news and notes. THE STORY:  Fresh off a season-best 11th-place effort at Bristol, Steve Wallace and the 5-Hour Energy squad head westward to the City of Angels this weekend riding a bit of momentum.   After mechanical issues struck the team in the first two events, the No. 66 squad's finish and points rank have improved in each of the last three races. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT:  ... more.

Following a near 300-mile battle with an extremely loose-handling race car, Rusty Wallace Racing's Steve Wallace (No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry) recorded a 16th-place finish in Saturday's Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. After mechanical issues the past several weeks, Wallace's effort in Vegas propelled him back into the top-15 of the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver standing... more.

 With a guaranteed starting spot in hand, Steve Wallace’s start in next weekend’s 53rd-annual Daytona 500 will mark the third-generation driver’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut. It will also mark the Sprint Cup debut for Rusty Wallace Racing. Rusty Wallace currently has 467 starts as an owner in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.  Steve Wallace’s Sprint Cup debut will make the Wa... more.

Paul Menard, Trevor Bayne, Steve Wallace and Grand-Am driver Andy Lallyare guaranteed spots in the Feb. 20 Daytona 500 after offseason point swaps with top-35 teams from the 2010 Sprint Cup season. Menard will drive the No. 27 Richard Childress Racing entry with 35th-place points earned by the No. 71 at TRG Motorsports last season. Thomas Pumpelly, who was a partner with TRG, divested himsel... more.

Jason Bowles got the one victory that had eluded him during his NASCAR K&N Pro Series West career. The Ontario, Calif., native drove the No. 75 Rusty Wallace Racing Experience Toyota to the win in the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown Saturday night. Bowles grabbed the lead on the race’s final restart and held off DJ Kennington through the final eight laps. The win for Bowles, the 2009 NA... more.

NASCAR preseason testing at Daytona International Speedway concluded this afternoon and for Steve Wallace (No. 77 5-Hour Energy Toyota), the three-day test session provided valuable experience in advance of his Sprint Cup Series debut in next month's Daytona 500. Said Wallace, "We definitely still have a lot of speed left to find, but one of the biggest things that came ... more.

An interview with: STEVE WALLACE THE MODERATOR: Steve Wallace joins us. He will try to make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in the 53rd running of the Daytona 500, and as an interesting aside, he just finished breakfast, and he didn't bring any of us breakfast. How about that.            STEVE WALLACE: I should have, I'm sorry.            THE MODERATOR: There you go... more.

Officials of Rusty Wallace Racing (RWR) announced today that 23 year-old Steve Wallace will make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in February's 53rd annual running of NASCAR's most prestigious event, the Daytona 500.  Wallace will pilot the No. 77 Toyota Camry for RWR at Daytona, with backing from longtime sponsor 5-Hour Energy and new partner Aspen Dental. When Steve Wallace and the 5... more.

Roger Penske confirmed Saturday that Sam Hornish, Jr. will run at least 10 NASCAR Nationwide Series events in 2011, according to FoxSports. Chad Walters has been selected as crew chief for the Penske Nationwide team. Penske also confirmed the points from the No. 77 car will be used by Stephen Wallace for his Sprint Cup Series debut at Daytona next month. Wallace will have a guaranteed starti... more.

Steve Wallace--the top-ten ranked driver of RWR's No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Nationwide Series--will compete in January's Toyota All-Star Showdown at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. Wallace will pilot RWR's No. 66 South Point Hotel & Casino Toyota Camry in the live-televised, Los Angeles-area event.  The most prestigious race on NASCAR's developmental serie... more.

Officials of Rusty Wallace Racing (RWR) announced today that NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series veteran, Doug Randolph, has been named crew chief for driver Steve Wallace and RWR's No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota, in their charge for the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Championship. Randolph joins RWR following stints as crew chief at such organizations as Richard Childress Racing, E... more.

While the single-lap speed charts may not show it, RWR teammates Steve Wallace (No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry) and Brendan Gaughan (No. 62 Aspen Dental Toyota Camry) are excited about their chances for strong performances in Saturday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Wallace enters Saturday night’s event in search of his third-straight top-ten f... more.

Rusty Wallace Racing’s Steve Wallace (No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry) “energized” his NASCAR Nationwide Series season this afternoon, scoring a top-ten finish in the Wypall 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Wallace’s tenth-place effort in the “Valley of the Sun” extended his career-best single-season top-ten mark to 13.  It was his second-straight Nationwide Series top-ten, ... more.

Steve Wallace, No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry Points Race Continues:  Steve Wallace and his 5-Hour Energy team head to the Valley of the Sun this weekend looking to clench their place among the top-ten in the year-end point standings.  Assuming Wallace starts the Homestead event, he can clench tenth-place by leaving Phoenix with a margin of 162 points or greater over his 11th-place teamma... more.

Officials of Rusty Wallace Racing (RWR) and Living Essentials (LE)--the makers of 5-Hour Energy, the leading two-ounce energy shot--announced today that 5-Hour Energy will again serve as primary sponsor of third-generation driver, Steve Wallace and RWR's No. 66 Toyota Camry, in the full 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series. The announcement marks the continued expansion of a program which has grown fr... more.