# Steve Wallace (racing driver)

Stephen Wallace (born August 18, 1987) 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 (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.

### Nationwide Series

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.

### 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 30th-place finish in 2010 guaranteed Wallace a start. He drove the No. 77 Toyota to a 20th-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.

### Super late model career

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.

## Personal life

Wallace is the youngest son of ESPN announcer and former NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace. He has been diagnosed with Tourette syndrome.

## Motorsports career results
### NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

#### Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results :
| 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NSCC | Pts | Ref |
| 2011 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 77 | Toyota | DAY 20 | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | MAR | TEX | TAL | RCH | DAR | DOV | CLT | KAN | POC | MCH | SON | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | POC | GLN | MCH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | NHA | DOV | KAN | CLT | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 57th | 0$^1$ | |

##### Daytona 500

| Year | Team | Manufacturer | Start | Finish |
| 2011 | Rusty Wallace Racing | Toyota | 36 | 20 |

#### Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results :
| 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 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | NNSC | Pts |
| 2005 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 64 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | NSH | BRI | TEX | PHO | TAL | DAR | RCH | CLT | DOV | NSH | KEN | MLW | DAY | CHI | NHA | PPR | GTY | IRP | GLN | MCH | BRI | CAL | RCH | DOV | KAN | CLT | MEM 15 | TEX | PHO | HOM | 105th | 118 |
| 2006 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 64 | Dodge | DAY | CAL | MXC | LVS | ATL | BRI 33 | TEX | NSH 12 | PHO | TAL | RCH 28 | DAR | CLT | DOV 38 | NSH 15 | KEN 11 | MLW 25 | DAY | CHI | NHA | MAR 35 | GTY 31 | IRP 20 | GLN | MCH 24 | BRI | CAL | RCH | | KAN 24 | CLT | MEM 20 | TEX 31 | | HOM 22 | 36th | 1528 |
| 2006 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 61 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DOV 21 | | | | | PHO 16 | | 36th | 1528 |
| 2007 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 66 | Dodge | DAY 30 | CAL 22 | MXC 18 | LVS 17 | ATL 35 | BRI 31 | NSH 14 | TEX 32 | PHO 29 | TAL 26 | RCH 32 | DAR 39 | CLT 30 | DOV 22 | NSH 12 | KEN 22 | MLW 27 | NHA 15 | DAY 39 | CHI 32 | GTY 28 | IRP 17 | CGV 32 | GLN 34 | MCH 37 | BRI 32 | CAL 25 | RCH 18 | DOV 22 | KAN 37 | CLT | MEM 35 | TEX 23 | PHO 37 | HOM 34 | 19th | 2752 |
| 2008 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 66 | Chevy | DAY 37 | CAL 15 | LVS 30 | ATL 18 | BRI 16 | NSH 24 | TEX 16 | PHO 16 | MXC 10 | TAL 32 | RCH 5 | DAR 5 | CLT 20 | DOV 11 | NSH 21 | KEN 17 | MLW 19 | NHA 21 | DAY 13 | CHI 24 | GTY 26 | IRP 10 | CGV 10 | GLN 28 | MCH 38 | BRI 10 | CAL 20 | RCH 17 | DOV 18 | KAN 41 | CLT 32 | MEM 9 | TEX 28 | PHO 33 | HOM 15 | 14th | 3615 |
| 2009 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 66 | Chevy | DAY 42 | CAL 10 | LVS 30 | BRI 7 | TEX 14 | NSH 9 | PHO 12 | TAL 34 | RCH 11 | DAR 14 | CLT 17 | DOV 29 | NSH 7 | KEN 14 | MLW 6 | NHA 11 | DAY 12 | CHI 16 | GTY 24 | IRP 5 | IOW 17 | GLN 12 | MCH 15 | BRI 17 | CGV 16 | ATL 23 | RCH 9 | DOV 12 | KAN 15 | CAL 29 | CLT 31 | MEM 20 | TEX 21 | PHO 10 | HOM 8 | 7th | 4007 |
| 2010 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 66 | Toyota | DAY 10 | CAL 6 | LVS 10 | BRI 38 | NSH 36 | PHO 30 | TEX 9 | TAL 39 | RCH 17 | DAR 12 | DOV 14 | CLT 21 | NSH 8 | KEN 6 | ROA 9 | NHA 11 | DAY 15 | CHI 12 | GTY 5 | IRP 10 | IOW 6 | GLN 9 | MCH 18 | BRI 30 | CGV 38 | ATL 35 | RCH 16 | DOV 12 | KAN 11 | CAL 33 | CLT 29 | GTY 12 | TEX 10 | PHO 10 | HOM 15 | 10th | 3940 |
| 2011 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 66 | Toyota | DAY 20 | PHO 30 | LVS 16 | BRI 11 | CAL 27 | TEX 17 | TAL 32 | NSH 17 | RCH 11 | DAR 5 | DOV 16 | IOW 11 | CLT 7 | CHI 12 | MCH 14 | ROA 26 | DAY 11 | KEN 21 | NHA 9 | NSH 11 | IRP 30 | IOW 8 | GLN 16 | CGV 4 | BRI 14 | ATL 13 | RCH 16 | CHI 18 | DOV 20 | KAN 20 | CLT 13 | TEX 18 | PHO 29 | HOM 34 | | 10th | 921 |
| 2012 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 4 | Ford | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH 11 | TAL | DAR | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | CGV | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | | | 72nd | 33 |
| 2013 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 66 | Ford | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | RCH | TAL | DAR | CLT 25 | DOV | IOW | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM | | | 73rd | 19 |

#### Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results :
| 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 | NCWTC | 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 | |
| 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 | 0$^1$ | |
$^1$ Ineligible for series points

### ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (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 :
| 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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2005 | Cunningham Motorsports | 4 | Dodge | DAY | NSH | SLM | KEN | TOL 7 | LAN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CHI 4 | SLM | TAL | 52nd | 710 | |
| 2005 | Bobby Jones Racing | 88 | Dodge | | | | | | | MIL 32 | POC | MCH | KAN | KEN | BLN | POC | GTW | LER | NSH | | | | | | | | | | | | 52nd | 710 |
| 2005 | Penske Racing | 27 | Dodge | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 1* | ISF | TOL | DSF | | | | | | 52nd | 710 |
| 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 | |
| 2007 | Rusty Wallace Racing | 61 | Dodge | 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 | |