Mike Wallace
Wallace atRoad America in 2013
Born	Michael Samuel Wallace (1959-03-10)March 10, 1959 (age 66) Fenton, Missouri, U.S.
Achievements	1990 NASCAR Winston Racing Series Mid-America Regional Champion
NASCARCup Series career
197 races run over 19 years
2015 position	47th
Best finish	33rd (1994)
First race	1991Pyroil 500 (Phoenix)
Last race	2015Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 14 0
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
497 races run over 27 years
2020 position	55th
Best finish	8th (2008)
First race	1990Winston Classic (Martinsville)
Last race	2020UNOH 188 (Daytona RC)
First win	1994GM Goodwrench/Delco 200 (Dover)
Last win	2004Winn-Dixie 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 4 66 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
115 races run over 14 years
2011 position	87th
Best finish	4th (2000)
First race	1995Lowe's 150 (North Wilkesboro)
Last race	2011Coca-Cola 250 (Talladega)
First win	1999Florida Dodge Dealers 400 (Homestead)
Last win	2011Coca-Cola 250 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 5 56 3
Statistics up to date as of November 9, 2020.

Michael Samuel Wallace (born March 10, 1959) is an American professionalstock car racing driver born inFenton, Missouri. He is the younger brother ofRusty Wallace, the older brother ofKenny Wallace, and the uncle ofSteve Wallace. His daughter,Chrissy Wallace, and son,Matt Wallace, have also competed in racing.

Wallace made his Busch Series debut in 1990 at the season-closing Winston Classic at Martinsville Speedway. Starting 24th, Wallace finished sixth in the No. 40Lowes FoodsChevrolet. The next season, he ran nine Busch races for a variety of different teams and had a third-place finish atLanier Raceway. He also made hisWinston Cup debut at thePyroil 500, where he finished 31st in theJimmy Means-owned car. It also marked the first time since the 1950s that three brothers competed against each other in a Winston Cup race, as Rusty and Kenny drove in that race also.

In1992, Wallace signed on withMoroso Racing to pilot the No. 20 First AdeOldsmobile. They also ran a Cup race together atAtlanta Motor Speedway, where Wallace finished 33rd. Despite a tenth-place run at Martinsville, Wallace was dismissed from the ride nearly halfway into the season. Late in the year, he was hired byBarry Owen to drive his No. 9 Oldsmobile, replacing the lateClifford Allison. After a ninth place finish in their first race atDover International Speedway, Wallace posted a second place finish at Martinsville. Wallace and Owen also ran a pair of Cup races, and their best finish was in twentieth place in Atlanta. They ran the entire Busch schedule in1993, with sponsorship from FDP Brakes. Wallace had nine top-tens that season and finished a career-high twelfth in the final points standings. He also finished in the top-fifteen for the first time in his Cup career when he finished fifteenth at Atlanta.

Early in1994, Wallace was hired byJunie Donlavey to drive his No. 90Heilig-MeyersFord Thunderbird in theWinston Cup Series. Although he competed in 22 of the scheduled 31 races that year, Wallace finished fifth in theRookie of the Year standings and 33rd in the final point standings. His season was capped off with a fifth place finish at theHooters 500. In the Busch Series, he won his first career race at Dover, followed by victories atThe Milwaukee Mile andIndianapolis Raceway Park. The following season, Wallace failed to qualify for five races in the Cup series and dropped a spot in the standings. His lone lead-lap finish came atBristol Motor Speedway, where he finished ninth. In the Busch Series, his team switched to No. 90 with sponsorship fromDuron Paints and posted two second-place finishes. He also made hisCraftsman Truck Series debut that season atNorth Wilkesboro Speedway and finished 29th in theMB Motorsports truck.

Twelve races into the1996 season, Wallace was released from his Cup ride with Donlavey. Despite moving back down into the Busch Series full-time, Wallace only posted one top-ten in the second half of the season, forcing Owen's team to close its doors. Wallace began1997 with high hopes in the No. 91LJ RacingChevrolet Monte Carlo owned byJoe Falk andRon Neal. The team had moved up from the Busch Series and signedSpam as a full-time sponsor but after many DNQs and the best finish of seventeenth atTexas Motor Speedway, the team lost its sponsor and Wallace found himself without a ride. He also split time in the Busch Series in the No. 7Chevrolet forEd Whitaker, making six starts. Midway through the season, he left for the Truck Series, driving the No. 52PurolatorChevrolet Silverado forKen Schrader Racing. Despite only running fifteen races that season, he finished 23rd in points. He also finished in the top-ten in each of the last four races of the season, includingCalifornia Speedway, where he finished second.

