Fast-talking NASCAR driver Kenny Wallace has always been popular. He just didn’t realize the extent of his appeal.
That changed when his fans began raising money to send him to the Nationwide road race in Montreal on Aug. 30 because his sponsor, the U.S. Border Patrol, won’t back the No. 28 car in events outside the United States.
Wallace’s fans learned of his plight when he wrote about it on his Facebook page early this year.
“I was just sitting here thinking if 5,000 fans each contributed 20 bucks, that’s $100,000,” said 64-year-old Jim Ryan, a retired car salesman from Cullman, Ala…Â Details
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