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
I made my decision. I'm sticking to it,
I had the restart, which was all I could do,
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.
Then, at the end, the lapped cars were really tough to get around on the restarts and that got me way behind,
Evidently, what they did was within the rules,
I'm driving better than I have in a long, long time, ... so it does make you think twice. But on the other hand, I've made the right decision. I want to go out on the top of my game, and I'm doing that right now.
I'm glad it's coming down to these style tracks,
I'm going to watch a little of the truck race and talk to a prospective new sponsor,
I'm going to do it all year long in the two-seater, run all the tracks and get a good idea of what's going on.
I'm not going to be merciless. I'll be a little edgy; I'll speak the truth.
I'm not freaking out or anything. I knew it was coming, and I've been preparing for this moment for a long time. I went out with class.
I really think this is my calling. I'm excited about it. When I retired, television was something I felt I knew.
By the second day she was running laps a half-second faster than I had on the first day. Let me tell you something, she's fast. And if she couldn't drive, she wouldn't be in our car.
But I'll tell you this -- there's no way we could be out there racing at those speeds. It was neat to be out there running that fast by myself, but it would be insane to think we could have a pack of cars out there doing that.