Steve Wallace (racing driver)
Stephen Wallace 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.
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 and Winter Shootout at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He also won multiple championships at Concord Motor Speedway. In December 2004, at the age of seventeen, 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, Wallace ran nearly the entire season in USAR Hooters Pro Cup competition. He finished with three top-ten finishes and qualified for the post-season championship series. A day after Steve turned eighteen, 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 fifteenth in his first NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Memphis Motorsports Park. Wallace became part of the Dodge factory driver development program.
Nationwide Series
Wallace raced seventeen races in the No. 64 Dodge Nationwide Series car in 2006, 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 eleventh in the Busch Series.For the 2007 NASCAR Busch Series season, Wallace would race full-time. He won his first career pole at Bristol Motor Speedway. 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 Chevrolet for the 2008 Season.
Wallace first career top-five came at Richmond International Raceway on May 2, 2008.
At the beginning of the 2012 season, Wallace 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.
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 thirtieth place finish in 2010 guaranteed Wallace a start. He drove the No. 77 Toyota to a twentieth 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.