NASCAR veteran Mike Wallace and his daughter have been viciously assaulted in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Wallace had been attending a concert starring country band Rascal Flatts with his family.
Afterwards Wallace had been seen talking to a person when another knocked him out cold.
Despite being sprawled on the ground the beating continued with daughter Lindsey Wallace Van Wingerden trying to protect her dad by lying on him as the offenders continued their violent attack.
Wallace received stitches to his mouth and had a tooth knocked out during the assault.
Police were quick to apprehend and charge three people all aged in their 20s, for common assault.
Van Wingerden suffered only minor injuries and both have been released from hospital.
It is not known what sparked the attack.
Wallace has not competed in NASCAR since undergoing a triple bypass earlier last year.
In a two decade career Wallace has amassed 197 Sprint Cup starts.