Nationwide Series Breakdown: 2009 Able Body Labor 200 at Phoenix
With Kyle Busch holding a commanding lead coming into the final races of the season, Carl Edwards drove at Phoenix like he still had a shot.
Kenny Wallace
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Good Races, Bad Races & Writer’s Cramp
Every time we got to Kansas, it seems like it’s the end of the year – it’s September, it’s starting to get cold. It’s only about four hours from my house in St. Louis, so it’s kind of got a home feel to me. This year, I elected not to run my dirt car out …
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Making It Better on Track & the Time of Our Lives off Track
Well, Atlanta marked one of the first races without my crew chief, Chris Rice. I went down there with an open mind and ready to go. We had a lot of problems. The car was bottoming out really badly. The car was hitting the left-side jack post, hitting the cross-member. We never did get going. …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Is There Loyalty Left in NASCAR?
There is a trend I’ve noticed in racing lately and I don’t like it. It seems like everywhere you turn, a team is firing a driver for nothing he caused, a fan is picking a new favorite when old number one isn’t winning so much, a sponsor is dropping a prospect for a big name …
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Birthdays, the Fans & 800 NASCAR Races Down the Road
Watkins Glen was the first road race of the year. I always get excited about road courses – I love running them. Our team does the best we can. We don’t go and test, it’s just not in the budget, so I really have to call on my road-racing skills from my early Cup days. …
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Hometown Blues, Some Great Runs & Some Amazing Fans
We had a really rough time in Chicago. From the time we arrived there all the way through practice, we’d just bottom out, destroying our car. That was very strange because we’re usually pretty successful at getting the car up off the ground. We just had a tough time there from the get-go. They dropped …
Full Throttle: Sometimes Nice Things Happen to Nice People
Some people think Kenny Wallace is a clown, others think he’s the clown prince of NASCAR. Wallace is a fantastic pitch man for NASCAR racing. He is on TV quite a bit because he is wide open and has a great time no matter what he’s doing. However, if you ever listen to his radio …
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Bad Luck, Better Days & the Bahamas
Milwaukee was just incredibly disappointing. We had such a great racecar. We never qualify very well because we don’t put any effort into it. We’re locked in, sitting 19th in owner points, so we don’t put any effort into qualifying. It costs a lot of money to qualify because you have to put on new …
Beyond the Cockpit: Kenny Wallace on the Fan Car, Big Changes & Using Your Imagination
The NASCAR Nationwide Series has evolved through the years, in every aspect from the series’ vision to the technology and expense needed to be successful. A handful of drivers have been there through many of the changes, and this week we speak with one of them. Frontstretch’s Amy Henderson sat down with Nationwide and Cup …
Holding a Pretty Wheel: Kenny Wallace & Team Trying to Score 1 for the Good Guys
Sponsorship is always a hot topic in racing and in the current economic environment, many teams, even some top Sprint Cup teams, are worried about sponsor dollars. And in the Nationwide Series, that talk is often doubled. There has been growing concern over the last decade as more Sprint Cup drivers are entering more Nationwide …
Kenny Wallace Driver Diary: Good Luck, No Luck & 2 Milestones
Charlotte was one of the luckiest races I’ve ever run. I’ve never, ever been lucky, ever, but at Charlotte, I was playing the fuel-mileage game and got down a lap, then got the lap back when the caution came out at the right time. Then I was sitting there running 16th on lap 125 of …
Talking NASCAR TV: Grading FOX’s 2009 Season & What’s Stopping the Scrolls?
Greetings, readers. The three races held at Dover International Speedway were quite interesting in their own ways. I enjoyed them all, though – especially that race to the finish between Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart on Sunday. Sunday also marked the 13th and final points race on FOX’s schedule for the season, a milestone that …