Rusty Wallace

Rusty Wallace

Rusty Wallace was born on August 14^th, 1956 in Fenton Missouri where he started his racing career! Currently he is a broadcaster on ESPN as well as a co-host of NASCAR Angels not only that Rusty is also a owner in the Nationwide Series. Rusty had his first live broadcast of the Indy500 on May 28,2005 and has continued to do very well with this being his career now. Also one of Rusty’s top of faim was when he appeared in the film Days of Thunder in 1990 which I’m sure we all checked out. Later on in the late 1970 prior to him joining the NASCAR circuit Wallace made a name for himself racing around the Midwest winning a pair of local track championships. Rusty had several wins during his NASCAR Career. In 1979 he won the Stock Car Rookie of the year honors finishing 3^rd in points. During the Atlanta 500 Wallace ended up finishing second in his first NASCAR race while driving the No 16. Then the following year  he finished second in USAC Stock Car Race right behind Joe Ruttman. Then with a 2 year gap in 1983 he won the American Speed Association championship while competing against some of NASCARS’s future starts like Mark Martin!! Wallace ended up joining the Winston Cup circuit full-time the following year in 1984 and finished 14^th in points standings! So with having a great career in NASCAR Rusty retired after his 2005 Season with an average of 14.4 for his finish. During his career he ended up having 55 NASCAR Cup wins, which is tied for 8^th on NASCAR’s all time wins list!! Also Rusty has the most short track wins in NASCAR history with 34 and is considered among the best short track driver!!!