Wallace
Steals the Show, Earns Second East Series Win
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Aug 1, 2010) ? Darrell Wallace Jr. made a three-wide
pass for the lead with two laps to go and held on for the victory Friday in
the K&N Pro Series 125 at Lee USA Speedway. It was the second NASCAR K&N Pro
Series East win of the season for the 16-year-old Revolution Racing driver
from Mobile, Ala.
It definitely hit us right away this time, said Wallace. Im
excited,
the whole team is excited. I was talking to the crew under the red flag and
I told them [the leaders] are going to wash it up and Im going to go under
them and take the win and thats exactly what happened.
Wallace started behind Ryan Truex and Eddie MacDonald on the race's final
restart. Truex and MacDonald had swapped the lead four times over the
previous 35 laps, and appeared setting up for a final dash to the checkers
for the win. But it was Wallace who had drove up through the field after
getting tangled up in an early race incident and wound up stealing the
spotlight. He dove inside the side-by-side leaders going into Turn 3, and
emerged with the lead coming out of Turn 4 for his second win of the season.
Wallace became the youngest driver and first African American race winner in
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East history when he won the season opener at
Greenville (S.C.) Pickens Speedway in March.
Wallace, second in points, closed the gap on defending series champion Truex
to 33 points with three races remaining.
Marc Davis returned to the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East this weekend for the
first time since 2008. He finished eighth at Lee USA Speedway in the No. 8
Revolution Racing Chevrolet.
I was really appreciative of Max Siegel and everybody at Revolution for
putting me in the car this week, said Davis, who is eyeing a return to the
Nationwide Series at Dover in September. These guys needed a good run.
They've struggled the past couple weeks. Just had a bunch of bad luck. So
they put me in the car for this one race, and we came away with a solid top
ten.
Sergio Pena carried a special paint-scheme this weekend, promoting the
upcoming docu-reality series Changing Lanes, which premieres on BET
Network September 1. Pena drove the No. 4 Changing Lanes Chevrolet to a
15th-place finish at Lee USA Speedway Friday night, despite damage from a
mid-race incident. Pena is currently 12th in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
standings.
Ryan Gifford saw his night come to an early end at Lee USA Speedway after
getting caught up in multiple on-track incidents. The final blow to the No.
2 Revolution Racing Chevrolet came at lap 116 when front end damage sent the
No. 2 machine to the garage. Gifford was credited with a 19th-place finish.
He slips to eighth in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series standings, but is just 26
points out of fifth-place.
The K&N Pro Series 125 will air on SPEED on Thursday, Aug. 5 at 6 p.m. ET.
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East will return to the track on Saturday, Aug. 28
at Gresham Motorsports Park in Jefferson, Ga.
For more information about Revolution Racing, or for sponsorship
opportunities with the team, please visit www.revolutionracing.net.
About Revolution Racing
Headquartered in Mooresville, N.C., Revolution Racing, owned by Max Siegel
and John Story, brings together championship caliber executives, competition
staff and equipment in a unique academy-style environment. Revolution
currently operates four NASCAR K&N Pro Series East teams, under the
direction of four-time K&N Pro Series champion Andy Santerre, and six NASCAR
Whelen All-American Series teams, led by former Greenville-Pickens (S.C.)
Speedway track champion Blair Addis. In addition, Revolution Racing manages
a youth racing initiative that allows kids ages 8-14 to compete in the INEX
Bandolero and INEX Legend cars. The team also trains aspiring female and
minority pit crew athletes through the Drive for Diversity Crew Member
Development program presented by Sprint.