David Wallace Biography

David (Bubba) Wallace is a professional stock car racer competing in the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). He was born October 8, 1993 in Mobile, Alabama to a family that heavily encouraged him to pursue his racing career. Wallace was a fantastic racer from a young age. His passion for racing was born out of his love for driving go-karts. In pursuit of his passion his parents supported him wholeheartedly, spending upward of one millions dollars and allowing him to miss large amounts of school to pursue his dream. Their investment in their son was not unreturned.

When Wallace was 12 years old, he had already established his dominance among his peers by winning 35 of the 48 races held in the Bandolero Series, an entry level racing league for 8 to 16 year olds. In 2008, he became the youngest winner at the Franklin County Speedway in Callaway, Virginia. Wallace’s performance did not go unrecognized by the administration at NASCAR. Seeing the opportunity to recruit a fantastic driver
Of these four men, Wallace, Wendell Scott, Will T. Ribbs and Bill Lester, Scott has been inducted to the hall of fame. Scott competed during the 60s, a more openly racist time, and as such never received the fame he deserved while he was racing. Consequently, Wallace is NASCAR’s hope for a Tiger Woods in stock car racing. Of late there have been top down initiatives to accurately represent the demographics in the United States in order to attract more viewers. Additionally, there are hopes that a black face in the upper echelons of stock car racers will encourage more black people to try stock car racing. Both Wallace and the owenr of “Rev Racing”, Max Siegel, agree that the they need more than one black star to encourage the black population to try stock car racing. In the words of Siegel, “It’s going to require us to get four, five, six, seven, eight, nine Bubbas throughout the ranks of