The Haas Factory Team has been allied with The Blue Oval since the start of 2017 season, but that relationship will come to an end once the last checkered flag falls on the 2025 season. The Haas team is ditching its NASCAR Ford alliance, joining General Motors and Chevrolet starting in 2026 – and president Joe Custer says that the team expects much more success with The Bow Tie Brand than it ever had with Ford.
According to a report from Heavy, Custer says that the Haas NASCAR Ford program has fallen flat on its face. The team currently fields one entry in the Cup Series – the No. 41 Ford Mustang Dark Horse of Cole Custer – and two more in the Xfinity Series (soon to be known as the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series in 2026). To say Haas’ season has been lackluster would be an understatement. Cole Custer is outside the top 30 in overall points with one top five finish and two top 10s to show for it.
“I do want to say that Ford did literally everything they said they would,” Joe Custer said. “It’s just a matter of what we found when we evaluated our strengths and weaknesses. We wanted a degree of synergy and alignment with what we have not done as well.”
Next year, the Haas Factory Team will have a technical alliance with dominant Chevy team Hendrick Motorsports, and Custer thinks that the team can win with GM equipment behind it.
“I think it can be done,” he said. “I wouldn’t do this if I didn’t think we could. Has it been done yet? Certainly not with this car, but that’s also the allure to me. What drives me is the belief that we can win races and compete for a championship.”
All three of the Haas Factory Team drivers will return in 2026 to drive Chevy race cars.
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He can change to any brand, with Cole Custer as driver he will continue where he is... he managed to lose to Blaney who came from behind at Daytona, he just had to block 12... he is a mid-field driver and look, in 2023 the title practically fell into his lap, but last year when he had to compete directly he proved incapable - just like Cindric - in fact Ford is doing very badly in terms of drivers, there are a lot of half-assed guys and the rest are at the end of their game. career!
They need to really focus on the nascar program ASAP!
The whole Ford Racing Nascar program has really slipped the last few years.
Haas has consistently run at the back of the F1 pack. With this move he will now run at the back of the NASCAR pack because he will NOT be getting the 'good parts'.
What did I say: who was the slug that crawled on the track and got in the way of 6? The Custer!