Steve Wallace (racing driver)

Stephen Wallace (born August 18, 1987)[1][2] is an American stock car racing driver. A current super late model racer, he is the son of 1989 Winston Cup champion Rusty Wallace, the nephew of NASCAR drivers Kenny and Mike Wallace, and cousin of Chrissy Wallace. Steve has made starts in all three of NASCAR's national series as well as the ARCA Racing Series, and won the Snowball Derby in 2004.

Steve Wallace
Wallace in 2008
Born	August 18, 1987 Charlotte, North Carolina
Achievements	2004 Snowball Derby Winner
Awards	2004 UARA-Stars Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	57th (2011)
First race	2011 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
193 races run over 9 years
2013 position	73rd
Best finish	7th (2009)
First race	2005 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race	2013 History 300 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 34 2
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
7 races run over 2 years
2013 position	96th
Best finish	52nd (2010)
First race	2010 E-Z-GO 200 (Atlanta)
Last race	2013 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
Statistics current as of November 16, 2013.

Racing career

Early racing

Between 1998 and 2002, Wallace raced in INEX Bandoleros. He captured multiple series championships. Steve raced in Legends cars and late model racecars near his hometown of Mooresville, North Carolina. He won both the Summer Shootout (twice) and Winter Shootout (once) at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He also won multiple championships at Concord Motor Speedway. In December 2004, at the age of 17, he won one of the biggest short track races in the country, the Snowball Derby, in Pensacola, Florida, a race Rusty and Kenny both entered, but failed to win in their careers. Steve was also the 2004 UARA Rookie of The Year. He won the first ever late model race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

In 2005, he ran nearly the entire season in USAR Hooters Pro Cup competition. He finished with 3 Top 10 finishes and qualified for the post-season championship series. A day after Steve turned 18, he became the youngest winner at a Michigan International Speedway event in an ARCA race while driving a Penske Racing Dodge. He raced in ARCA with several other teams that season. He also finished 15th in his first NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park (after starting 11th). Wallace became part of the Dodge factory driver development program.

Nationwide Series

Wallace's #66 Nationwide car in 2009

Wallace raced 17 races in the #64 Dodge Nationwide Series car in 2006 (sharing with Jamie McMurray), as well as six ARCA series races in a Penske Racing car. Wallace won ARCA races at Michigan International Speedway and Kentucky Speedway, and had a best finish of 11th in the Busch Series.

For the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series season he would race full-time. He won his first career pole at Bristol Motor Speedway. Steve Wallace won his second pole on June 9, 2007 at Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon, Tennessee. Before the conclusion of the 2007 Nationwide Series Season, it was announced that Wallace would be switching from Dodge to Chevy for the 2008 Season.

His first career top five came at Richmond International Raceway on May 2, 2008.

At the beginning of the 2012 season, he was without a car because of the temporary closure of Rusty Wallace Racing. After missing the first six races, he announced that he would make his first start of the season at Richmond International Speedway during the Virginia 529 College Savings 250.[3]

Sprint Cup Series

Wallace made his Cup Series debut in the 2011 Daytona 500. Penske Racing transferred the owner points of his No. 77, whose 30th-place finish in 2010 guaranteed Wallace a start. He drove the No. 77 Toyota to a 20th-place finish.

Camping World Truck Series

In 2010 Wallace ran a partial Truck Series Schedule for Billy Ballew Motorsports finishing fourth in his debut at Atlanta

On July 10, 2013, it was announced that Wallace will return to the Truck Series with Adrian Carriers Racing for four races starting with the American Ethanol 200.[4]

Super late model career

After his NASCAR career ended, Wallace began racing super late model race cars. At a CARS Tour-sanctioned race at Fairgrounds Speedway in 2018, Wallace was parked early in the race for wrecking Mason Mingus and later fought with Mingus and his Wauters Motorsports team. After the fight, Wallace said that the incident was one worthy of the beginning of a war.[5]

Personal life

Wallace is the youngest son of ESPN announcer and former NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace. He has been diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.[6][7]

Images

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  2010 Nationwide car
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  Wallace waving to the crowd before 2011 Nationwide race
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  2011 Nationwide car

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
2011	Rusty Wallace Racing	77	Toyota	DAY 20	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	57th	0^1

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2011	Rusty Wallace Racing	Toyota	36	20

