Chrissy Wallace to make historic debut at Daytona
Rick Ware Racing will be in full force at Daytona with two cars in the Nationwide Series event. Chrissy Wallace plans to make her Nationwide Series debut in the Camping World 300 at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 13. She'll attempt to qualify the No. 41 Fuel Doctor-Susan G Komen for the Cure Chevy.
“This is a lifelong dream to race in the Nationwide Series and will soon be a reality, and I want to thank Rick Ware Racing for making it come true,” she said.
Wallace ran her first race with RWR in the Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway in October 2009. That truck race at Talladega last season was a historic milestone; it was the first time in Truck Series competition that father and daughter competed against each other, as her father, Mike Wallace, also competed in the event.
Mike Wallace also plans to enter the Daytona Nationwide Series race, so the father-daughter duo could make history again as the first father and daughter to compete against each other in a Nationwide Series event.
The race will be a family affair for the Wallace clan. Not only are Chrissy and Mike Wallace planning to run a Nationwide car in Daytona, Chrissy's uncle and Mike's brother, Kenny Wallace, will be behind the wheel of the No. 28 Jay Robinson Racing entry, and Chrissy's cousin and Mike and Kenny's nephew, Steve Wallace will pilot the No. 66 car of Rusty Wallace Racing -- Rusty Wallace as in Chrissy's uncle, Steve's father, and Kenny and Mike's brother.
"If I can be the highest finishing Wallace, it will make all the rest of the family gatherings a lot more fun -- well at least for me," Chrissy Wallace said.
If she gets herself qualified for the Daytona Nationwide race, she could also become the first female driver to make her Nationwide Series debut at Daytona International Speedway. Whether or not she would be the only female attempting to make her Nationwide debut at Daytona remains to be seen, as Danica Patrick plans to wait until she runs the Daytona ARCA race before deciding whether or not she'll run the Daytona Natinwide event.
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Here comes Stanton Barrett-ready for a return to Daytona
Stanton Barrett looks for a successful return to Daytona. The veteran of the movie sets, Indy Racing League and NASCAR knows this is the best equipment he has had in years and looks to make the most of it in the Nationwide Series event this weekend.
Barrett will be piloting the #31 Fuel Doctor Chevy, with the same power plant that qualified 8th at Daytona last fall. Stanton also is bringing his favorite superspeedway car, the one the former teammate Shane Huffman qualified 18th (2008) with and not as a nearly stout motor that he has today.
"Fuel Doctor has stepped up in a big way and will actually have three entries for Rick Ware Racing at Daytona. Thats huge. The guys have been thrashing all winter to make the cars good and from what we see, we should be," claimed Barrett.
Both Stanton and Chrissy will have to qualify on time which is no easy feat considering the 12-15 Cup drivers entering the event.
""If we keep focused and the planets align, we will not only make the field, but shock some people along the way."
