Wally Dallenbach Sr.
| Wally Dallenbach Sr. | |||||||
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| Born | Wallace Jacob Dallenbach December 12, 1936 East Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | April 29, 2024 (aged 87) Browns Mills, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| Major victories California 500 (1973) | |||||||
| Champ Car career | |||||||
| 180 races run over 15 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 2nd (1973) | ||||||
| First race | 1965 Langhorne 125 (Langhorne) | ||||||
| Last race | 1979 Miller High Life 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| First win | 1973 Tony Bettenhausen 200 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
| Last win | 1977 Trenton 200 (Trenton) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 4 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 81st (1962) | ||||||
| First race | 1962 Daytona Qualifier #2 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last race | 1974 National 500 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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Wallace Jacob Dallenbach (December 12, 1936 – April 29, 2024) was an American racing driver and official. He competed primarily in United States Auto Club (USAC) sanctioned Championship cars, and was the winner of the 1973 California 500. After retiring from driving, he served for more than 20 years as Chief Steward of Competition for Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART).
Dallenbach was the father of NASCAR driver and commentator, Wallace Paul Dallenbach. After the younger Dallenbach began a professional racing career during the middle 1980s, the elder Dallenbach came to be known by the retronym Dallenbach Sr.