Darrell Wallace Jr. to honor Mark Martin with Darlington throwback
Darrell Wallace Jr. will sport a paint scheme on his No. 6 Roush Fenway Ford for the upcoming NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway that will pay tribute to one of the sport’s most popular and successful veterans.
Wallace’s car will carry a retro 1990-91 throwback scheme that mirrors the colors Hall of Fame driver Mark Martin ran on his No. 6 Ford Thunderbird in the Sprint Cup Series when the Roush organization evolved into a perennial championship contender in the early 1990s.
The paint scheme also pays homage to Ford Motor Co., which has provided manufacturing support to Roush Fenway since its NASCAR inception in 1988.
“I’m really excited to run this paint scheme at Darlington,” said Wallace. “I think it will be one of the best looking schemes on the track that weekend. Everybody knows about Mark Martin’s accomplishments in NASCAR and his importance to the legacy of Roush Fenway.
“He’s going into the Hall of Fame this year and it’s really an honor to run this scheme on our car at Darlington.”
Martin led 1,111 laps, won four races and posted 40 top-10 finishes during the 1990 and 1991 seasons when the livery scheme ran on his Ford. In addition, he finished second in the series standings during the 1990 season and sixth in 1991.
“I’m really looking forward to seeing that car back out on the track,” Martin said in a statement. “We really started to hit our stride during that time and it was great to go to the race track every week knowing that we had a chance to win and that we were competing for championships at the highest level.”
Martin, who won 35 Cup races with Roush, also drove the No. 6 Ford entry in the Xfinity Series in 2006, winning poles at Michigan and Texas and earning five top-five finishes in seven starts.
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