Super Chevy – October 2019

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THE OWNER

Car owner and Speedway machine

shop manager, Dave Wallace, found his

attraction to cars early on.

“At a very young age, I had an uncle

that had a 410 Sprint Car,” said Wallace.

“That made me want to be involved in

motorsports. The cheapest thing to race

was a dirt bike so I bought a dirt bike

and started racing. I figured out I was

way better at building motors, re-valving

shocks, and building suspensions,

but I was still pretty good at racing.”

About that time, Wallace was being

trained to be a machinist, though he

kept crewing for powersports and

automotive racing teams along the

way. “I worked my way up the chain

to working for professional teams,”

he said. “I was a World of Outlaws

head mechanic.”

A highly proficient machinist,

fabricator and more, Wallace eventu-

ally landed at Speedway Motors where

he manages the machine shop, CNC

machines, lasers, and fabrication

equipment. “I also handle the race

team’s needs for fabrication and

machining required for projects

they are working on,” he said.

THE CAR

So where did the idea for the Camaro

come from? According to Wallace, he

pulled inspiration from the heyday

of Trans-Am racing. “I really wanted

to build a Trans-Am car. That’s sort

of where this started,” he said. “I was

enamored with Z/28 Camaros and that

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