Wallace Jr. Looks To Join First-Time Winners

Wallace Jr. Looks To Join First-Time Winners Club At Chicago

Darrell Wallace Jr. has endured a roller coaster season and it appears the NASCAR Drive for Diversity graduate is slowly making his way toward the top of the standings.

Wallace has enjoyed a pair of top-five finishes over the past two events and heads to Chicago as a strong contender to join the other first-time winners in the series this season.

Wallace, who is the first African-American to compete full-time in the NCWTS in more than six years, has already built an impressive resume in his NASCAR career.

Wallace has won poles in both the NCWTS and last season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and has a career-best NCWTS finish of fourth at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the first road course event for the series in over a decade.

Wallace has scored two top 10s in a row after suffering 21st and 28th place finish at Michigan and Bristol, respectively.

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,

Brad Keselowski will make another start in his No. 19 Ford this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. Ross Chastain won the pole in the truck at Iowa Speedway last weekend and finished second. … Ben Kennedy scored another respectable finish as the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East regular finished 15th at Iowa in his second career truck start. Kennedy will make his first start on a 1.5-mile track Friday night at Chicagoland Speedway. … Two-time Chicagoland series winner Kyle Busch will do triple duty this weekend, beginning with Friday night’s stint in the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota.