Daulton Wilson’s fourth season as a national touring series regular will have a slightly different look.

Coming off a 2024 campaign highlighted by his first career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series victory, the 27-year-old driver from Fayetteville, N.C., has a new home base for his Rattliff Racing effort and some fresh faces working alongside him.

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Wilson has been handling preparation of his No. 18D equipment at a shop near his home in eastern North Carolina, but now he’ll work out of team owner James Rattliff’s garage in Campbellsville, Ky. He’s relocated to the Bluegrass State and has three full-time crew members toiling with him: returning tire specialist Blake Haire plus newcomers Dean Bowen, a veteran racer and three-time Carolina Clash winner who will take on the role of Wilson’s crew chief, and general mechanic Michael Konstantellis.

“We’re going to be better located, closer (to the epicenter of Dirt Late Model racing), so we’ll have less travel time on the road,” said Wilson, who toured the PRI show floor with James Rattliff. “We’re in Campbellsville, which is where James is and where Justin (Rattliff, James’s son) has always been based out of … we’ll have our program in the same shop with Justin and (Rattliff Racing teammate) Jason (Jameson), so we'll be with (Rattliff crewman) Tim (Tungate) and them guys every day and we’ll all be working together.

“Having our full-time crew now too, just small things like that, I think are gonna put us in a better spot moving forward. We’ve been busting our butts trying to get new stuff together and getting situated and we can’t wait to start next year and hit the ground running.”

While Wilson has not committed to a series for 2025 — he’s followed the Lucas Oil circuit for the last three years but he was spotted at the World Racing Group booth on Friday talking with World of Outlaws Late Model Series director Steve Francis — he’s looking to continue his upward trajectory on the national scene.

“It was a blessing to get the opportunity (to race nationally), and like I said, to continue to grow with James and JRR is a huge deal,” said Wilson, whose lone Lucas Oil Series victory en route to an eighth-place finish in the 2024 points standings came in February’s Winternationals finale at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. “We’re trying to continue to grow up and I’m confident in some of the changes that we’re making this winter. We’re trying to make it better, get better as a race team together and grow our program.”