Buried at the end of a FoxSports.com report regarding Sam Hornish Jr.‘s future was this eye-opening nugget: Steve Wallace is planning to make his Sprint Cup debut at the upcoming Daytona 500.
Steve Wallace In The Daytona 500? It’s Happening, Report Says
↵Seriously? Yes, apparently so.
↵According to FoxSports.com’s Lee Spencer, Wallace will be using the points that formerly belonged to Hornish’s now-defunct No. 77 team:
↵↵Penske also verified that the No. 77 points will be used by Stephen Wallace, who is attempting to make his Cup debut at Daytona. Wallace, 23, currently drives the No. 66 Toyota for his father at Rusty Wallace Racing.
↵↵While Wallace has admittedly improved from his early days as a 200 mph wrecking ball, he has seven DNFs in 12 career Nationwide Series restrictor-plate races. Yet on Feb. 20, he’ll be in the Daytona 500.
↵This is happening, folks! Hornish’s team finished the season in the top 35, so Wallace won’t have to qualify his way into the field.
↵Though this news may be fodder for Wallace’s skeptics, at least one of his supporters believes this could be the first step toward a fantastic Cup career: His father, future Hall-of-Famer Rusty Wallace, told us last year that he thinks Steve will be a Cup champ within five years.
↵Just another reason to watch the Daytona 500, we suppose.
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