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NASCAR Silly Season: Silliest Possible Scenarios for Drivers

By Asher Fair

LOUDON, NH - JULY 16: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Chevrolet, leads the field into turn one during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Overton's 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 16, 2017 in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
LOUDON, NH - JULY 16: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Nationwide Chevrolet, leads the field into turn one during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Overton's 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 16, 2017 in Loudon, New Hampshire. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images) /
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SPARTA, KY – JULY 07: Darrell Wallace Jr., driver of the #43 Smithfield Ford, practices for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts at Kentucky Speedway on July 7, 2017 in Sparta, Kentucky. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
SPARTA, KY – JULY 07: Darrell Wallace Jr., driver of the #43 Smithfield Ford, practices for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts at Kentucky Speedway on July 7, 2017 in Sparta, Kentucky. (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images) /

Darrell Wallace Jr.

Silliest Scenario

The craziest possible scenario for Darrell Wallace Jr. would be that he ends up in one of the vacant seats in one of Hendrick Motorsports care. Wallace Jr. drove four races in a Richard Petty Motorsports Ford in a replacement role for the injured Aric Almirola this season and had a top finish of 11th place with an average finish of 17.75. He is better than a solid amount of current full-time Cup Series drivers, but he is not good enough to get a ride in a Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet after just four career races.

Less Silly Scenario

A less crazy scenario would be Darrell Wallace Jr. driving a Stewart-Haas Racing car in the 2018 season and sticking with Ford. There is a potential for two open seats with that team, and seeing as how that team successfully exploited the novelty of Danica Patrick being a woman, something very rare in NASCAR, despite the fact that she has never performed well, they could do the same thing with Wallace Jr. being an African-American, something also very rare. And Wallace Jr. has already proven to be a better driver than her. This move could work out well.

Least Silly Scenario

The most likely scenario is that Ryan Blaney will leave Wood Brothers Racing and Darrell Wallace Jr. will replace him in the #21 Ford. The team has a technical alliance with Team Penske, yet they are still a small one-car team. Wallace Jr. had success in his replacement role with the one-car Richard Petty Motorsports operation, but probably not enough to move him to a top-tier team. This outcome would be perfect for him.

Next: NASCAR Early Silly Season Driver Lineup for 2018

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