The 43 Days of Daytona - 35th Place in 2005
Over the 43 days leading up to the Daytona 500, I'll be doing a short review/preview of the Top 43 Drivers of 2005.
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Mike Wallace
#09 - Miccosukee Indian Gaming
Mike had 28 starts in which he pulled one Top 10. His average start was 33rd. His average finish was 28th. He finished the season in 35th points position. His winnings totaled $2,325,740.
25 of these starts came in the #4-Lucas Oil car fielded by Morgan McClure. Scott Wimmer will be in the #4 this year.
He will be in the #09 Micosukee Dodge for at least 7 races next year, including the Daytona 500. They are searching for additional sponsorships to allow them to run more races, though whether additional races would have Mike behind the wheel hasn't been announced.
With Finch's reputation as a perennial field filler growing last year when the #09 started some races just to run a lap or two and, then, park that car so they could collect the money, I wonder at the commitment of this team.
Wallace has run with this team before, running 10 races with them over the last two seasons, including a 9th at Daytona in 2003. Wallace has become something of a drafting specialist. Taladega and Daytona have become tracks where he is most at home. Shame he isn't running with DEI...would seem to be a match made in heaven
[sidebar]...if they weren't caught up in the trying to catch lightning in a bottle and clone Dale Earnhardt Jr...who did you think that Martin Truex Jr. looked like...and acted like.
Will sponsorship be big enough to allow the team to field a car every week? No. They may come up with associate sponsors who will let them run a few additional races. A good showing at Daytona would go a long way toward helping in this regard.
Do I think he could go win a championship? No.
Do I think he could win a race or two and have a good season? Restrictor plate racing. The big packs moving back to front all the time. The big wreck lurking out there waiting to happen. There's a chance he could pull a victory. Not a big chance...but a chance nonetheless.
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Mike Wallace
#09 - Miccosukee Indian Gaming
Mike had 28 starts in which he pulled one Top 10. His average start was 33rd. His average finish was 28th. He finished the season in 35th points position. His winnings totaled $2,325,740.
25 of these starts came in the #4-Lucas Oil car fielded by Morgan McClure. Scott Wimmer will be in the #4 this year.
He will be in the #09 Micosukee Dodge for at least 7 races next year, including the Daytona 500. They are searching for additional sponsorships to allow them to run more races, though whether additional races would have Mike behind the wheel hasn't been announced.
With Finch's reputation as a perennial field filler growing last year when the #09 started some races just to run a lap or two and, then, park that car so they could collect the money, I wonder at the commitment of this team.
Wallace has run with this team before, running 10 races with them over the last two seasons, including a 9th at Daytona in 2003. Wallace has become something of a drafting specialist. Taladega and Daytona have become tracks where he is most at home. Shame he isn't running with DEI...would seem to be a match made in heaven
[sidebar]...if they weren't caught up in the trying to catch lightning in a bottle and clone Dale Earnhardt Jr...who did you think that Martin Truex Jr. looked like...and acted like.
Will sponsorship be big enough to allow the team to field a car every week? No. They may come up with associate sponsors who will let them run a few additional races. A good showing at Daytona would go a long way toward helping in this regard.
Do I think he could go win a championship? No.
Do I think he could win a race or two and have a good season? Restrictor plate racing. The big packs moving back to front all the time. The big wreck lurking out there waiting to happen. There's a chance he could pull a victory. Not a big chance...but a chance nonetheless.
posted by Mark "Puff" Anderson | 10:21 AM
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