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Pts
2005	Rusty Wallace Racing	64	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM 15	TEX	PHO	HOM	105th	118
2006				DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI 33	TEX	NSH 12	PHO	TAL	RCH 28	DAR	CLT	DOV 38	NSH 15	KEN 11	MLW 25	DAY	CHI	NHA	MAR 35	GTY 31	IRP 20	GLN	MCH 24	BRI	CAL	RCH		KAN 24	CLT	MEM 20	TEX 31		HOM 22	36th	1528
		61																														DOV 21					PHO 16
2007		66		DAY 30	CAL 22	MXC 18	LVS 17	ATL 35	BRI 31	NSH 14	TEX 32	PHO 29	TAL 26	RCH 32	DAR 39	CLT 30	DOV 22	NSH 12	KEN 22	MLW 27	NHA 15	DAY 39	CHI 32	GTY 28	IRP 17	CGV 32	GLN 34	MCH 37	BRI 32	CAL 25	RCH 18	DOV 22	KAN 37	CLT	MEM 35	TEX 23	PHO 37	HOM 34	19th	2752
2008			Chevy	DAY 37	CAL 15	LVS 30	ATL 18	BRI 16	NSH 24	TEX 16	PHO 16	MXC 10	TAL 32	RCH 5	DAR 5	CLT 20	DOV 11	NSH 21	KEN 17	MLW 19	NHA 21	DAY 13	CHI 24	GTY 26	IRP 10	CGV 10	GLN 28	MCH 38	BRI 10	CAL 20	RCH 17	DOV 18	KAN 41	CLT 32	MEM 9	TEX 28	PHO 33	HOM 15	14th	3615
2009				DAY 42	CAL 10	LVS 30	BRI 7	TEX 14	NSH 9	PHO 12	TAL 34	RCH 11	DAR 14	CLT 17	DOV 29	NSH 7	KEN 14	MLW 6	NHA 11	DAY 12	CHI 16	GTY 24	IRP 5	IOW 17	GLN 12	MCH 15	BRI 17	CGV 16	ATL 23	RCH 9	DOV 12	KAN 15	CAL 29	CLT 31	MEM 20	TEX 21	PHO 10	HOM 8	7th	4007
2010			Toyota	DAY 10	CAL 6	LVS 10	BRI 38	NSH 36	PHO 30	TEX 9	TAL 39	RCH 17	DAR 12	DOV 14	CLT 21	NSH 8	KEN 6	ROA 9	NHA 11	DAY 15	CHI 12	GTY 5	IRP 10	IOW 6	GLN 9	MCH 18	BRI 30	CGV 38	ATL 35	RCH 16	DOV 12	KAN 11	CAL 33	CLT 29	GTY 12	TEX 10	PHO 10	HOM 15	10th	3940
2011				DAY 20	PHO 30	LVS 16	BRI 11	CAL 27	TEX 17	TAL 32	NSH 17	RCH 11	DAR 5	DOV 16	IOW 11	CLT 7	CHI 12	MCH 14	ROA 26	DAY 11	KEN 21	NHA 9	NSH 11	IRP 30	IOW 8	GLN 16	CGV 4	BRI 14	ATL 13	RCH 16	CHI 18	DOV 20	KAN 20	CLT 13	TEX 18	PHO 29	HOM 34		10th	921
2012		4	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH 11	TAL	DAR	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			72nd	33
2013		66		DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT 25	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM			73rd	19

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCWTC	Pts
2010	Billy Ballew Motorsports	15	Toyota	DAY	ATL 4	MAR	NSH 12	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	MCH	IOW 30	GTW 17	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	52nd	477
2013	Adrian Carriers Racing	97	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CHA	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW 17	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW 18	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO 14	HOM				96th	0^1

¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	ARSC	Pts
2005	Cunningham Motorsports	4	Dodge	DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN	TOL 7	LAN															CHI 4	SLM	TAL	52nd	710
	Bobby Jones Racing	88	Dodge							MIL 32	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW	LER	NSH
	Penske Racing	27	Dodge																	MCH 1*	ISF	TOL	DSF
2006	Rusty Wallace Racing	61	Dodge	DAY	NSH 10	SLM	WIN	KEN 1*	TOL	POC	MCH	KAN 5	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW 2*	NSH	MCH 33*	ISF	MIL	TOL	DSF	CHI 1*	SLM	TAL 2	IOW 1*	27th	1645
2007				DAY 39	USA	NSH	SLM	KAN	WIN	KEN	TOL	IOW	POC	MCH	BLN	KEN	POC	NSH	ISF	MIL	GTW	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	TOL	181st	35

References

1. http://www.rustywallace.com/
2. Steve Wallace Career Statistics. racing-reference.info
3. "Wallace to make first start of 2012 at Richmond". NASCAR. April 23, 2012. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
4. NASCAR (July 10, 2013). "Adrian Carriers Racing inks deal with Wallace". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
5. Soquet, William (2018-04-10). "ARCA: Mike Basham falls out first in Darrell Basham Racing's 2018 debut". LASTCAR. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
6. Q&A: Kenny Wallace/Steve Wallace. NASCAR press release July 26, 2006. Retrieved on December 17, 2006.
7. Wallace family business breeds tension. Associated Press, Sporting News (January 28, 2007). Retrieved on February 10, 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Steve Wallace driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Things looking up for Wallace's son in Gateway races