#NASCAR’s Racing Wallace Family
The Wallace Racing Family is at least three generations long.
Its patriarch Russ Wallace raced in Missouri. His sons are Rusty, Kenny and Mike. In the 1970s, the sons were getting old enough to race the cars themselves.
Russell William "Rusty" Wallace Jr. (born August 14, 1956)
It started with the oldest son,
Rusty. Rusty took over where his father left off. From 1974 to 1978, he was one of the most successful drivers in the Midwest, winning more than two hundred races before moving up the ranks of professional racing.
He has won the 1984 NASCAR Cup series Rookie of the Year and the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion. Over the years, Wallace has been inducted in the NASCAR Hall of Fame (2013), the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2013), the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2014)[3] and the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2010).
Michael Samuel Wallace (born March 10, 1959)
Brother
Mike took a different path to NASCAR success by beginning his racing career on dirt tracks. He dominated the dirt track circuit before graduating to asphalt like his older brother.
Wallace made his Busch Series debut in 1990 at the season-closing Winston Classic at Martinsville Speedway. Starting 24th, Wallace finished sixth.
Mike raced in one hundred and ninety-seven (197) cups races between 1991 and 2015. He recorded three top five finishes.
Kenneth Wallace (born August 23, 1963)
Kenny started his career working on cars but decided to jump behind the wheel one night at the Illinois Street Stock State Championship. He won his very first race but took his time becoming a full-time driver. He continued working as a crew expert until the late 1980s when he made the transition to full-time driving.
He retired from NASCAR after a 2015 Xfinity Series race at Iowa, where he competed in the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in a one race deal. In a career spanning twenty-five years in NASCAR, Wallace had nine wins, all occurring in the Xfinity Series. Now retired from NASCAR competition, he continues to race on local dirt tracks across the country as a hobby.
As for generation three: Rusty has a son named
Steve and Mike has a daughter named
Crissy who also raced.
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