Wallace is a Racing Name

The name Wallace is well known around NASCAR circles and the world of four-wheel racing, with retired racer Russ Wallace as the elder statesman of a group of world class drivers currently competing in the world of racing. Rusty Wallace is currently team owner of Rusty Wallace Racing, an ESPN race analyst, and former Cup Series Champion. His team currently fields two cars in the Nationwide Series; his brother Steve Wallace drives his No. 66 Chevrolet and Brendan Gaughan sits behind the wheel of his No. 62 Chevrolet. This situation could be changing next season due to General Motors having no choice but to cut their support for the Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series.

Steve Wallace has been improving of late

Obviously, the team and Rusty have a few decisions to make concerning manufacturer support for 2010 and beyond, which is putting a cloud of doubt around everything occurring around Rusty Wallace Racing at the moment. His team and drivers have been having a pretty good year, with both cars in the top ten in the standings. Steve Wallace has been improving as a third generation driver of late and this is bad timing for the young driver, and hopefully everything will be known one way or the other, soon.

Whatever happens, money will definitely be harder to come by next season for all teams in the Nationwide Series, not just Rusty Wallace Racing, especially with the phasing in of the new car that’s currently expected for 2010.

One thing is for sure; the Wallace’s will continue to race aggressively and will deal with everything that comes there way no matter the problems. In fact, Mike, Kenny, and Steve Wallace will be racing this weekend in Saturday night’s Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway International Raceway. Mike and Kenny have calmed down over the years from their normal aggressive driving style and even Steve has lately been showing a little more patience and intelligence in his aggressive choices, and this can only be good for NASCAR and future races.

The Wallace’s haven’t been running fast enough to win much lately, but you can never count this race-family out of any race, so expect all three of the brothers to be competitive in the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 this weekend.

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