Kenneth Lee Wallace (born August 23, 1963) is an American race car driver and former reporter for Fox NASCAR.

Now retired from NASCAR competition, he continues to race on local dirt tracks across the country as a hobby.

Wallace earned his nickname, "Herman," early in life when Lake Hill Speedway promoter Bob Mueller made note of Wallace's boisterous behavior when taking up for his father, likening him to the mischievous cartoon character Herman the German.

[2] In 1984, Wallace worked as a mechanic for Benfield Racing and Joe Ruttman, eventually being promoted to crew chief after Jake Elder left the team.

[3] In September 1988, Dale Earnhardt gave Wallace the seat for his first-ever NASCAR start, in which he finished eleventh in the Busch Series race at Martinsville Speedway, driving the No.

[4] The following year, he raced the full Busch Series schedule in a car owned by brother Rusty Wallace,[5] sponsored by Cox Treated Lumber earning the 1989 Rookie of the Year award and finishing sixth in driver point standings.

[6] The following season, he won his first two career races at Volusia County and New Hampshire, and finished a career-best second in the Busch points.

In 1992, Dirt Devil became his sponsor and he won his third career Busch race at Martinsville, but several mechanical problems dropped him down to sixth in points.

[6] Towards the end of the season, he was hired by Robert Yates Racing to replace an injured Ernie Irvan in the Cup series.

[6] The following season, he won two poles, at Bristol and Martinsville respectively,[8] but fell five spots in the standings.

He also filled in for Steve Park in the Cup Series,[9] winning one pole and nailing down two top tens, including a second-place finish at Rockingham Speedway, tying a career best.

29 car at Martinsville after the latter was suspended for deliberately wrecking another driver in the Truck Series race the day before.

[6] During that season Wallace's team lost sponsorship when Stacker 2 backed out of NASCAR, and drove for the rest of his time with ppc Racing driving the No.

[6] After four top tens in 2006, Furniture Row began racing full-time in Cup, so Wallace left ppc.

Wallace was black flagged in the 500 for failure to maintain the NASCAR-required speed, allowing him to finished dead-last.

[11] Wallace drove for Armando Fitz early in the 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series season before switching to the No.

However, Wallace only ran the first five races before sponsorship issues forced him to move to a partial schedule.

In January 2012, RAB Racing announced that Wallace would be attempting to qualify for the 2012 Daytona 500, driving the American Ethanol-sponsored No.

[12] The team suffered fuel pump issues in the Gatorade Duel and failed to qualify for the race.

[16] He also ran at Chicagoland Speedway in the Truck Series, as well as running a limited schedule in the Nationwide Series for RAB Racing; at the Chicagoland Nationwide race, he made his 900th start in NASCAR's top three divisions.

[19] Though his NASCAR driving career came to an end, he continues to race on dirt tracks in his UMPDirtCar modified.

In August, he ran the Stadium Super Trucks race at the Charlotte Dirt Track, driving the No.

Living outside of St. Louis, Missouri, Wallace is married to Kim and has three daughters, Brooke, Brandy, and Brittany.