Kenny Wallace (HHP/Erik Perel Photo)
CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR veteran Kenny Wallace will partner with RAB Racing to compete full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2011.
“I’ve been nervous since the final 2010 Nationwide Series race at Homestead trying to find the right fit for next year and now I can finally sleep at night,” said Wallace, a nine-time Nationwide winner. “My goal was to find a team with whom I could be competitive and I believe I have found that with RAB Racing. I’m ready to go for 2011.”
Wallace, a native of St. Louis, Mo., has competed in more than 800 events in NASCAR’s top-three divisions, including 488 starts in the Nationwide Series. He has nine triumphs, 63 top fives and 159 top 10s during his Nationwide career.
“I have known Robby [Benton, RAB Racing co-owner] and watched him grow his team for the past few years,” Wallace said. “The relationship with Toyota Racing Development is huge and will allow me to be able to work with at least three other Toyota teams, including my brother Rusty [Wallace] and gain valuable information that will help us with the Nationwide program at RAB Racing next year.”
The team currently has enough primary sponsorship for 16 events next year, but the team plans to enter all 34 events on the schedule. The University of Northwestern Ohio will sponsor the No. 09 Toyota at Daytona Int’l Speedway in February. Additional sponsors include Federated Auto Parts and Family Farmers, a coalition of corn and soybean farmers.
“Having our plans in place before the Christmas holiday is great for team morale and will provide us with ample time to prepare for what we need to do for the upcoming season,” said Benton. “We’ve made significant changes at RAB Racing over the last few months in an effort to elevate our program. Our alliance with Toyota, the relationship we have with TRD and now adding Kenny to the mix, will bring some depth to our program. It also helps tremendously having a driver with Kenny’s notoriety. People love him and hopefully we’ll be able to reinvigorate his fan base.”
Wallace, 46, spent the last three seasons driving the No. 28 Jay Robinson Racing Chevrolet with a best finish of third at Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park in 2008.
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