In short order, Darrell Wallace Jr. has piled up accolades usually preceded by the word ‘youngest” or ‘fastest” or ‘first.” Now, with a win at Martinsville Speedway, Wallace adds another history-making accomplishment to the list and continues a competitive landscape evolution. With the victory, Wallace becomes the second African-American driver to win a NASCAR national series race, joining trailblazer and NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Wendell Scott. Wallace, who competed under the NASCAR D4D banner from 2010-11, is the second graduate from the program to win a NASCAR national series race, following Larsons April victory at Rockingham Speedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He is also the fourth NASCAR D4D driver to compete in a national series this season, with Ryan Giffords ninth-place finish in his NASCAR Nationwide debut at Iowa and Paulie Harrakas NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at Sonoma. Wendell Scott, a two-time NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee, won a premier series, now Sprint Cup, race at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Fla. on Dec. 1, 1963. The Danville, Va. native competed in 495 races between 1961 and 1995, passing away in 1990 at the age of 69.(NASCAR)
