Rackley WAR Shuts Down Truck Operation as NASCAR Loses Third Team of 2026

NASCAR has lost its third team of 2026 after Rackley WAR ceased its Truck Series operations, announcing before last weekend's Talladega race that it would be its last in the series. The team will not appear at Martinsville this weekend or at the season finale at Homestead-Miami, ending a run that made the No. 26 Chevrolet a full-time entry for the past two seasons under driver Dawson Sutton. Rackley WAR's departure follows AM Racing, which shut down its O'Reilly Auto Parts Series operation after just seven races with Nick Sanchez, and Hettinger Racing, which has not appeared since the season's first 11 events. It is a sobering backdrop to a championship weekend at Martinsville, where Friday night's Black's Tire 200 is the penultimate Truck race of the season. The field itself remains strong — all 36 entries cleared pre-race inspection on Thursday — but the loss of another independent team underlines the financial strain further down the garage. For Sutton, who spent two seasons as the team's full-time driver, the shutdown closes a chapter just as the series heads to its finale, while the wider paddock is left to wonder how many more small operations can survive a schedule that keeps getting more expensive to contest.