A day after announcing its split with Donald McIntosh, Sam Seawright and Coltman Farms Racing are teaming up for the 2026 season.
Seawright shared the news in a post to Facebook, “The cat is officially out of the bag! We are beyond excited to announce that we are joining forces with Brett Coltman and the Coltman Farms Racing Team!”
“We are incredibly thankful to be part of such a well-established and respected team. I think we can all agree on one thing—Brett truly loves racing, and he loves giving back to the racing community and so many other organizations even more. Brett has been part of our team for the past four years, and when he called us about fully joining forces, we were all in from the very start. He has built something truly special, and we are so grateful to be a part of it,” he added.
Seawright was also announced on the Coltman Farms Racing Facebook page.
Seawright’s announcement comes less than 24 hours after Coltman Farms Racing split ways with Donald McIntosh. McIntosh shared in a Facebook post, “Racing is a very demanding sport, it takes commitment and a team around you is like a family. Everyone around you needs to be on the same page, motivated and understand limits and goals. It takes faith and putting God first.”
“I’m not sure where my racing will go from here but Coltman farms racing and I have decided we’re best to go our separate ways. That being said I’m very much wanting to race give me a call or text 404-461-8489,” he added.
In a nearly 10 minute video Coltman Farms Racing owner Brett Coltman indicated that the split with McIntosh was two-fold: cost and having different goals.
Regarding the costs, he said, “Unfortunately, today, a regional tour with a toter is $470,000 and that’s not all of it. That’s just to put the team on the road. To put a team on the tour more like $780,000. So it’s a lot of money.”
He later noted, “So now, I’ve found a driver that has a toter and has everything else and a crew because a crew is so crucial to success. I mean crucial. You really can’t do it without them on the national level. And really today, the regional level is the national level.”
It was unclear what he was referencing at the time of the video, but it seems clear that driver he was referring to was Sam Seawright.
Regarding the difference in goals, Coltman said, “For me, the win is not always the most important thing. To bring professional drivers into that kind of thought process is counterintuitive to what they’re doing, which is earning a living racing.”
“I think, for us, we built a team and everyone has their roles. We’re happy and we want to grow and I think this year with our development program, Luke [Morey] is amazing and appreciative and he will do anything to race, which is really want I want to see.”
Directly addressing his split with McIntosh, he elaborated, “Donald [McIntosh] and I have decided, and we’re still good friends, it’s just that I can’t give him the support like a professional like that. It’s just because my team’s not setup like that. And I understand there’s shortcomings everywhere. And the only way to get better is to have failure, really. So we take what’s happened and we look for ways to make it better for the next guy.”
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