Russell William "Rusty" Wallace, Jr. (born August 14, 1956) is a retired NASCAR race car driver, a former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion and the Lead Studio Analyst for Auto Racing at ABC and ESPN. 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 NASCAR Hall of Fame (2013), the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2013), the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2014) and the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2010).
After winning a race, Rusty was asked if there was going to be a party tonight, Rusty replied "What do you think, we're sponsored by a beer company for Christsake!"
#
Fact
1
Appeared in a commercial for "USfidelis" auto insurance. [2009]
2
Father of Nascar driver Steve Wallace.
3
Rusty was close friends with Dale Earnhardt, who perished in a crash at at Daytona Motor Speedway on 18 February 2001.
4
Retired as a driver at the end of the 2005 NASCAR season.
Is a licensed pilot and often flies himself to the track on race day.
8
Was lucky enough to win the final NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held at Riverside International Raceway in June, 1988
9
In a race at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol Tennessee 1988?, he was involved in a crash where he had stopped breathing. Dr Jerry Punch, a pit reporter and licensed MD revived him.
$40 Million
