For many of us, the thought of a 13-year-old driving anything at break neck speed is frightening. But, for Valwood School seventh-grade student Ryan Rackley, it’s what he does and does very well. The son of Darren and Paula Rackley, Rackley has actually been racing since he was 7 years old, when he started racing go-karts. Since then, he has made a dizzying rise through the various levels of racing and the different style cars that represent each classification, having mastered each one. That includes his start in go-karts (known in racing circles as simply the kart series), up to legends cars, where he races now. His next step, believe it or not, will be to graduate to a stock car, similar to what you see in the NASCAR series. Pretty unbelievable, you say? Not when you dig deeper into the Rackley family and see that racing is a family affair.
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