Darrell Wallace Jr.
Fast Facts
Birthday: October 8, 1993
Hometown: Mobile, AL
Residence: Concord, NC
Favorite Sports Team: University of Tennessee
Hobbies: Photography, Video Games, Paintball, Basketball
Stats
Nationwide Top 10′s: 3
Nationwide Poles: 1
Truck Top 10′s: 3
Truck Poles: 1
Bio
Darrell Wallace, Jr. has made a lasting impression with every step of his young racing career. Wallace, now 19, will spend the 2013 season vying for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year honors and a shot at the championship.
NASCAR Nationwide Series
In his 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) debut, Wallace proved once again why Joe Gibbs Racing took such a strong interest in him before he even had his legal driver’s license. Wallace made just four starts in the Nationwide Series last season, but left each with astounding results that included three top-10 finishes and his first-career pole position. His debut took place in May at Iowa Speedway and he certainly showed no signs of nerves as he qualified eighth and finished ninth. He returned for a second go at Iowa in August and was even more impressive by starting on the outside pole and racing to a seventh-place finish. A few weeks later in Richmond, Wallace was strong once again and battled inside the top five until late in the race when hard racing caused contact that forced him to hang on over the final laps. Despite the setback he still managed to earn a 10th-place finish. In his final race of the season, Wallace was amazing once again. He earned his first-career pole and was set to earn yet another top-10 finish, but contact from behind on the final restart nearly took him out of the race. He pulled out an amazing save to earn a solid 12th-place finish in his first NNS race at Dover International Speedway.
