Wally Dallenbach Jr. | |||||||
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Born | Wallace Paul Dallenbach May 23, 1963 Basalt, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||
Achievements | 1985, 1986 Trans-Am Series champion Four class wins at 24 Hours of Daytona Three class wins at 12 Hours of Sebring | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
226 races run over 11 years | |||||||
Best finish | 18th (1999) | ||||||
First race | 1991 Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 (Atlanta) | ||||||
Last race | 2001 Pocono 500 (Pocono) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
16 races run over 4 years | |||||||
Best finish | 61st (2004) | ||||||
First race | 2002 Cabela's 250 (Michigan) | ||||||
Last race | 2005 Ameriquest 300 (California) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
2 races run over 2 years | |||||||
Best finish | 68th (1995) | ||||||
First race | 1995 Subway 100 (Sonoma) | ||||||
Last race | 1996 Lund Look 225 (Topeka | ||||||
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Statistics current as of December 2, 2011. |
Wallace Paul Dallenbach (born May 23, 1963) is an American former racing driver. He competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, and is known for his prowess as a road racer. In addition to NASCAR, Dallenbach has raced in SCCA Trans-Am, IMSA Camel GT, CART, and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
Dallenbach is the son of Indy car driver and official Wallace Jacob Dallenbach. After the younger Dallenbach began a professional racing career during the middle 1980s, he came to be known by the retronym Dallenbach Jr.
Mostly retired from full-time driving, Dallenbach was a race commentator for NBC Sports and Turner Sports. His primary responsibilities are for TNT's NASCAR coverage, a position he had held since 2001, and NBC Sports Network's IndyCar Series coverage, which he has been a part of since NBC was bought by Comcast in 2010 until 2014. Dallenbach worked with Adam Alexander and Kyle Petty on TNT and with Leigh Diffey and Jon Beekhuis on NBC Sports Network. In 2015 Dallenbach joined Fox NASCAR on NASCAR Race Hub.