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TRUCKS: Wallace Duo To Make NASCAR History At Talladega
Chrissy Wallace and her father, Mike Wallace, prepare to make history Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway...
Megan Englehart  |  Posted October 27, 2009   Charlotte, NC
Chrissy Wallace (Right) was approved to compete in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2006. In 2009 her father, Mike Wallace (Left)and Chrissy faced off in a NASCAR national series event. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
SPEED™ TO CAPTURE HISTORY WITH LIVE COVERAGE OF FATHER-DAUGHTER RACING IN NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES

Mike Wallace: “How many people really ever get to compete against their kids in a sports setting?”

At an early age, it is instilled in most children not to dare cross or challenge their parents...

But don’t tell that to 21-year-old Chrissy Wallace and her father, Mike Wallace, as the duo prepares to make history Saturday in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway (4 p.m. ET live on SPEED™; NCWTS Setup with Krista Voda at 3:30 p.m. ET) by becoming the first father/daughter combination to compete against each other in a NASCAR national series event.

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While Jimmie Johnson appears destined to make NASCAR history with an unprecedented fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship this year, Chrissy is just as proud of the opportunity awaiting her at Talladega.

“It really is a big deal to me and my dad and our whole family because it’s one of the first things that Dad and I have been able to do just him and me spending quality time doing it together,” said Chrissy Wallace, driving for Rick Ware Racing. “It has brought our family a lot closer.”

Father-son pairs have been represented in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series before - Mike and Dustin Skinner, the late Bobby Hamilton and Bobby Hamilton Jr., and Ron Hornaday Jr. and Ronnie Hornaday have raced each other. But never dear ol’ Dad and his little girl.

“We never set out to do anything like this,” said Mike Wallace, piloting the No. 48 Chevrolet for Andy Hillenburg. “I never even thought my daughter would drive race cars but then I realized she was pretty good at it. And being able to have the opportunity to compete with or against her is very rewarding. How many people really ever get to compete against their kids in a sports setting?”

Mike and Chrissy first etched their names in the NASCAR history books last year driving for Germain Racing by becoming the first father and daughter to drive for the same team (Mike in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and Chrissy in the Truck Series).

That stint with Germain, in which she competed in six Truck Series and two ARCA Series events, including a ninth-place effort at Talladega, revealed something to Chrissy about herself and her future ambitions. Prior to her foray into NASCAR, Chrissy had won races in everything from Bandoleros to Legends, Thunder Roadsters and Late Models, but wasn’t entirely convinced she wanted a professional career behind the wheel.

“When I first started racing, it was more for fun because I was more interested in boys, playing softball and basketball,” explained Chrissy, the first female driver to win a Late Model stock car race at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway. “Then, last year running with Germain proved to me that I could do the same thing I’d always wanted to do and prove that girls can do it just as well as guys can.”


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