It's pretty well known to NASCAR fans that NASCAR would really like to have a woman in Sprint Cup. Of course she has to be competitive. NASCAR has seen how the popularity of Danica Patrick has elevated the Indy Racing League. And she's competitive. She's starting fourth at this weekend's IRL season opener in Homestead. The most recent attempt to establish a women in NASCAR failed miserably. Erin Crocker did well in open wheel cars but wasn't competitve in the Craftsman Truck series. And then she got into a relationship with her car owner Ray Evernham. It remains to be seen if she can rehabilitate her racing career.
Today's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville marked the NASCAR debut of 19 year old Chrissy Wallace. She is the daughter of veteran NASCAR racer Mike Wallace and her uncles Rusty & Kenny Wallace are racers along with cousin Steve Wallace. So it's the family business. Mike currently drives the #7 GEICO Toyota for Germain Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Chrissy has been doing very well at short tracks. So Bob Germain suggested to Mike that Chrissy should make her NASCAR debut in a Germain Racing Toyota Truck. And GEICO offered sponsorship.
Chrissy tested at the half mile Martinsville track a couple of weeks ago. She drove the #03 GEICO/Mobil Toyota at today's Martinsville Craftsman Truck race. Dad was spotting and two time Sprint Cup Champ Tony Stewart was on the pit box advising Chrissy. Stewart is close pals with Mike and has financially supported Chrissy's racing career. Most drivers would love to have him on the radio. Chrissy qualified 35th of 36 trucks. As the video below shows, she got a lap down early. You can hear her dad calming her down. She got her lap back and finished 17th. I don't think anyone expected her to win but that was a pretty good finish. Maybe Chrissy Wallace has what it takes to race in NASCAR. Short track ace Dennis Setzer won the race.
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