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
educated knew retired
I feel like broadcasting is my calling. I knew when I retired this is what I wanted to do. I feel like I am well educated on the cars, NASCAR, the whole industry.
driving guts ran
He ran really, really good. I was driving my guts out, and he was right there with me.
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I'd rather win one, ... It would sound a heck of a lot better.
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It's our consistency that has gotten us this far, and there's really no need to be looking for some other game plan, ... This is my final season as a driver and I want to go out being remembered as a winner.
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Then I got to thinking, 'Hey, I could just take those two weeks off and get ready to go!' But I think when you sign up to run all those races, if you take a couple off I think it would void your Winner's Circle program. So if you skip one it just wouldn't work.
consistency gotten shows
That just shows how important consistency is and it's our consistency that has gotten us this far,
banquet christmas hit life means monday supposed truly work year
It really hasn't hit me hard, yet. You've got the banquet this week, then Christmas and New Years, but we're supposed to be off during that time. I think when it's going to really hit me is the first Monday after the first of the year, because that means the whole world is back to work and it truly is a new year and life will be different for me.
absolutely crazy decision driver guys half year
I told the guys, 'Let's not get crazy right now. We've got a year and a half to make that decision.' We'll look at some guys out there and see what we can do. There's been absolutely no decision made on any driver at all.
chances finished four good laps last led phoenix ran second three tires ton track won year
I've got three more chances to win, ... Phoenix is a good chance, and Homestead is a real good chance. Last year at Homestead I led a ton of laps and ran second most of the day, me and Biffle, back and forth. He put four tires on at the end; I did two for track position. He won and I finished seventh. I should have put on four.
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I've got sponsors that want me to hang out with them until 2 in the morning and drink some beer. I'm not that guy. At 11 o'clock, I'm dead asleep now.
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It was a good run, a real good run, ... We qualified really bad but got from the back up to the front and it turned out real good. It was just a long day, but I really had pretty smooth stuff all day long, only a couple of little things happened. The jack broke early but we got that right back. And then, at the end, I just, the lapped cars were really tough to get around on the get go and that got me way behind. Other than that, it was a good day.
rules within
Evidently, what they did was within the rules,
easy question race title win winning
You could win the title without winning a race, but that's not the way I want to win it, ... Would I be disappointed to win the championship and not win a race this year? That's not a real easy question to answer.
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This is new for me. Everybody knows I retired from NASCAR racing and I've been dying to run the Rolex 24. This is a great team. I probably feel like I am one of the weakest links but I've got 24 hours to figure it out and I'll be working really hard to keep it on the course. This will be a fun weekend.