| Steve Wallace | |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Achievements: | 2004 Snowball Derby Winner 2017 Redbud 400 Winner 2014 World Series of Asphalt Super Late Model Champion 2014 Clyde Hart Memorial Winner |
| Awards: | 2004 UARA-Stars Rookie of the Year |
| Total Cup Races: | 1 |
| Years In Cup: | 1 |
| Best Cup Pos: | 57th (2011) |
| First Cup Race: | 2011 Daytona 500 (Daytona) |
| Cup Wins: | 0 |
| Cup Top Tens: | 0 |
| Cup Poles: | 0 |
| Total Busch Races: | 193 |
| Years In Busch: | 9 |
| Prev Busch Pos: | 73rd |
| Prev Busch Year: | 2013 |
| Best Busch Pos: | 7th (2009) |
| First Busch Race: | 2005 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis) |
| Last Busch Race: | 2013 History 300 (Charlotte) |
| Busch Wins: | 0 |
| Busch Top Tens: | 34 |
| Busch Poles: | 2 |
| Total Truck Races: | 7 |
| Years In Truck: | 2 |
| Prev Truck Pos: | 96th |
| Prev Truck Year: | 2013 |
| Best Truck Pos: | 52nd (2010) |
| First Truck Race: | 2010 E-Z-GO 200 (Atlanta) |
| Last Truck Race: | 2013 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) |
| Truck Wins: | 0 |
| Truck Top Tens: | 1 |
| Truck Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | 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.
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.
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]
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.
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]
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]
Wallace is the youngest son of ESPN announcer and former NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace. He has been diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.[6] [7]
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Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | [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 | 96th | 01 | [19] | ||||||||||||||||
Ineligible for series points
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Dodge | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL 7 | LAN | CHI 4 | SLM | TAL | 52nd | 710 | [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* | 27th | 1645 | [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 | 181st | 35 | [22] | ||||||||||||||||||