Darrell Wallace Jr., a development driver for Joe Gibbs Racing and successful participant in NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity program, will run fulltime in the Truck Series in 2013. Wallace, 19, will drive for Kyle Busch Motorsports but remain under contract with JGR.
Wallace would become the first African-American driver to run fulltime in one of NASCAR’s three national series since Bill Lester’s last season in Trucks with Bill Davis Racing in 2006. Wendell Scott remains the only African-American driver to win a race in one of NASCAR’s three national series.Wallace made four starts in the Nationwide Series in 2012 with JGR and earned three top-10 finishes, including a career-best seventh at Iowa.
He has six wins in the K&N Pro Series East since 2010, including one in 2012. (Charlotte Observer)
