Darrell Wallace Jr.    18

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Darrell Wallace Jr.
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Sponsor Coca-Cola
Manufacturer Toyota
Owner J.D. Gibbs
Crewchief Bryant Frazier
Birthdate Oct. 8, 1993
Hometown Concord, N.C.
Occupation Race car driver

Career Highlights

  • The 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Sunoco Rookie of the Year.
  • Became the youngest and first African-American race winner in K&N Pro Series East history in 2010.
  • Was the 2011 championship runner-up.

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Statistics

Year Rank Races Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s
2010 3 10 2 0 5 7
2011 2 12 3 3 5 11
2012 11 3 1 0 1 1
TOTALS   25 6 3 11 19

WINS: 6 - Greenville (3/27/10), Lee (7/30/10), Richmond (4/28/11), Columbus (7/23/11), Dover (9/30/11), Greenville (3/31/12)
POLES: 3 - South Boston (4/17/11), New Hampshire (9/23/11), Dover (9/30/11)

Year-by-year K&N Pro Series East Recap

2011: The championship runner-up earned three wins and top-10 finishes in all but one of the 12 races on the season ... Won the inaugural NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races at Richmond and Columbus and was victorious in the finale at Dover ... Also nabbed three poles ... His 352 laps led ranked second ... Earned the Featherlite Most Improved Driver season award.  2010: Finished third in the season standings as a rookie on the strength of a pair of wins and seven top 10s ... Wins came at Greenville and Lee ... Became the youngest race winner in NASCAR K&N Pro Series East history, and first African-American winner in series history ... Earned Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors by one point over Cole Whitt.

Noteworthy

Started racing when he was nine years old … Won 35 of 48 Bandoleros races entered in 2005 and became the first driver in the history of Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Winter Heat to win all six races en route to the championship … Registered 11 wins and 34 top 10s in 38 Legends starts in 2006 … Moved to Late Models in 2007 and competed at Tri-County Motor Speedway and Greenville Pickens Speedway, among others … Became the track’s youngest Late Model feature winner in Franklin County Speedway in 2008 … 2009 season included three wins and 11 top fives in 23 Late Model races, nine of which came in UARA Late Model action … Was a member of the Drive for Diversity program and competed for Rev Racing in 2010-11 … Has been a Joe Gibbs Racing development driver since 2009, and will run that team’s No. 20 this year in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East … Also scheduled to make his NASCAR Nationwide Series debut with JGR in 2012 ... Was a member of NASCAR’s “Next 9” class in 2011 … Named one of the NASCAR drivers 25 and under to watch in 2012 by FoxSports.com.

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K&N Pro Series East Drivers


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Darrell Wallace Jr.