For the second time in 30 days, Chrissy Wallace has earned another historic credit to her growing racing resume. This time, in addition to her previously announced ASA Track Championship in the Late Model division at Lebanon I-44 Speedway in Missouri, she has now become the first female driver to earn the 2011 West Region ASA Member Track Championship.
The 23-year old, daughter of NASCAR driver Mike Wallace, earned the West Region championship once all the other participating ASA tracks and drivers completed their seasons. Her achievement was based off the six victories, 12 top-five and 16 top-10s she earned in 19 starts at I-44 in Missouri. She is also the first female to win a Late Model feature at the track.
“To win the track championship at Lebanon I-44 Speedway and be the West Region Champion is a huge accomplishment for this year,” Wallace said. “Considering I sat out of the Late Models for three years and then stated again at a new track; I had a blast doing this. I told my dad, if I don’t have anything set up, I would like to go to Ace Speedway next year and run against (Barry) Beggarly and go for the National title.”
Beggarly earned the overall ASA National championship racing at Ace (NC) Speedway, while Wallace finished a close third in the national tabulations.
Hoping to utilize this achievement to open up other doors in racing, Wallace has already been asked to drive for Cunningham Motorsports in the ARCA season finale at Toledo (OH) Speedway on October 16. That race will be shown live on SPEED TV.
This isn’t the first time a Wallace has won a Late Model and regional honors at I-44. Mike was the 1990 champion earning the Mid-America NASCAR Region Championship there winning 21 out of 29 feature races.
“It is very special to me because I accomplished the same championships my dad did in 1990,” Chrissy said. “As a team, we never gave up this year at I-44 Speedway and kept digging even harder when we had problems.
“I could not have done this without the help of my family, Althoff Trucking, Whirlwind Ranch and my team. Without their help and support throughout this year, none of this would have happened.
“I’m currently seeing what opportunities are out there in the NASCAR ranks; especially the Camping World Truck Series. Everyone said to go show them what I could do, so I did.”
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