Headliners: Dawson Sutton, Isaac Kitzmiller and the Debut of Keelan Harvick
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Statesville, NC (March 11, 2025) – Rackley W.A.R. spent most of the NASCAR and Late Model offseason moving its headquarters east from Nashville, Tennessee to Statesville, North Carolina.
Amid that move it was announced that Rackley W.A.R. was claiming its stake in the CARS Tour West series and with the backing of one of the most popular names in NASCAR – Kevin Harvick.
In the team’s 2025 west coast debut at Harvick’s Kern Raceway in January, Dawson Sutton landed his first Super Late Model victory on the new season for him and the team with Rackley W.A.R. Late Model and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series (NCTS) advisor Harvick finishing second.
The third race of the NCTS season happens on Friday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) with 2025 Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender Sutton at the wheel of the No. 26 Rackley Roofing Company and W.A.R. Shocks Chevrolet Silverado.
The Pro Late Models of Keelan Harvick (Kevin Harvick’s son), and Isaac Kitzmiller will converge on Kern again for their feature races on Saturday. Harvick, at 12 years of age, will be making his Pro Late Model debut after an illness prevented him from competing in the CARS Tour event at New River All-American Speedway on March 1st. Kitzmiller, coming off a third-place finish at New River has a jam-packed schedule with the team for 2025, including a full slate of PLM races at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway – still considered the race team’s home track.
Sounds like a lot of logistics? It is! Just ask team president, Willie Allen.
“It’s definitely been an intense several months for us. There are a ton of moving parts, pieces, resources and race cars and trucks right now. Luckily we are all headed west this week so that makes the travel logistics a little easier,” he laughed.
Allen went on to express that the move to the team’s new home at the hub of the sport has already made significant differences in the day-to-day operation.
“I’m not going to say every day is easier, but it’s much less complicated in many ways to have our resources and partnerships right here within a short distance of us. Both of our programs [NASCAR Truck and Late Model] are running wide open this year and the excitement and enthusiasm around the race shop just grows more and more every day.
“We are pumped for Dawson’s race at Vegas on Friday being his first race there, and for Isaac and Keelan racing at Kern on Saturday. It’s a full weekend, but this is what we love to do, and this is what we work hard to do well.”
The NASCAR Trucks will take the green flag at LVMS on Friday at 9 p.m. ET and will be televised on FOX Sports 1.
The Pro Late Models are part of a full schedule at Kern Raceway on Saturday with the main events beginning at 9 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on FloRacing.
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About Rackley W.A.R.
Rackley W.A.R. offers motorsports competition, technology, development, marketing, management, and a suite of other industry-related services for professional race car drivers, race teams and industry sponsors. Rackley W.A.R. competes nationally in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with driver Dawson Sutton as well as operating a championship driver development program that competes in premier, regional Super and Pro Late Model events. Rackley W.A.R. is headed and co-owned by Curtis Sutton (Rackley Roofing, Inc.) and Willie Allen (Willie Allen Racing and W.A.R. Shocks & Suspension).
