Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace
Russell William "Rusty" Wallace, Jr.is a retired American racing driver, and a former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion. Considered one of racing's most well-known and charismatic personalities, he is a member of four of stock car racing's major halls of fame: the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame, the NASCAR Hall of Fame, the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame. He also served as the...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth14 August 1956
CityArnold, MO
He just said it was part of tradition and something they've always done. I've talked to some of the drivers and I don't think anybody sees the need for it any more.
He was consistent, and I had a lot of DNFs (did not finishes), and he deserved to win. You don't have to win, but I do want to win. When I'm all done, I want my fans to have that image that I'm a winner. I'm at the top of my game right now. Every athlete wants to go out at the top of their game, and it feels so good right now.
I feel good -- I'm in the Chase and ready to run for the next 10 races,
I feel like I'm going on my first roller coaster ride.
I feel like we're prepared for Kansas. We've just got to get back up in the points. Losing 70 points was a blow.
Carl is a darn good one (driver), no doubt about that,
You guys are probably getting sick of seeing me get all this stuff. But I'm enjoying it, even if you aren't.
We had the best car, without a doubt. We were able to take the lead and just throttle back. But when the right front went down, the day started to unravel. We led the most laps, even with the problem we had. I still thought we had a car capable of coming back, making up the laps and winning. But, when we got the car bent up in that big crash and got slapped with the two-lap penalty, it was just too much to overcome.
We certainly want to go out on top of our game at Bristol with a strong run and I think we're primed to come in there and do just that. The fact is that we had a car that should have won the spring race at Bristol and looked like we were certainly headed that way until we had a right-front tire go down.
We certainly want to go out on top of our game at Bristol with a strong run, and I think we're primed to come in there and do just that.
We had a real hot rod today, but ...
As soon as I fired it up and pulled out, I knew I was in trouble. The engine just welded itself shut.
The racetrack said, 'You get a release from the judge, we'll let you race,'
Maybe it will be my turn next week.