- Chrissy Wallace
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Chrissy Wallace Born May 15, 1988
St. Louis, MissouriNASCAR Nationwide Series career Car no., team - 41 - Rick Ware Racing, #0 - JD Motorsports
First race 2010 DRIVE4COPD 300 (Daytona) Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career Truck no., team - 6 - Rick Ware Racing
2009 position 81st Best finish 42nd - 2008 First race 2008 Kroger 250 (Martinsville) Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0 Statistics current as of April 27, 2010. Chrissy Wallace (born May 15, 1988 in St. Louis, Missouri)[1] is a NASCAR driver. She is the daughter of NASCAR driver Mike Wallace, who himself is a 3 time winner at Daytona International Raceway, and middle brother of the famous Wallace triumvirate of ABC/ESPN racing analyst and former Winston Cup champion Rusty Wallace and former NASCAR Rookie of the Year Kenny Wallace. Chrissy will drive in both the Camping World Truck Series and the Nationwide Series for Rick Ware Racing in 2010.
At 19, Chrissy became the first female driver to ever win at Hickory Motor Speedway in North Carolina.[2]
She made her NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in March 2008 at Martinsville Speedway, finishing 18th in the #03 Toyota for Germain Racing. She raced in six races that season. In 2009, Wallace finished a career best 13th in the Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway in the #08 Chevrolet for SS-Green Light Racing.
In 2010, she made her NASCAR Nationwide Series debut in the DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona. Driving the #41 Fuel Doctor Chevrolet, she started 35th and finished 43rd after crashing on the first lap. Wallace also made the Aaron's 312 at Talladega, finishing 24th in the #0 for JD Motorsports.
In 2011, Chrissy became the first woman to win an American Speed Association Late Model track championship at Lebanon/I-44 Speedway [3], the same track where father Mike won the championship in 1990.
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