The idea to incorporate Aerosmith onto Wallace's Square D Chevrolet stemmed from NASCAR's summer concert series - NASCAR Rocks. He lives in Massachusetts, and whenever he's not off touring somewhere, he comes to the New Hampshire races and parks his motorhome next to mine. Ever since then, we've been really good friends. "Brad Whitford, the acoustic player, always liked racing, so we really hit it off. When they came to Charlotte later that year, I got backstage passes and met all the guys in the band. "Back in '93 when I was racing at Michigan, I heard they were coming to The Palace in Detroit. "Ever since I was a little kid, I loved their music," said the 36-year-old Wallace. When the green flag waves for the Dura Lube 500, Wallace will be piloting a black and silver Square D Chevrolet in a tribute to his favorite band - Aerosmith. 7 at Phoenix International Raceway, Christmas comes early for NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver Kenny Wallace. Kenny Wallace drove a 'Aerosmith Car'ĭriving on The Edge CHARLOTTE, N.C., (Oct. I don't know how Kenny feels about trusting his wheels to a guitar player, but he seems to be okay with it. I really enjoy getting my team shirt on and working with the pit crew. I've always been into cars I've worked on my own for years. I've also been helping out my good friend race car driver Kenny Wallace, who was driving in the Winston Cup Series. Q: What did you do on your summer vacation?īrad: I spent some quality time with my family, which is something that's hard to do with my lifestyle. Whitford got behind the wheel, he drove for an hour!!! It's no wonder that despite their comparative inexperience, his team managed to come in third. Whitford - who decided the best way he could relax last weekend was by driving in a 12 hour go-cart marathon! Twelve hours in a go-cart! And, he insisted on (quite literally) going the extra mile - the drivers were divided up into teams of four with each guy taking a turn for 20-30 minutes, but, when Mr. Most members of Aerosmith love fast cars and are car racing aficionados especially Brad seems to have a high interest in NASCAR, as these various publications demonstrate.įor the uninitiated: The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing.
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