This article is about the NASCAR driver. For the Missouri congressional candidate, see United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2010. Not to be confused with the owner of the Rusty Wallis car dealerships in Dallas, Texas.
American racing driver (born 1956)
NASCAR driver
Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace in 1997.
Born
Russell William Wallace Jr. (1956-08-14) August 14, 1956 (age 67) Arnold, Missouri, U.S.
Achievements
1989 Winston Cup Series Champion 1991 IROC Champion 1983 ASA Champion 1990 Coca-Cola 600 Winner 1989 The Winston Winner 1998 Bud Shootout Winner Led Winston Cup Series in wins (1988, 1989, 1993, 1994) Led Winston Cup Series in poles (2000) 1988 Final Winner at Riverside International Raceway 1993 Inaugural Winner at New Hampshire Motor Speedway 9 wins at Bristol Motor Speedway (including record 6 Food City 500 wins and a sweep in 2000) 7 wins at Martinsville Speedway (including record 4 consecutive Spring race wins from 1993 to 1996 and a sweep in 1994) 6 wins at Richmond International Raceway (all time record on current .75 mile configuration) All time lap leader in modern era at Bristol Motor Speedway All time lap leader in modern era at Richmond International Raceway (all time lap leader on current .75 mile configuration) All time winner for Pontiac (31 victories) in NASCAR history
Awards
NASCAR Hall of Fame (2013) International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2013) National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2010) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2014)[1] Missouri Sports Hall of Fame (1998) Named a Missouri Sports Legend by the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame (2006) St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame (2011) NMPA Myers Brothers Award winner (2005) 2× NMPA Richard Petty Driver of the Year (1988, 1993) NASCAR Illustrated Person of the Year (2005) North Carolina's Order of the Long Leaf Pine (2005) Delaware's Order of the First State (2005) Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) 1984 Winston Cup Series Rookie of the Year 1979 USAC Stock Car Rookie of the Year Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)
NASCAR Cup Series career
706 races run over 25 years
Best finish
1st (1989)
First race
1980 Atlanta 500 (Atlanta)
Last race
2005 Ford 400 (Homestead)
First win
1986 Valleydale 500 (Bristol)[2]
Last win
2004 Advance Auto Parts 500 (Martinsville)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
55
349
36
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
42 races run over 9 years
Best finish
32nd (1987)
First race
1985 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
Last race
2005 O'Reilly Challenge (Texas)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
0
18
2
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish
92nd (1996)
First race
1996 DeVilbiss Superfinish 200 (Nazareth)
Wins
Top tens
Poles
0
1
0
Statistics current as of December 21, 2012.
Russell William "Rusty" Wallace Jr. (born August 14, 1956) is an American former NASCAR racing driver. He won the 1984 NASCAR Cup series Rookie of the Year and the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. For the accolades over the course of his successful career, Wallace has been inducted in the NASCAR Hall of Fame (2013), the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2013), the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2014)[3] and the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2010).
^Rusty Wallace Archived 2019-09-30 at the Wayback Machine at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
^Finish flag finally waves for Wallace; [1,2,3,4,5,6 Edition] The San Diego Union. San Diego, CA: April 7, 1986. p. C2.
^"Versatile Rusty Wallace Inducted Into Hall". 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
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features appearances by real life NASCAR racers, such as Richard Petty, RustyWallace, Neil Bonnett, and Harry Gant. Commentator Dr. Jerry Punch, of ESPN...
spinning RustyWallace coming out of turn 4 on lap 32. This resulted in an argument between Wallace and Earnhardt after the race where Wallace threw a...
Kurt Busch 17- Matt Kenseth 32- Ricky Craven 42- Jamie McMurray 2- RustyWallace 6- Mark Martin 48- Jimmie Johnson 38- Elliott Sadler 77- Dave Blaney...
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