Wallace returned to run the Truck Series full-time in1998 for Schrader. Although he did not win that season, he won his first career NASCAR pole atNew Hampshire International Speedway and had seven top-tens en route to a fifteenth place point finish. He also ran six Busch races forAndy Petree Racing,Washington-Erving Motorsports, and theCurb Agajanian Performance Group, his best finish coming at IRP for Petree. In addition, he ran theDaytona 500 in an entry forPhil Barkdoll, starting and finishing 23rd.

In1999, he left Schrader to drive the No. 2Team ASE RacingFord F-150 forUltra Motorsports. He won in his first race for Ultra atHomestead-Miami Speedway and won again six races later atPikes Peak International Raceway. He finished sixth in points that year. He also returned to Donlavey in Cup to run the Daytona 500 for him and finished 23rd, as well finishing 24th in an Ultra-owned car atRichmond International Raceway. The following year, Wallace won an additional two truck races and moved up to fourth in points. He also ran eight Busch races forMoy Racing, his best finish a fourteenth at IRP.

Ultra promoted Wallace back to the Cup Series for2001 afterMichael Waltrip left the team to drive forDale Earnhardt, Inc., placing him in the No. 7 Nations Rent Ford. Despite starting off the season with a sixth place finish at the Daytona 500, the team struggled in qualifying. Wallace did not qualify for the Coca-Cola 600 or the spring race at Michigan and was pulled from the ride forTed Musgrave at Pocono in June andRobby Gordon the next week at Sonoma. Despite recording another top-ten at Daytona in the Pepsi 400 and one more at New Hampshire, he failed to qualify again at Indianapolis and Watkins Glen.

During that time, he began running with a new Busch Series team,Biagi Brothers Racing, running their No. 4Geico Chevy. His best finish of eight starts was a tenth atRichmond International Raceway.

After the inaugural race at Kansas in the fall, Wallace left Ultra and joinedPenske-Kranefuss Racing, driving the No. 12Mobil 1Ford Taurus as a teammate to his brother Rusty afterJeremy Mayfield was fired. At Phoenix, he led 45 laps late in the race before giving the lead up toJeff Burton, finishing a career-best second. Wallace recorded four top-twenty finishes in the No. 12, but after the seasonRoger Penske andMichael Kranefuss elected to dissolve their partnership. Although Penske would continue to run two teams, as rookieRyan Newman would be promoted to full-time for 2002, he would be doing so under his own team and thus Wallace was left without a ride when the partnership dissolved.

Andy Petree brought Wallace in to run a few races in his No. 33 Chevrolet as a replacement forJoe Nemechek, who had left to joinHaas-Carter Motorsports. The team did not have sponsorship; however, sinceOakwood Homes left the team at the end of 2001, Wallace did not run the full season. However, by virtue of Nemechek’s victory in the fall race at Rockingham the year before, Wallace qualified to race in The Winston all-star race at Charlotte in the No. 33; he finished 23rd.

He returned to run with Biagi for seventeen races in the Busch Series, posting two consecutive fourteenth place finishes. Wallace also returned to the Truck series driving theFederated Auto Parts truck for Schrader, posting two Top 10’s. Mid-season, he signed onto the No. 14ConsecoPontiac Grand Prix forA. J. Foyt Racing, his best finish a tenth at Bristol.

In2003, Biagi Bros. began racing full-time in the Busch Series with Wallace. Despite missing two races, Wallace had three top-tens and finished thirteenth in the final standings. In the Cup series, he had two Top 10’s driving for Phoenix, as well as making eight starts filling forJerry Nadeau in the No. 01U.S. ArmyPontiac Grand Prix forMB2/MBV Motorsports. In addition to running two races for Schrader in the Truck Series, he also competed in a pair of events forBrevak Racing, his best finish a fifteenth at Phoenix. In2004, at the mid-season race at Daytona, Wallace took the lead on the last lap and won his fourth career race, the first for Biagi in one of the biggest wins of his career. The following week atChicagoland Speedway, he led eighteen laps and almost won before running out of fuel on the final lap. In the Cup Series, he drove three races forArnold Motorsports, before leading 45 laps and finishing seventh at Richmond for Phoenix. He finished the season driving the No. 4Lucas Oil Chevy forMorgan-McClure Motorsports.

