I know this is kinda old, but did anyone else here hear about this :confused:

Wallace Attacked Near Convenience Store
AP Sports
Posted: 2007-07-31 17:28:31

Filed Under: NASCAR
INDIANAPOLIS (July 31) - Steve Wallace, 19-year-old son of ESPN announcer and former NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace, suffered minor cuts and bruises in an attempted mugging after the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard.


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Jonathan Ferrey, Getty Images Busch series driver Steve Wallace suffered minor injuries when at least three people tried to take his watch he received from a sponsor Sunday.

The younger Wallace was attacked Sunday by at least three people outside a convenience store following the race, according to a statement on Rusty Wallace's Web site Tuesday.

Steve Wallace, who was 17th in the Kroger 200 Busch race Saturday night at nearby O'Reilly Raceway Park, remained in Indianapolis to watch the Nextel Cup race on Sunday.

Steve Wallace said the men jumped him as he left the store and tried to take a wrist watch he received from a sponsor after his second career pole position at Nashville Superspeedway in June.

The robbery attempt was unsuccessful and one of the suspects was caught later that night, the team said.

Anything in the news about all the others across the nation that got mugged the same day? Why is it the majority of our sococity are not interested in hearing about Bob Smith the Baker in Podunk Anywhere getting robbed but let it happen to a celeb!!! :sad:

Sorry Garfield, not directed at you, just something lately that has been bugging me... Hey, anyone hear about Linsey Lohand and Brittney Spiers? :D

Yeah, I saw it. I am a RW fan and actually got a chance to meet and spend a little time with Stephen earlier this year. All I can say is that I am not a Stephen Wallace fan. He was one cocky fellow and his attitude is starting to get the better of him, I think.

Here's an article with a little satire that was forwarded to me. I thought it was pretty good.
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BSNews! Surprising Suspect Nabbed in Wallace Mugging
Voices From the Heartland · Jeff Meyer · Thursday August 2, 2007


19-year-old Steve Wallace, son of 1989 Cup champ Rusty Wallace, reported earlier this week he was mugged outside a convenience store in Broad Ripple by a trio of thugs intent on stealing his watch.

Veteran BSNews Super Sleuth Stu Padasso and intern Jack Sophalotte were immediately dispatched to investigate, and have reported that a shocking arrest has been made in the case.

According to Wallace, he was entering the convenience store when three men made a comment to him about the watch he was wearing. While Wallace was a bit elusive about just exactly what was said, he did indicate that the watch in question was a gift given to him after winning a stock car race last year at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa – a track which his father’s company, Rusty Wallace Inc., had recently built.

According to the RWI press release, upon exiting the store, Wallace said the men attacked him, and a scuffle ensued. While no actual eyewitness accounts have been cited, reports say the attackers fled the scene, apparently without the watch in question, leaving the young Wallace with a few cuts and abrasions – but luckily, no worse for the wear.

Actual police reports indicate that Wallace was later contacted by authorities and taken to a parking lot, in hopes of identifying a suspect in the case that had recently been apprehended. Wallace identified the man as his attacker, and the suspect was subsequently arrested and booked in a local jail on a battery charge. However, no explanation was given as to how a group of three attackers suddenly became one man.

Now, BSNews has learned the reason behind the cover-up. While the arrested suspect initially told police his name was Mark Tharpe, his true identity is in fact one Loren Wallace, 11, a distant relative of the victim.

During an exclusive interview from his room at the aptly named Wallace Juvenile Detention Facility (aka, his bedroom), to which the young attacker had been transferred to shortly after his arrest, the young Wallace admitted that jealousy was the motive for the attack.

“That side of the family has everything,” said a visibly misty-eyed Loren. “They get all the publicity, all the opportunities. Oh sure, once in a while we distant cousins get invited to a reunion or something, or maybe a fishing trip when they want someone to bait their hooks…but most of the time, we are just forgotten.”

“Yeah, I got a bit of attention when they asked me to do a couple of commercials with Mike, who they tell me is a cousin that has been removed three times or something like that. They never did tell me what he had been removed from, but up till then, I never even met the guy before,” said Loren. “My mom told me it would be a good thing to do. That maybe some day they could help me in my racing career. That’s what this is all about. That was supposed to be MY watch. Mike told me that his brother Rusty would let ME race in Iowa. I’ve seen that Steve kid race. I know I’m better than him!”

The commercials featuring Loren and Mike Wallace – current driver of the Geico Insurance car in NASCAR’s Busch Series, who is actually Loren’s third cousin, once removed – were quite popular amongst the general populace.

“People just have no clue how these people will take advantage of you. Then, when I saw that other kid wearing MY watch, well, I got so mad, I just wanted to ram his head into a wall!”

While it is long established that Mike Wallace is Loren’s third cousin, once removed, BSNews reporters Stu Padasso and Jack Sophalotte are still at odds as to what the EXACT relationship is between Steve Wallace and the young Loren. The duo were last seen gesturing wildly at each other at a local bar accompanied by a broad and a bottle of Ripple, arguing over hastily scribbled diagrams of genealogy on cocktail napkins. Anyone with news as to their current whereabouts is asked to contact their local BSNews affiliate.

BSNews! Your first thought is our first name.

Stay off the wall, (tough to do if Loren’s around!)

Jeff Meyer
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Hey Dennis, I'm hopeful you have some well earned vacation time coming up in the near future! Charlie

Hey Dennis, I'm hopeful you have some well earned vacation time coming up in the near future! Charlie

Why so I can watch more TV and read even more celb tradgy... ;)

People get Mugged everyday !!!!!!! What makes this guy so special . What they attempted to take his watch , but were unsuccessful. Most people get shot / stabbed and robbed of all their belongins and you never hear anything about them.

Hey, anyone hear about Linsey Lohand and Brittney Spiers? :D

Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie and Brittney Spears.
1) Young Hollywood hoes,
2) Rich and spoiled,
3) Crackheads

This is all the info you need.

Here is your answer why they report on Wallace getting mugged and not John Smith ....The news is the news... they got to figure the best way to earn their pay and I will go out on a limb here and say that more people would be interested in Wallace getting mugged then John Smith because there are more people in the world that follow NASCAR and related race series than give a hoot about John Smith... John Smith doesn't get posted on a car related thread .... come on guys , it's pretty simple. You and I can agree that it may not be news worthy but bottom line is there are a lot of people who find it interesting . NASCAR has the loyalest of fans and that is why corporate America puts the bucks behind it that it does. NASCAR represents a huge amount of people and that translates into a lot of money spent . If you try to intellectualize (is that a word :) the media and why they report on what they do then you will really be spinning your wheels . Dennis , you met my GF and you may not know but she is on the local news in SF... you know how many times she calls me frustrated about some story she has to cover that she feels is not a story at all . The news desk assigns the stories.. the person who wrote the Wallace story probably called up their significant other after to say " you can't believe what they had me write a story on today ?!! Rusty Wallace's kid was part of an ATTEMPTED mugging , big deal "

One more reason to nation-wide pass CC, imho!!

It's like my Buddy at work tell's me!!

"There's only gonna be one story and I'm telling it!!"........

You get in a bind, you shoot the f-- outta them!!

pdq67