CARS Tour released the first batch of throwback schemes for the “Throwback Classic” presented by FloRacing this afternoon on social media. That batch included Parker Eatmon and Hettinger Racing’s throwback to Rusty Wallace’s Miller Genuine Draft No. 2, as well as Seth Christensen’s throwback to Alan Kulwicki’s famous No. 7 Hooters “Underbird.” The third car caught some people by surprise, however. Isaac Kitzmiller and his Rackley/WAR Racing team are doing a throwback to a Bubba Wallace car. 

The car specifically is Wallace’s No. 76 that he won with at Caraway Speedway in 2008. It was a UARA race, and it’s Wallace’s first ever victory in a Late Model. It was also four months before Isaac Kitzmiller was even born.

So why is Kitzmiller doing a throwback to a Bubba Wallace victory that happened before he was born?

“It’s just a thank you for what he’s done for me,” Kitzmiller told FloRacing on Wednesday. “Bubba has been racing Summer Shootout with us at Joe Ryan Race Cars. I’ve got to know Bubba really well. He’s been really nice to me. But this year with my ARCA stuff he’s helped me out a lot with tracks live Dover and other places. He just gives me his input and what he thought the first time he went to those types of places. He’s a good guy.”

Kitzmiller used Wallace’s advice to finish fourth in his first trip to Dover Motor Speedway last weekend in the ARCA Menards Series 150-lap race. The 16-year-old driver currently leads the ARCA Menards Series East points standings. 

Wallace, along with Ron Hornaday and Kevin Harvick, has essentially become a mentor to Kitzmiller, as well as the entire stable of drivers at Joe Ryan Race Cars.

Kitzmiller told FloRacing that Wallace loved the idea when he was told that his car would be Kitzmiller’s scheme for the $30,000-to-win Pro Late Model race at Hickory on Saturday, August 2.

“We’re having a video come out about it in the next day or two, but he loved it,” said Kitzmiller. “He kind of reminisced about it. He was asking me if I was going to run the chrome wheels with it, but I joked that I can’t run the chrome wheels. I’m just not a chrome guy.

“It’s a really good throwback in my opinion. You can really tell what we’re throwing it back to.”

Kitzmiller, who is still in search of his first CARS Tour Pro Late Model victory, said that having the chance to win a big race like this in this scheme would be extremely special, but not just for him.

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“That would be super, super cool. It would really mean a lot,” Kitzmiller said. “It would be even cooler for Bubba too to do that while running his throwback. But it would be really cool for me to show my team, my sponsors, all the hard work that everyone has put in. So winning that $30,000 would really be awesome.”

FloRacing is once again hosting the "Best Appearing Throwback" poll for this year's CARS Tour Throwback Classic. This year the winner will receive a $1,000 prize from TexaCon Cut Stone, a $500 prize from FloRacing, as well as a full Next Gen Body Kit from Five Star Race Car Bodies. The runner-up will receive a free car wrap from The Decal Source, while third-place will receive a full decal set.

The contest will begin on the evening of Friday, August 1 and will conclude on Sunday, August 3, at 11:59 p.m. ET. The winner will be announced on Monday, August 4, and will be presented with their awards during pre-race ceremonies at the next CARS Tour race at Anderson Motor Speedway on Saturday, August 16.

The 2025 CARS Tour “Throwback Classic” presented by FloRacing will be broadcast live on FloRacing, just like every CARS Tour race throughout the 2025 season. This event will be a two-day broadcast with qualifying for both divisions set to take place on Friday, August 1 at 7:40 p.m. ET. The 225 laps of racing action across the Late Model Stock Car and Pro Late Model divisions will begin at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 2.

Race fans can watch both nights of action from Hickory Motor Speedway live on FloRacing with a FloRacing subscription. Fans can subscribe to FloRacing by clicking here.