Ross KensethRoss is the son of Nextel Cup driver Matt Kenseth. Birthdate: May 25, 1993 Ross Kenseth got an 11 year jump on his fathers career. Ross began his racing career at the age of 5. Racing in a Kart class against kids ages 4 through 7; he took 1st in the points. Shortly after Ross began racing in a Stock class where he took 1st in points at the age of 8 years old. For several years thereafter he raced in several different classes. During the winter months Ross raced snowmobiles. In 2004 Ross raced in a JR 3 cage kart class. Ross raced 12 out of 15 races in the 2004 season. Out of the 12 races he had and incredible 6 wins and 4 additional top 5 finishes. Even though he missed 3 races, Ross finished 5th in points. In 2005 Ross raced in the INEX Legend Car Division. Out of 17 races in 2005 he had 1 win and 7 top 5 finishes. Ross currently races in the INEX Legend car series. Ross also launched his Late Model career this season. Ross will definitely be one young driver to watch. Check back for updates on Ross's career.
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Matt MartinMatt is the son of Nextel Cup driver Mark Martin. Birthdate: December 17, 1991 Matt Martin began his racing career at the age of 7 in the Quarter Midget class. In his first year of competition Matt won the championship in the Junior Novice Division of the Mid-Florida Quarter Midget Association. Since the beginning of his career Matt has won races in almost every class he has raced in. In 2003 Matt was signed to Ford Motor Company's driver development program making him the youngest member. With his new contract, Matt set out to race in the FASCAR Pro Trucks division. Matt won twice in the 2005 season while racing against men over 10 years older. In 2006 Matt's schedule started to fill up with races in the ASA Late Model Southern Series, FASCAR Pro Truck Series and the Sportsmans Late Model Series. Matt's 12 races in the 2006 season resulted in 3 wins, 7 top 5's and 8 top 10's. In 2007 Matt moved from Ford's development program to Ginn racing's development program. Matt will be running a limited schedule. Matt finished 7th in his first race at New Smyrna this season.
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Justin LabonteJustin is the son of former Nextel Cup driver Terry Labonte. Birthdate: February 5, 1981 Justin Labonte began his racing career in 1996. In his first 2 years Justin was crowned champion in the Legends Summer Shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway and had 25 victories in Late Models at Ace Speedway and Concord Motorsports Park. Justin also won the Division championship at Ace Speedway in 1997. In 1998 Justin made the jump to the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series where he finished 3rd in points. He moved to a limited Hooters schedule in 1999. In his 27 Hooters Pro Cup starts Justin had 5 top 5's and 16 top 10's. In 1999 Justin also made his Busch series debut with limited success. Justin still holds the track record at Caraway Speedway in the Hotters Pr Cup series. In 2000 Justin made 3 ARCA RE/MAX starts where he finished in the top 5 twice. In 2002 and 2003 Justin raced in the Late Model Stock division at Caraway Speedway. In 2003 Justin raced his way to the championship at Caraway. In 2002 and 2003 Justin had 8 wins, 25 top 5's and 31 top 10's in his 36 total starts at Caraway. In 2004 Justin found victory lane at Chicagoland Speedway in the Busch series event. Driving the #44 Coast Guard Chevrolet for his father, Justin passed Mike Wallace on the last lap to take his only Busch series victory. In 2007 Justin made 1 start in the NASCAR West series. He finished 8th at the Allstate Texas 150 at Thunder Hill Raceway. We believe Justin still has a bright future ahead of him if he could get hooked up with the right team.
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Chrissy WallaceChrissy is the daughter of Nationwide series driver Mike Wallace. Birthdate: May 15, 1988 Chrissy began her career racing in Bandaleros at 10 years old. From what we could find Chrissy has about 60 career wins. Not much information on Chrissy. Check out her website for more information. In 2007 Chrissy ran a limited schedule in the Arena Racing USA league. In 5 starts in the league she had 4 wins and a 3rd place finish. She is also running a limited schedule in some Late Model Races. In her first 6 Late Model starts Chrissy has a 3 wins, 5 top 5's, 6 top 10's with an average finish of 3rd. She is currently 3rd in the championship points. We will update you on the results we can dig up.
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Steve WallaceSteve is the son of former Nextel Cup driver and TV personality Rusty Wallace. Birthdate: August 18, 1987 Steve began his racing career in 1998. Steve won multiple championships in his INEX Bandolero car. In 2003 Steve won his first Late Model race at Friendship Motor Speedway. In 2004 Wallace became the youngest driver to win the Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway. Steve was the UARA Rookie of the year. He mounted 3 wins on his way to the title. In 2005 Wallace attempted a run in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup series with limited success. In the same year Steve found success in the ARCA RE/MAX series with 1 win, 2 top 5's and 3 top 10's. In 2006 Steve began his Busch series career. Since coming to Busch Steve has a career best finish of 11th at Kentucky and 2 poles at Bristol and Nashville. In 2007 Steve is continuing his run in the Busch series. Steve also had 1 start in the ARCA/ReMax Series at Daytona where he finished 39th.
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Chase ElliottChase is the son of Nextel Cup driver Bill Elliott. Birthdate: November 28, 1995 Chase is beginning his race career this year in the Bandolero Bandit series. In his first race at Atlanta Motor Speedway Chase finished 3rd out of 10 racers.
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Jeffrey EarnhardtJeffrey is the son of Kerry Earnhardt. Birthdate: June 22, 1989 Jeffrey began his racing career at Wythe Raceway in Southern Virginia. In his first year Jeffrey mounted 3 victories and won the Rookie of the Year title. The following year Jeffrey had limited success in the Sportmans Division at Motor Mile Speedway. In 2006 Jeffrey made it into the General Motors driver development program. In 2007 Jeffrey was signed to DEI and his career has been fast tracked to the Busch East series. Jeffrey ran the entire Busch East schedule in 2007. In his 13 starts he had 4 top 5's and 5 top 10's. He finished 5th in the championship points.
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