Chrissy Wallace has been working hard to make her dream come true for the last ten years. That dream is to reach the upper level series in NASCAR. Earlier this year, Chrissy came a little closer to her dream. The 19 year old started a Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville. She finished 18th, on the lead lap. She has signed a contract with Germain Racing to run a few CTS races this year, Then next year, compete for Rookie of the Year, while running the full CTS schedule.
At nine years old, Chrissy Wallace started racing in the Bandalero series at Lowes Motor Speedway and Atlanta Motor Speedway, among other venues. Bandaleros are large go carts with a fiberglass body that resembles a stock car. She has steadily progressed through the beginner series. From Bandalero to Legends, to Roadsters, to Arena racing, up to Late Model Stock cars.
Chrissy Wallace with her Legends Series car
Last year she was LMS rookie of the year at Hickory Speedway in North Carolina. She also became the first woman to ever win a feature race at Hickory. She went on to total five wins and ten top five finishes at Hickory last year. This is the track where the Jarretts, and the Earnhardts cut their teeth.
Chrissy was born into a racing family in St. Louis, MO. Her grandfather started the Wallace racing dynasty. Since then her uncle, Rusty, has won several Cup races and the championship in 1989. Her other uncle, Kenny, was the runner-up in the Busch Series championship in 1991. Of course, her father, Mike Wallace still races in all three of NASCAR's top series.
It helps to come from such a great racing family, but Chrissy had to drive the cars herself. She had to endure jealous drivers who would do anything to make sure she didn't beat them. Yet, beat them, she did. Now she is on the cusp of making it in the big leagues of American racing. Chrissy Wallace is showing other young drivers, male and female, how to do it the right way, and that hard work will make your dreams come true.
