Gold Line: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. '2026 Jack Links' Chevy

Hyak Motorsports has gone through some significant changes in the past few years. Formerly known as JTG Doughtery Racing and at one point, a two car team. Now rebranded as Hyak Motorsports, Ricky Stnehouse Jr. has continued to carry the banner there since 2020. In that span he's won a couple of races, and continues to attract interesting sponsors like Jack Links jerky. Jack Links continues to sponsor Stenhouse in 2026, but last year, a special one-off paint scheme debuted at Daytona. Read on...

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Above: Stenhouse Jr races alongside Austin Dillon during the 2025 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway on August 23rd, 2025. (Photograph courtesy of Hyak Motorsports).

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Above: Promotional material for the Jack Links Duos Chevy.

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This car is one of the first 1/64 diecast race cars that Lionel Racing produced on their new diecast chassis. Teased last year as a significant upgrade at no cost to collectors, the transition seems to be going well. The car also has rubber tires, and while the collector's piece feels really nice in the hand there are still a few prevailing issues. The worst of which is the decal application on the race car body. Focusing in on the area around the car's left rear spoiler, it's easy to see how part of the green topcoat was smudged. 

The car itself will go down rather infamously. While Stenhouse had the car running well, and was inline to compete for the lead, Joey Logano and Bubba Wallace came together just before the starting line. The cars set off a chain reaction crash that would collect the No. 47 Chevy and end the evening for Stenhouse. The car looked great, and even though the result wasn't good, it established Jack Links with Hyak Motorsports with more races to come in 2026.

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