There are many people in the garage who think Steve Wallace has potential. He bested more than 20 Cup drivers to win the pole for the spring 2007 Busch Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Wallace, the youngest full-time driver in the Busch Series however, is still working to gain valuable experience.
In order to accelerate the teenagers learning process in the Busch Series, officials of RWI Racing have announced that NASCAR veteran and television analyst Kenny Wallace, the 19-year-old's uncle, will serve as the team's chief spotter and driver coach to his nephew for the remaining 2007 Busch Series events that serve as companion races to the Nextel Cup Series. The elder Wallace drives the No. 78 Furniture Row Chevrolet in the Nextel Cup Series and also works on pre- and post-race programs on SPEED from those events. In his 10 full seasons in the Busch Series, Kenny Wallace set the bar for consistency. He finished nine of those 10 seasons ranked among the top-10 in the point standings and never finished worse than 11th. It is this consistency he hopes to add to his teenage nephew's skills.
Kevin LePage drove the No. 52 Ford for Jimmy Means Racing and moved into the top 40 in Busch Class points. Hopefully we will see LePage running more in this series now that he is not attempting to make Cup races with Front Row Motorsports.
Alabamian and ARCA regular Mike Harmon ran Busch in Phoenix and moved up into the top 40 as well. He drove the No. 44 All Sports Armour TUSCON Chevrolet.
Morgan Shephard made his 3rd Busch race of the year and moved up to 43rd in Busch Class points. I am happy to see old Morgan do this. He doesn't belong attempting Cup, but he can still wheel a car.
Timothy Peters had an excellent run in the No. 21 for Kevin Harvick Racing. The former bring your sponsor and pay to drive member of the Bobby Hamilton Racing team is getting the chance of a lifetime to drive excellent equipment thanks to Harvick's association with Richard Childress Racing. Peters is now 17th in Busch Class points.
Shane Huffman settled for bad luck Friday night when he crashed out early. "As the field came through turn four to complete the first lap of the race, the No. 88 car cut through the grass and then went back up the track collecting the No. 33 and 18 cars. The Navy Chevrolet sustained significant damage and Huffman drove the mangled car directly to the garage area. Crew Chief Wes Ward assessed that the damage was too significant to repair and the team loaded up.
“I don’t know what happened there,” Huffman said. “It just cut hard to the left when I got on the brakes in four. I hate it for this Navy team. We had such a good run here in the fall and I was looking forward to a repeat of that performance here tonight.” Huffman fell to 9th in the Busch Class standings.
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