This weekend, the NASCAR XFINITY Series will say goodbye to its most-tenured driver.
Kenny Wallace, the series record-holder with 546 career starts, will pilot the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 Toyota in his final NASCAR race – Saturday’s U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway (8 p.m. ET on NBCSN).
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to drive for a proven winning team like Joe Gibbs Racing,” Wallace said. “I told Mike Wheeler [crew chief] and the No. 20 team that I know the pressure is on me because they’re giving me a winning car. I feel light, relaxed and ready to get going in practice on Friday.”
Wallace owns nine wins, 66 top fives (20th-most all-time), 173 top 10s (seventh-most all-time) and 10 poles. He has three top-10 finishes in eight career starts at Iowa.
The St. Louis, Missouri native, who comes from a racing family that includes brothers NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace and long-time driver Mike Wallace, has not won a race since 2001, but feels confident he can visit Victory Lane in his Gibbs-powered car.
“I’ll be focused on the race car; not that it’s the final race of my NASCAR career,” Wallace said. “I have nine XFINITY Series wins and it would mean a lot to get double digits and end my career with 10 wins.”
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