Rackley W.A.R.

Owner(s)	Curtis Sutton Willie Allen
Base	Centerville,Tennessee Statesville,North Carolina (beginning 2025)
Series	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Super Late Models Pro Late Models
Race drivers	Truck Series: 26.Dawson Sutton 27.Toni Breidinger (part-time) Super Late Models: 25.William Sawalich 26.Dawson Sutton Pro Late Models: 25.William Sawalich, Rodney Dowless Jr. 26.Dawson Sutton 27. Vito Cancilla 29.Kevin Harvick 62.Keelan Harvick
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	2008 (Late Model) 2020 (Truck)
Career
Debut	2021NextEra Energy 250 (Daytona)
Latest race	2026Fresh From Florida 250 (Daytona)
Races competed	116
Drivers' Championships	0
Race victories	1
Pole positions	0

Rackley-Willie Allen Racing (shortened toRackley-W.A.R.) is an Americanstock car racing team that competes in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series,Super Late Model, andPro Late Model. They currently field the No. 26Chevrolet Silverado full-time forDawson Sutton and the No. 27 Silverado part-time forToni Breidinger in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Since 2008, they have fieldedSuper Late Model andPro Late Model. In October 2024, Rackley W.A.R. announced a partnership withKevin Harvick Incorporated.^[1] A month later, the team moved its headquarters fromCenterville,Tennessee to the formerGMS Racing fabrication building inStatesville,North Carolina.^[2]

The team was founded in 2008 byNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driverWillie Allen as aLate Model team under the nameWillie Allen Racing which was shortened toW.A.R. and as aShock Builder underW.A.R. Shocks. In2020, Rackley Roofing CEO Curtis Sutton bought out half ownership of the team to form the team into aNASCAR Camping World Truck Series team at the start of2021.

On December 18, 2020, it was announced that former truck series driver,Willie Allen, and Rackley Roofing CEO, Curtis Sutton, would be forming their team, Rackley W.A.R., that will debut in the2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, withTimothy Peters set as the full-time driver.^[3][4] The team made their first truck start at the2021 NextEra Energy 250, finishing 26th, after suffering a mechanical issue. Peters' best finish for the team was 16th, atLas Vegas Motor Speedway.

On June 1, 2021, it was announced that Rackley W.A.R. andTimothy Peters would part ways after the2021 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 atCharlotte.^[5]Josh Berry was announced as the new driver of the No. 25, scheduled to drive three races for the team,Texas,Nashville, andPocono. Berry would give the team their best career finish, getting tenth at theSpeedyCash.com 220 atTexas. Berry would later go on to drive six more races for Rackley, starting at theCorn Belt 150 atKnoxville Raceway.^[6]

Brett Moffitt would return to the truck series to drive the No. 25 at the2021 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 atLas Vegas Motor Speedway. Moffitt would start 22nd and finish 25th.^[7]

After a 8-year hiatus,Willie Allen, co-founder of the team, made hisNASCAR Camping World Truck Series return atTalladega Superspeedway, for the2021 Chevrolet Silverado 250. Allen started 30th and finished eighteenth.^[8]

On January 6, 2022, it was announced thatMatt DiBenedetto would drive the No. 25 truck full-time for the2022 season.^[9] He started the season with a tenth place finish atDaytona. DiBenedetto scored six top-10 finishes during the regular season, but was unable to make the playoffs. After a six race streak of finishing outside the top ten, DiBenedetto would give the team their first win in the Truck Series, after taking the checkered flag at theTalladega fall race.^[10]

On July 23, 2022, Rackley W.A.R. announced that DiBenedetto would return to the No. 25 for the 2023 season.^[11] DiBenedetto would start the2023 season with a 20th place finish atDaytona. Throughout the regular season, he earned nine top tens, six consecutive, with a best finish of third atNorth Wilkesboro. He was able to make the playoffs, the first for him and the organization in the Truck Series.^[12] On August 30, it was announced that DiBenedetto would be leaving Rackley W.A.R. after the 2023 season.^[13] DiBenedetto was eliminated from the playoffs atKansas. On September 19, Rackley W.A.R. announced that DiBenedetto was let go from the team three races early, and that they were searching for a new driver(s) to finish the season.^[14]Xfinity Series regularChandler Smith drove the No. 25 truck atTalladega to a fourth place finish.^[15]Trevor Bayne finished fourteenth atHomestead.^[16] For the final race of the season atPhoenix,Stefan Parsons drove the No. 25 to a 30th place DNF. The No. 25 finished ninth in the points standings.

Ty Dillon was announced on December 29, 2023, as full-time driver of the No. 25 for the 2024 season. Rackley Roofing would return as primary sponsor for sixteen events, with yet to be announced sponsors for the remaining events.^[17] On September 23,Dawson Sutton took over as driver of the No. 25 for the remaining five races of the season, starting with theKansas fall race.^[18]

On June 20, 2022, Rackley W.A.R. announced that they will be fielding a second truck for the2022 Rackley Roofing 200, the No. 26, which will be driven byTate Fogleman.^[21] In three attempts, Fogleman qualified for one race, finishing twentieth in the2022 CRC Brakleen 150.

On May 7, 2024, it was announced that Dawson Sutton, Rackley W.A.R.'s driver inSuper Late Models andPro Late Models, and the son of co-owner Curtis Sutton, would make his Truck Series Debut atNorth Wilkesboro.^[22] Sutton was announced as the full-time driver for the No. 26 in 2025, on October 17, 2024.^[23]

On June 3, 2021, Rackley W.A.R. announced that Cup Series driver,William Byron, will make his truck series return atNashville Superspeedway for theRackley Roofing 200, under a second entry for the team. It was his first truck series start since 2016, where he finished fifth in the championship. Byron finished 36th due to an engine failure.^[24]

On January 21, 2026, Rackley W.A.R. announced thatToni Breidinger will drive part-time in the No. 27 for eight races.^[25]

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