virginia and finished second overall to Timothy “Mini” Tyrrell, who pilots the No. 14 Ram 1500 full-time this season.
His Bristol debut kept viewers glued to the action as his in-car camera captured multiple wrecks and close calls.
“It seemed like our in-car camera had a bird’s-eye view of every wreck that night,” Ferguson said with a laugh. “We dodged them all, but I’m hoping for a better finish with a lot less drama in Nashville.”
