Steve Wallace (racing driver)

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Steve Wallace
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Wallace in 2008
Born (1987-08-18) August 18, 1987 (age 37)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements2004 Snowball Derby Winner
2017 Redbud 400 Winner
2014 World Series of Asphalt Super Late Model Champion
2014 Clyde Hart Memorial Winner
Awards2004 UARA-Stars Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish57th (2011)
First race 2011 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
193 races run over 9 years
2013 position73rd
Best finish7th (2009)
First race 2005 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race 2013 History 300 (Charlotte)
WinsTop tens Poles
0342
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
7 races run over 2 years
2013 position96th
Best finish52nd (2010)
First race 2010 E-Z-GO 200 (Atlanta)
Last race 2013 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Statistics current as of November 16, 2013.

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.

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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 SteveWallaceChevroletMilwaukeeMile2009.jpg
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 sole Cup Series start 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]

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
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NSCCPtsRef
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 57th01 [8]
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
2011 Rusty Wallace Racing Toyota 3620

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NNSCPtsRef
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 105th118 [9]
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		36th1528 [10]
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		19th2752 [11]
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		14th3615 [12]
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		7th4007 [13]
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		10th3940 [14]
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		10th921 [15]
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 72nd33 [16]
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 73rd19 [17]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCWTCPtsRef
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 52nd477 [18]
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 96th01 [19]

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
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223ARSCPtsRef
2005 Cunningham Motorsports 4 Dodge DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL
7		 LAN CHI
4		 SLM TAL 52nd710 [20]
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*		27th1645 [21]
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 181st35 [22]

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  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.
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  12. ↑ "Steve Wallace – 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Steve Wallace – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Steve Wallace – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
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  16. ↑ "Steve Wallace – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
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