It didn't take long for the news to break last night about Darrell Wallace Jr., wanting out of his deal at Joe Gibbs Racing and as soon as it did the first organization that popped up as the possible organization for the 21 year old driver to go to was Roush Fenway Racing.
The program had only plans to run Elliott Sadler, Chris Buescher and Ryan Reed in the series next season with a part-time program with Sprint Cup Series regular Ricky Stenhouse. Rumors however have changed those plans and have Wallace heading to what could possibly be a fifth car for Roush in the lower division. So what car number would that put Wallace in?
Stenhouse is already set to drive the No. 6 car in a few races next year, however, from what I have been told the organization still has the rights to the No. 17 that Tanner Berryhill has used. So there are possibilities that Roush could run five cars in the series if they needed to do so. A formal announcement to add Wallace to the lineup should come soon, as the expectations are that Trevor Bayne's former crew chief Chad Norris will be taking the role as Wallace's crew chief.
No one could have predicted this when the season ended last month at Homestead-Miami Speedway where Wallace won the season finale in the Camping World Series for Kyle Busch Motorsports. In 6 career starts in the Xfinity Series, Wallace has 4 top-tens and 1 pole, with an average start of 7.2 and average finish of 12.7.
He has made 44 starts in the Camping World Truck Series with 5 wins, 14 top-fives, and 26 top-tens with 3 poles, averaging a 9.9 start and 10.8 start.
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