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October 9, 2011 – (Mooresville, NC) – Even though Cunningham Motorsports has participated in only 7 of the 18 races on the ARCA Racing presented by Menards 2011 schedule, the team is going into the Toledo ARCA 200 presented by Federated Car Care this weekend as they always do. They are there to win the 200 lap event.

Chrissy Wallace, daughter of current NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Mike Wallace, will be driving the #22 Dodge for Cunningham Motorsports. The 23 year old Wallace, originally from St. Louis, Missouri, is the first female driver to win the ASA Track championship in the Late Model division at Lebanon I-44 Speedway in Missouri, on her way to earning the 2011 West Region ASA Member Track championship. Wallace was awarded the West Region championship after all the other participating ASA tracks and drivers completed their seasons, based on her 6 wins, 12 top-5 finishes and 16 top-10 finishes earned in 19 starts at I-44. She and her father, Mike share this honor, as he won the Mid-America NASCAR Region Championship in 1990. In addition to two previous ARCA starts, Wallace has two NASCAR Nationwide Series starts and seven Camping World Truck Series starts.

“This is a great opportunity for me and exactly what I was hoping would happen with my success in the ASA Late Model championship,” Wallace said. “I know the team at Cunningham Motorsports fields great entries and I’m looking forward to driving for them at Toledo. Working with Paul (Andrews) is an added bonus, because he’s been a friend of the family back when we all lived in St. Louis. He’s a proven success in working with young drivers like me, which will shorten my learning curve at (the) track.

“We’re still looking for some sponsorship to help out in the effort. ARCA has some great competition in their series and the racing is pretty intense. I’m looking forward to racing with them in Toledo and would like to thank Cunningham Motorsports and Paul for this opportunity.”

The team tested at Caraway Speedway last week in preparation for the Toledo ARCA 200 presented by Federated Car Care. According to Paul A
The first practice on the .5 mile Toledo track is scheduled from 12:00-12.45 pm EST Saturday afternoon. The final 45 minute session will begin at 1:40, with Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell following at 4:00 pm. An autograph session will kick off Sunday’s events from 12:00-1:00 pm EST. The 200 lap/ 100 mile season finale will begin at 2:00 pm EST Sunday, with live coverage on SPEED. Live timing and scoring will be available at www.arcaracing.com. Live updates from Cunningham Motorsports for all of the weekend’s events can be found on twitter@cunningham_race.ndrews, crew chief for Wallace, “The test went real good. Chrissy picked up speed quickly. We didn’t put new tires on the car at any time during the test session, but ran speeds quicker than we tested the last time we were at Caraway. We are looking forward to the Toledo race with Wallace.” In 7 previous races this season, Cunningham Motorsports has 1 win, 2 top-5 finishes and 6 top-10 finishes.

- Cunningham Motorsports Press Release