01 Mike Wallace

YEAR-BY-YEAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECAP

2011: Finished 13th in series points. … Raised Loop Data Driver Rating eight points from 2010 in second full season with J-D Motorsports. … Best start, 17th at Kentucky; the start marked the 400th of his career, making him the fourth driver in series history to hit the milestone. … Best finish, fifth at Road America, was best since third at Kentucky in 2008. … Completed 91.7 percent of laps attempted. … Led 12 laps.

2010: Finished 18th in series points. … Challenged for top-10 position in the standings in first full season with J-D Motorsports, but seven DNFs (did not finish) hampered his efforts. … Best finish, 11th, at Las Vegas. … Was ranked in the top 10 in the driver standings during the 2010 season, a first for a J-DM driver.

2009: Finished 35th in series points. … Made 17 starts for J-D Motorsports, including the last 11 races in succession. … Best finishes a pair of 15ths, at Memphis and Homestead-Miami.

2008: Finished career-best eighth in series points. … Made 35 starts in Germain Racing's No. 7 Toyota, with one top five and eight top 10s. … Best finish, third, at Kentucky. … Best start, ninth, at Nashville-2. … Completed full-season career-best 99.2 percent of laps attempted.

2007: Finished 11th in series points. … Ran first full season in series since 2004. … Competing for James Finch and Phoenix Racing, registered a season-best finish of 11th at Milwaukee. … Ranked in top 10 in three season-ending Loop Data categories, including 10th in Driver Rating.

2006: Finished 24th in series points. … Made 23 starts for Phoenix Racing, replacing Jason Keller in April. … Two top-five, three top-10 finishes.

2005: Finished 40th in series points. … One top-five, three top-10 finishes in 12 races, including a runner-up finish at Gateway in the "Wallace Family Tribute 250," in which he and his brothers Rusty and Kenny competed.

2004: Finished 17th in series points. … In full season for Biagi Bros. Racing, scored a thrilling win at Daytona in July. … Also had four top-10 finishes.

2003: Finished 13th in series points. … Recorded one top-five - fourth at Daytona to open the year - and three top-10 finishes.

2002: Finished 37th in series points. … Ran 17 races for Biagi Bros. … Season-best finishes were 14th at Daytona-2 and Chicagoland.

2001: Finished 50th in series points. … Earned a top-10 finish at Richmond-2 for Biagi Bros., his first series top-10 since 1998.

2000: Finished 59th in series points. … Ran eight races for Tony Hall.

1999: Finished 132nd in series points. … Ran one race for Hall, at Darlington-2.

1998: Finished 57th in series points. … Six starts for Andy Petree included one top-10 finish.

1997: Finished 58th in series points. … Ran six races for Ed Whitaker.

1996: Finished 26th in series points. … Competed in 17 races for Barry Owen, posting five top-10 finishes, including two top fives.

1995: Finished 20th in series points. … Participated in 19 races for Owen, finishing with four top fives and nine top 10s. … Posted runner-up finishes at Dover-1, North Carolina Speedway-2 and career-best start of second at Milwaukee.

1994: Finished 19th in series points. … Driving for Owen, recorded first three wins of his career (Lucas Oil Raceway, Dover-1, Milwaukee). … Finished with six top-five, nine top-10 finishes.

1993: Finished 12th in series points. … First full season driving for Owen. … Nine top-10 finishes, including one top-five.

1992: Finished 22nd in series points. … Posted one top-five, three top-10 finishes for Owen and Dick Moroso.

1991: Finished 39th in series points. …Two top-10 finishes, including his first career top-five, while driving for two different owners.

1990: Finished 79th in series points. … Ran one race, his series debut for owner Marc Reno at Martinsville-3, where he finished sixth.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

In 2011 ran one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, for Kevin Harvick Inc., and scored thrilling and popular win over teammate Ron Hornaday Jr.. … As his father, Russ Wallace (who passed away in 2011) and older brother, Rusty Wallace had done before him, began racing on short tracks around their St. Louis home area and won the 1990 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Mid-America Region championship. … From 1991-2009 made 190 starts in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, with three top-five and 14 top-10 finishes, including a best of second at Phoenix-2 in 2001, for Roger Penske. … In addition to that notable representation, he has made NASCAR Sprint Cup starts for owners Richard Childress and Ray Evernham, along with making his series debut in 1991 for veteran owner/driver Jimmy Means. … Solid NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career, where he's made 115 starts over 14 seasons, with five wins, three poles, 33 top-five and 56 top-10 finishes. … Highlights include finishing fourth, sixth and 13th in the standings in his three full-time seasons, along with winning the season-openers in two successive years, 1999 (Homestead-Miami) and 2000 (Daytona, in its inaugural Camping World Truck Series race) for owner Jim Smith. … Made one start in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, in 1994; then made seven starts in the K&N Pro Series West between 1997-99. … Scored two wins in 1999, at Phoenix and Pikes Peak. … Has made eight ARCA Racing Series starts, with a win at Pocono in 1996.

NOTEWORTHY

Enters 2012 with 416 career starts; his younger brother, Kenny Wallace, set the series' mark for most career starts in 2011, currently with 522. … In January, along with brothers Rusty and Kenny, was inducted into the Ozark Area Racers Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mo. Father Russ Wallace was inducted in 2004. … Daughter Chrissy Wallace, a fine racer in her own right won the 2011 ASA Member Track championship at Lebanon (Mo.) I-44 Speedway, where Mike also won races and championships earlier in his career along with the ASA West Region championship. Chrissy has two NASCAR Nationwide and seven NASCAR Camping World Truck starts and made history with her father in 2009 at Talladega's NASCAR Camping World Truck race as the first father-daughter to start a NASCAR national series event; Chrissy finished 13th, Mike was 28th. … One of three brothers with long-time ties to NASCAR, including Rusty, the 1989 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, Kenny and their nephew, Rusty's son Steve. … Mike's son Matt Wallace also is establishing his name in racing circles in INEX Bandoleros and Legends Cars; and plans to follow his sister in an attempt to win the Lebanon I-44 late model championship in 2012. … Mike is known for his restrictor-plate exploits, but three of his four NASCAR Nationwide Series wins have come on tracks 1-mile in length or less, and he won more than 300 short-track events in the Midwest during the 1970s, '80s and '90s. … However, legacy as restrictor-plate specialist reinforced by this Speedweeks 2003 feat at Daytona: Three top-10 finishes in three days in three different series for three different teams using three different manufacturers (sixth in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race in a Chevrolet; fourth in NASCAR Nationwide Series race in a Pontiac and ninth in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in a Dodge). … Active on Twitter: @MikeWallace01.