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
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.
Evidently, what they did was within the rules,
As an owner, he's been incredible at getting all five of his teams working together. And (if) one of them doesn't get along, he makes damn sure that he fixes that real, real quick.
I feel good -- I'm in the Chase and ready to run for the next 10 races,
Then, at the end, the lapped cars were really tough to get around on the restarts and that got me way behind,
I'm having better runs than I've had in a long time, ... I want to go out on top of my game, and I'm doing that right now.
I'll tell you, I never could have reported on this sport the way it needs to be reported without getting to drive this car.
As soon as I fired it up and pulled out, I knew I was in trouble. The engine just welded itself shut.
I think a lot of people look at me as the favorite here, ... I kinda feel that when I come into this track. I've got a little extra step in my stride when I come into this track because I've been so successful here in the past.
I just think if you make a deal with a man, and he builds his program around you, then you need to understand that and you need to honor that,
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.
I'm not going to be merciless. I'll be a little edgy; I'll speak the truth.
That's not going to make me come back. That will make me go out on top of my game, more than I have ever dreamed.
My racing career in California dates back to the late '70s when I was out here running the outlaw late model shows,