After four years of trying to put his foot in the door for a big-time NASCAR National Series driving opportunity, Stephen Mallozzi has accepted that his odds of becoming a full-time NASCAR race car driver are likely worse than hitting the Powerball. But that hasn’t stopped the 25-year-old driver and budding law student from attempting to capture the attention of the Kaulig Racing Ram Trucks NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series program through a concerted social media video campaign.
“I have accepted that, hey, I’m probably never going to be a full-time NASCAR driver,” Mallozzi said in an exclusive interview with TobyChristie.com. “I’ve really started diving into law and focusing on that a little more. Not that I wasn’t focused on it before, right, but at the end of the day, I think that while this is a very slim opportunity, this has provided a 1% sliver of hope to do what I’ve always thought I could do in a way that would be fit for Hollywood.”
He’s not wrong. If Mallozzi is able to parlay this social media campaign into a chance to compete behind the wheel of a Ram Truck in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series through Ram’s “Free Agent Program”, it will truly be a story worthy of a Hollywood movie. And it would be the latest unbelievable chapter in what has been a truly improbable NASCAR National Series career.
Here is the initial video, in which Mallozzi revealed his intention to snag a seat in Kaulig Racing’s Free Agent Program:
Lawyer. NASCAR driver. Hemi enthusiast???
My pitch for a spot in the @RamTrucks @Kaulig_Trucks Free Agent Program. pic.twitter.com/gXPuCDJgyp
— Stephen Mallozzi (@DriverMallozz) January 31, 2026
Since the initial video dropped on January 31, Mallozzi has already garnered the support of several on social media, who have fired out their own videos of support for him, essentially begging Ram Trucks to take the chance on the driver.
Sim racer and YouTuber, Michael Mrucz, Snapback Sports, and Brock Beard of LastCar.info, are among those who have already taken to social media to explain why they feel Mallozzi is the perfect driver for the opportunity.
While Mallozzi’s opening three part-time seasons in NASCAR behind the wheel for underdog entries weren’t much to write home about, the driver hit rock bottom in 2025, as he was tasked with simply logging starts, which would each end in a plethora of early-race mechanical failures.
“Gosh, this is my fifth season now, and I have struggled and clawed for every single race I’ve done,” Mallozzi explained. “And last year, obviously, I think a lot of people know what I got stuck doing, and that’s obviously never where you want to be as a race car driver, but I did whatever I could to get behind the wheel, and it was a way to keep gaining experience and turning laps in race cars.”
While Mallozzi has a lot of people in his corner, the New Jersey native also has a solid heaping of detractors on social media, who feel his body of work up to this point doesn’t warrant an opportunity as established as the Ram Trucks NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series program.
Mallozzi doesn’t believe that the assessment is correct.
“I have shown that I belong everywhere I’ve been, right? And even in the NASCAR Truck series, you look at how I stack up against teammates and competitors who are around the same level, and we always run decent,” Mallozzi said. “And my best example is, you know, Pocono back in 2023 or 2024 when we ran it with Reaume Brothers, now, Team Reaume, I was alongside Josh Reaume, and we beat Josh, right? Like, and Josh Reaume, same kind of career, right? Like a lot of starts in underfunded, not top-tier stuff. Tries his best to make the most of it, usually does, and that’s a guy who has, you know, over 100 NASCAR starts. And I think Spencer Boyd is another great example. We beat Spencer in that race, right? But there are a lot of guys out here who do this full-time, all the time, that we can compete with, given the same equipment. And I think I can do the same in the top-tier stuff as well.”
At the end of the day, Mallozzi is simply fighting for a chance to prove whether he belongs or not. And if he fails, he can take solace in knowing he had the shot to prove it.
“It’s the opportunity somebody like me always looks for,” Mallozzi stated. “Either I go in there, I do great, and I prove that I can do this, and potentially, you know, save my career. Or you go in there, you don’t do great, and at the end of the day, I can go be a lawyer, look back at it and say, ‘Hey, I tried my best, and I gave it my all.'”
While calling this campaign by Mallozzi a long shot is understating the odds that he lands a race with the Ram Trucks program, admittedly, it would tie a bow on a unique story of an aspiring driver and lawyer, who was moonlighting as an Outback Steakhouse server, who has notably always loved Dodge vehicles. Hell, Mallozzi even famously sold his prized possession, a Dodge Charger, briefly, to pay for a chance at more NASCAR National Series starts.
“I struck out everywhere, could not find the money, and push came to shove. I’m going to law school, and I’m going to have a successful career in the law, hopefully. In 20 years, am I going to look back at this and say, ‘You know, I’m really glad I got to drive a bright orange Dodge Charger for a couple of extra years,’ Or am I going to say, ‘I’m really glad I took every opportunity I could to pursue this racing dream,’ I went to the dealership. I sold it. I got a check. I cashed it when I got to St. Louis, and I gave Josh Reaume the money for Gateway, and it covered some of Pocono, too.”
For the record, Mallozzi’s daily driver, currently, is once again a 2019 Dodge Charger.
While the expectation of anyone reading this story shouldn’t be that Mallozzi will actually get the opportunity to race for Kaulig Racing in a Ram Truck, you also shouldn’t discount the possibility. Mallozzi is a person who, against all odds, continues to fight for whatever he can get within the sport. And he intends to do so again through his social media campaign for a ride.
“The goal is, I will run this as long as I have people to support me,” Mallozzi said of the social media campaign, in which the initial post has already generated nearly 40,000 likes on Instagram alone.
“I’m trying to show that I bring the story, and the marketing value that more than suffices to pay for a singular race, and I’m trying to represent this idea that I can be the guy who represents Ram. I can be the guy who represents the brand,” Mallozzi said. “As long as I have people who continue to support me, I will do whatever I can. So I’m pulling all the strings that I spent all these years in racing, trying to build relationships with. And now is the opportunity to make something happen.”
For Mallozzi, he says he would ideally like to get a one-race opportunity in the “Free Agent” No. 25 Ram Truck. If he performs well, he’d like a chance to appear in season two of “Race for the Seat,” if the competition returns for a second season. And he would love to see if he could advance to a full-time ride with Kaulig and Ram Trucks from there. But in order for that to even have a chance of happening, he has to get one start first.
Is Stephen Mallozzi getting a chance in a Ram Truck in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series a long shot? Yes. Would it be one hell of a story if Mallozzi is able to pull it off? Oh, hell yeah.
