Wallace, a NASCAR Nationwide Series winner there in 1994, has scored five top-20 finishes in the last six series races. The last time the series visited the Monster Mile in May, the team left with their heads high after a 10th-place finish. And, they feel there is no reason they can’t do the same this weekend, as well. Currently standing 13th in the Driver’s Points, trailing 12th of Trevor Bayne by a mere five points, Wallace and team feel confident about their task ahead in the New England area.
Wall-to-Wall Mike Wallace Info:
· This will be the St. Louis native’s 27th NNS start at Dover
· During the previous 26 races, he won there in 1993, scored four top-five and nine t top-10s finishes
· Leading 81 laps on the Monster Mile, the second-generation driver has completed 4,637 of 5,223 laps contested
· He will be making his 29th start of the 2011 season, where his best finish of fifth occurred at Road America in June combining the Dover finish for the two top-10s earned
· This will be NNS-career start No. 411 for him, which has produced four wins, 22 top-fives and 63 top-10s
· Chrissy Wallace has secured the Lebanon I-44 Speedway Late Model champion, making her the first female in ASA history to achieve such a mark. Now, the final totals are being tabulated the next few days to see if she can claim the West Series and the National Championship honors
Where you can watch Mike: There will be only one practice this weekend for the NNS, and that can be seen Friday on ESPN2 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET. Qualifying will be on SPEED at Noon on Saturday, followed by the 200 laps of race action on ESPN2 at 3 p.m. later that day. MRN Radio and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90 will also carry the race.
“Each week has been a progressively good learning point for our team, and that’s been showing up in our results. We’re a single-car team without any Cup affiliation for notes and info. But, the folks at Chevrolet have been very helpful to use this year, and it’s starting to show up in certain areas.”
“Being a past winner at a track always gives you that little bit of extra edge when you show up. I don’t care if it was five, 10 or 15 years ago because in the current field of drivers, the list of past winners is still a short one.”
“We left there last time with a top-10 finish because we raced smart and were able to be where we needed to be at the end. If we can build on that for this weekend, then I’ll be looking for good things from our JD Motorsports team.”
- JD Motorsports Press Release
