| Stephen Wallace | |||||||
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| Born | August 18, 1987 Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||
| Achievements | 2004 Snowball Derby Winner | ||||||
| Awards | 2004 UARA Rookie of the Year | ||||||
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career | |||||||
| Car no., team | #77 - Rusty Wallace Racing | ||||||
| First race | 2011 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Nationwide Series career | |||||||
| Car no., team | #66 – Rusty Wallace Racing | ||||||
| 2010 position | 10th | ||||||
| Best finish | 7th – 2009 | ||||||
| First race | 2005 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 2010 position | 52nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 52nd - 2010 | ||||||
| First race | 2010 E-Z-GO 200 (Atlanta) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of January 22, 2011. | |||||||
Stephen Wallace (born August 18, 1987)[1] is an American race car driver. Steve is the son of 1989 Winston Cup champion Rusty Wallace and the nephew of NASCAR drivers Kenny and Mike Wallace. He drives the #66 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry for Rusty Wallace Racing.
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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 sponsored by Kodak. 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). Steve became part of the Dodge factory driver development program.
Wallace raced 17 races in the Top-Flite #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 Steven 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.
Wallace made his Cup Series debut in the 2011 Daytona 500. Penske Racing transferred the owner points of his #77, whose 30th place finish in 2010 guaranteed Wallace a start. He drove the #77 Toyota, sponsored by 5 Hour Energy.
Wallace is the youngest son of ESPN announcer and former NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace.
Wallace has been diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.[2][3]
Wallace made his Sprint Cup debut at the Daytona 500 on February 20, 2011 in the 5 Hour Energy Toyota.[4]