Wally Dallenbach Jr.
In addition to NASCAR, Dallenbach has raced in SCCA Trans-Am, IMSA Camel GT, CART, and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.Dallenbach worked with Adam Alexander and Kyle Petty on TNT and with Leigh Diffey and Jon Beekhuis on NBC Sports Network.After graduating high school, Dallenbach left Colorado for North Carolina to start a racing career.He later drove in the GTO class of the IMSA GT championship, finishing runner-up in the standings in 1988 (driving for Jack Roush) and 1989.One year before, he had made his CART Indy Car debut at Road America subbing for driver-owner Dick Simon, who had undergone an arm surgery after a fall off his motorbike.After qualifying 17th, Dallenbach went off the track late in the race and retired, though he was classified in the 12th and final points paying place.[a] Dallenbach finished fourth at Sonoma, eighth at Talladega and tenth at Dover, but was released part way through the season.Without a ride, Dallenbach took up TV commentating in 2001, covering the NASCAR races for NBC and TNT alongside Allen Bestwick (later Bill Weber, then Adam Alexander) and Benny Parsons (later Kyle Petty).On September 22, 2014, Dallenbach announced he would return to Trans-Am for the season finale at Daytona in the TA2 class, stating the "broadcasting phase of my life is over".Robin is the daughter of drag racing driver, engine builder, and team owner Bob McCall.
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