Here is an essay written by
Bill Wallace, a driver at Langley Speedway. It won a
contest naming his father
Ed Wallace, husband of Irene Pittman, Langley's No. 1 Dad.
My Dad, Ed Wallace, should be Langley's number one dad for many reasons, but mainly because, at the age of 58, I still look up to him like I did when I was a kid. I started racing back in 2003 at the ripe old age of 53. Racing in first U-cars and now Super Trucks, I always know that when I pass by the grandstands my 87 year old Dad will be sitting there with my Mom, cheering me on.Dad, or Daddy as I still call him, served in WWII as a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot. Shot down over Germany after 18 missions, he spent 13 months in a POW camp. Despite his reluctance to talk much about his time in the war or how it affected him, he�s lived his life in a way that today still makes me want to be half the man he is.
No matter what my fortunes are on the track, he�s always up there watching and cheering. No matter where I finish, in his eyes I�m the best driver out there. In my eyes, he's the best Dad anywhere.
— Bill Wallace
Super Truck 19
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