On the heels of a wildly successful rookie season in which Darrell Wallace Jr. became the first African-American driver to win in one of NASCAR’s national series since 1963, the 20-year-old can now add another prestigious accolade to his resume after being named to Forbes Magazine’s ’30 Under 30: The Best in Sports’ list. Wallace, driver of the #54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Tundra, joins Olympians Lindsey Vonn, Shaun White, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Sidney Crosby and others among the highly-touted list.(NASCAR.com)(1-8-2014)
