Mike Wallace

www.mikewallace.com

Hometown:  St. Louis, MO

Residence:   Concord, NC

Wife:   Carla

Children:  Lindsey, Chrissy, and Matt

Mike is the middle brother of the Wallace racing family, which includes Rusty and Kenny.  The family originated in St Louis, Missouri, and currently resides in the Charlotte area. 

A restrictor plate specialist, Wallace is known for having great success at superspeedways such as Daytona and Talladega.  At Daytona in February 2003, Wallace recorded three Top 10’s in three days in three different Series and with three different manufacturers: 6th place in the Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, 4th place in the GEICO Pontiac in the NASCAR Busch Series race and 9th place in the Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts Dodge in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race. 

Wallace also recorded a win at the inaugural NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway and went on to record two more wins at the historic 2.5-mile tri-oval, including an ARCA win. 

More notably, on July 2, 2004, Wallace went from fifth to first on the final lap in the Winn-Dixie 250 and passed Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Jason Leffler coming out of Turn 4 to hand GEICO their first NASCAR Busch Series victory since they became involved in the sport in 2001.  It was also Wallace’s first NASCAR Busch Series victory at the legendary superspeedway. 

Wallace has over 300 short track wins, while also recording wins in the ARCA Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.  In Cup, he has 8 career Top 10's and a career high finish of 2nd at Phoenix.

Beginning in 2007, Wallace will be behind the wheel of the #7 GEICO Chevrolet and he has high hopes of returning GEICO to their winning ways.