Wallace began driving for MMM full-time in2005. Despite an eighth place finish at thePepsi 400, Wallace was released towards the end of the season by MMM. He returned to the Truck Series briefly forDarrell Waltrip Motorsports, finishing in the top-nine twice. He drove for a variety of different teams in the Busch Series, among themAkins Motorsports,Rusty Wallace, Inc. andEvernham Motorsports, with whom he finished second at his hometown track in Gateway.

He began 2006 in the Truck Series running forHT Motorsports but was released after finishing 31st in each of his first two starts. Already signed on to run Phoenix's Cup car, Miccosukee Resorts Dodge signed Wallace to be their full-time driver for the remainder of2006 to replaceJason Keller and had three top-five finishes. In 2007, Wallace piloted the No. 7GEICOChevrolet forPhoenix Racing with teammateJ. J. Yeley. Despite no top-ten finishes, he ended the season eleventh in points.

Wallace finished 4th in the2007 Daytona 500, his best finish in the event.

In 2008, Wallace,GEICO, and his car number moved from Phoenix Racing toGermain Racing, where he drove a Toyota Camry. He had eight top-tens and finished a career-best eighth in points. After he had not renewed his contract with Germain, Wallace attempted the2009 Daytona 500 for Kevin Buckler but failed to make the race by just one position in his Gatorade Duel qualifying race. In June 2009,Larry Gunselman tapped Wallace for a ride in his No. 64 Toyota to compete in Pocono just days after Todd Bodine left the team. On October 31, 2009, in the Mountain Dew 250, he raced the No. 48 forFast Track Racing Enterprises in the Camping World Truck Series along with his daughterChrissy Wallace. It was the first time that a father and daughter raced in the same race. Wallace finished 28th after an accident and Chrissy finished thirteenth. He also signed on as a full-time driver of the No. 01JD Motorsports in the Nationwide Series.

Wallace led late in the 2011Aaron's 312 but flipped in a multi-car accident. Wallace drove the car back to pit road and was credited with an eighteenth place finish. Near the end of the 2011 season, Wallace won the NCWTSCoca-Cola 250 atTalladega Superspeedway after being pushed byRon Hornaday for the majority of the race.

He attempted to qualify for the2012 Daytona 500 in the No. 37 Ford, fielded byMax Q Motorsports andRick Ware Racing, but failed to qualify for the race.^[1]

Wallace drove forJD Motorsports in the Nationwide Series full-time during the 2013 season.

In 2014, Wallace drove part-time forJGL Racing in the Nationwide Series. He also returned to Sprint Cup, driving forIdentity Ventures Racing in several late-season Cup events, with a best finish of 26th.

Wallace began 2015 driving forPremium Motorsports in the No. 66 Sprint Cup car. He began the season by finishing 36th in the Daytona 500, however, after failing to qualify for the next two races he was released. Wallace then had triple-bypass heart surgery in April, keeping him out of racing for the summer.

Five years after his last NASCAR national series start, Wallace returned to the Xfinity Series in July 2020 for thePennzoil 150 on theIndianapolis Motor Speedway road course, racing for JD Motorsports.^[2] After starting fourteenth, his momentum was hindered at the start of the final stage when he stopped to avoid a spinningBrett Moffitt;^[3] Wallace finished 24th. He returned to JD atRoad America and the Daytona road course in August.^[4] On September 10, Wallace was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR for violating the sport's behavioral policy over a social media post.^[5] NASCAR did not disclose what Wallace's social media post was the cause of his suspension. He filed two appeals; both of which were rejected by the National Motorsports Appeal Panel.^[6] He, alongsideJosh Reaume, was reinstated on March 31, 2021.^[7]

On January 2, 2025, it was announced that Wallace would return to NASCAR to attempt the2025 Daytona 500 driving the No. 66 forMBM Motorsports.^[8][9] A few days later, NASCAR deemed Wallace ineligible to compete in the race due to his inactivity in major professional motorsports, with his last superspeedway race at the 2015 Daytona 500 and NASCAR-sanctioned event in 2020.^[10] He was replaced byChandler Smith for the event, who failed to qualify.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)