Friday, August 23, 2019

Kenny Wallace Born In St. Louis, Missouri - August 23rd, 1963

August 23rd, 1963
Kenny Wallace
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. 
In a career spanning twenty five years in NASCAR, Wallace has nine wins, all occurring in the Nationwide Series and was the 1989 Busch Series "Rookie of the Year" He retired from NASCAR after a 2015 Xfinity Series race at Iowa, where he competed in the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing in a one race deal. Now retired from NASCAR competition, he continues to race on local dirt tracks across the country as a hobby.

Kenny is a member of a large racing family. Wallace's father, Russ, was a prolific winner on Midwestern short tracks in the 1960s and 1970s.  Kenny and his older brothers, Rusty Wallace and Mike Wallace, followed in their father's footsteps. Rusty is the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion and winner of 55 Cup Series races. Mike is a winner of four Nationwide Series and four Camping World Truck Series races. Rusty's son, Steve Wallace, is a current Nationwide Series driver, and Mike's daughter, Chrissy Wallace, has participated in multiple Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series races.

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