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NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series
TRUCKS: Wallace Combo A NASCAR First At ‘Dega
Mike and Chrissy Wallace will make history at Talladega this weekend...
SPEED Staff  |  Posted October 29, 2009   Charlotte, NC
Mike Wallace (Right) and Chrissy Wallace (Left) made history at Talladega by competing together, a first in a NASCAR national series event. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Historically, NASCAR racing is a sport in which family members have competed with and against each other. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is no different, where names like Bodine, Hornaday and Skinner have produced father-son combinations in the same race. Jerry and Randy Churchill became the first father-son combo ever to compete in the same race, at Bristol Motor Speedway on June 23, 1995.

This weekend will mark a different chapter of family participation in the series, when Mike Wallace will compete against his daughter Chrissy Wallace. It marks the first time a father and daughter will battle each other in a NASCAR national series event.

Mike Wallace’s series debut came in 1995. Chrissy Wallace debuted last March at Martinsville.

“The big thing for me is I need to go out there and have a solid practice and learn the track again,” said Chrissy, who made her first start at Talladega in the ARCA Re/Max Series last year. “I've only been able to go there once, but it was with a totally different car. So I'm going to have to go there and learn how to drive the trucks there, which is going to be a little challenging at first, but I think once I get the hang of it and go through practice and everything, we'll be okay.

“Racing against my dad, it's something that we've always wanted to do,” the 21-year-old continued. “It's something that means a lot to me, and I think it's a good thing for me and him both, and hopefully I'll wind up beating him.”

Added Mike Wallace: “I'm looking forward to a good race, as we always would, but looking for all the things that lead up to that event, all the media that has been generated around Chrissy and I in regards to the history‑making event for NASCAR. As we have for many, many years, the Wallace tradition is very long-tied to NASCAR as far as my brothers, Rusty and Kenny, and myself and Chrissy and Steven are making a living now, and just really excited about the opportunity to show up there and be part of NASCAR history.”
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