Rusty Wallace

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.

Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace in 1997.
Born	Russell William Wallace Jr. (1956-08-14) August 14, 1956 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) 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)
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) and the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2010).

Racing career

Early career

Prior to joining the NASCAR circuit, Wallace made a name for himself racing around in Florida, winning a pair of local track championships and more than 200 short track races. In 1979, he won the United States Auto Club's (USAC) Stock Car Rookie of the Year honors, finishing third in points behind A. J. Foyt and Bay Darnell. In 1981, he finished second in the USAC Stock Cars championship standings, behind Joe Ruttman.

In 1983, he won the American Speed Association (ASA) championship while also competing against some of NASCAR's future stars like Mark Martin, Alan Kulwicki, and Dick Trickle.

NASCAR career

No. 88 Rookie of the Year racecar (1984)

Wallace in the No. 2 (background) in 1985

In 1980, Wallace made his NASCAR debut at Atlanta, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet for Roger Penske. He ended up finishing second in the race after qualifying seventh. He made nine NASCAR appearances over the next three years, finishing inside the Top 10 in only one more race. In 1984, Wallace joined the Winston Cup circuit full-time, winning NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors and finishing 14th in the final points standings. He drove the No. 88 Gatorade-sponsored Pontiac for Cliff Stewart with a best finish of fourth, along with two fifth-place finishes and four further Top 10s. Wallace stayed with Cliff Stewart for 1985 but this time, he drove the No. 2 Alugard-sponsored Pontiac. In 29 races, Wallace had two Top 5s and eight Top 10s.

Blue Max Racing

In 1986, Wallace switched teams to the No. 27 Alugard-sponsored Pontiac for Raymond Beadle's Blue Max Racing team. His first win came at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 6, 1986. He also won at Martinsville on September 21. He finished the year with two wins, four Top 5s, and 16 Top 10s in 29 races. He finished sixth in the points, making this his first Top 10 finish in the standings. In 1987, Wallace gained sponsorship from Kodiak tobacco, establishing the No. 27 Kodiak-sponsored Pontiac livery his early career is most remembered for. He scored victories at Watkins Glen and Riverside, as well as his first series pole at Michigan in June. These results were backed up with nine Top 5s and 16 Top 10s in 29 races. He finished fifth in the final points standings.

During a practice session at Bristol on August 27, 1988, Wallace's car lost control and slammed on the turn 4 wall before barrel rolling five times on the straightaway. It took rescue officials - including Jerry Punch - 15 minutes to extract him from the wrecked car. According to Wallace, he nearly choked to death from a ham sandwich he ate before practice. Despite this near-death experience, Wallace developed his career further in 1988, scoring six victories (including four of the final five races of the year). His wins were at Michigan, Charlotte, North Wilkesboro, Rockingham, the final race ever run at Riverside, and the season finale at Atlanta. With these six wins as well as 19 Top 5s and four further Top 10s, he finished second to Bill Elliott by 24 points.

1989 car at Phoenix with Kodiak paint scheme

In 1989, Wallace won the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship with crew chief Barry Dodson, by finishing 15th at the Atlanta Journal 500 at Atlanta to beat out close friend and fierce rival Dale Earnhardt (the race winner) by 12 points. Wallace also won The Winston in a controversial fashion, by spinning out Darrell Waltrip on the last lap.

In 1990, Raymond Beadle switched sponsors, to Miller Genuine Draft. The four-year sponsorship deal was tied specifically to Wallace, meaning it went to whichever team Wallace went. The 1989 championship year was reportedly marked with acrimony between him and Beadle. However, Wallace was stuck with the team for 1990 due to his contract. Rusty won 18 races for Beadle.

Penske Racing

In 1991, Wallace took the Miller sponsorship with him to Penske Racing, and he continued in the No. 2 Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac. He also won the 1991 IROC championship. While 1992 only carried him one win, the win at the Miller 400 was satisfying; it was the first win for Wallace in a car which arguably was his best known chassis for his career, one affectionately known as "Midnight" after the win. With this nickname, the car raced for six seasons, carrying various race wins before being taken out of the fleet in 1997.

The 1993 season was arguably his most successful season despite two major accidents at Daytona and Talladega, in which his car went airborne and flipped several times. He won the second race of the season on February 28, 1993, at North Carolina Motor Speedway. The season was also a sad one, as Wallace's friend and reigning NASCAR Champion Alan Kulwicki was killed flying into Bristol in April 1993. Because of this, when Wallace won the race at Bristol, in respect to Alan Kulwicki, he did a "Polish victory lap"—turning his car around and driving around the track the wrong way, as made famous by Kulwicki. In every race Wallace won that year he performed a "Kulwicki victory lap". He won all three races in April (Bristol on April 4, North Wilkesboro on April 18, and Martinsville on April 25). Also, he won the first ever race at the New Hampshire Speedway, starting 33rd, on July 11. In 1993, he won 10 of the 30 races, but finished second in the final points standings, 80 points behind Earnhardt. He ended the season strong, finishing in the Top 3 in all but two of the final 10 races of the season.

Penske switched to Fords in 1994. In 1996, sponsorship changed from Miller Genuine Draft to Miller beer sponsorship. At the end of the 1996 season, NASCAR hosted its first of three exhibition races in Japan, the first of two at Suzuka. Wallace was the winner of that first race.

Wallace at Michigan in 1994 with his MGD paint scheme

Wallace's only Truck Series start was at Nazareth Speedway in 1996

1997 paint scheme

In 1997, Miller changed the team's sponsorship to Miller Lite, replacing the black and gold with a blue and white scheme. In 1998, Wallace won the Bud Shootout at Daytona, a non-points race for the previous years pole winners and past winners of the race. It was the first win for Ford's new Taurus, and Wallace's only victory at NASCAR's premier track (as well as his only victory in any restrictor plate race) in a Cup car.

In 2000, he secured his 50th career win at Bristol, becoming the 10th driver in NASCAR to win 50+ races. He is also the only driver in NASCAR history to win his 1st and 50th career victories at the same track, and in the same race. He would also score 3 more wins at Pocono, Michigan, and the night race at Bristol (season sweep at Bristol). He finished seventh in the final points standings after some inconsistency in the championship race. The next year, he won at California for his 54th career win. He won on what would have been Dale Earnhardt's 50th birthday and paid tribute to him with an Earnhardt flag. Wallace almost won the 2002 Sharpie 500 after being bumped out of the way by his rival Jeff Gordon.

Wallace at Richmond in 1998.

In 2003, Penske Racing switched to Dodge and appropriately, in 2004, Wallace won his 55th (and final) race on a short track: the 2004 spring Martinsville Speedway race. It was also the last win for the track under the ownership of the H. Clay Earles Trust; the death of Mary Weatherford (matriarch of the trust) forced the Trust to sell the track a month later.

2005 Nextel Cup car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

On August 30, 2004, Wallace announced that the 2005 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup season would be his last as a full-time driver. Although at the time the possibility remained that he may have continued to run a limited schedule after the 2005 season—as semi-retirees Bill Elliott and Terry Labonte also have done, Wallace's current broadcasting contract forbids him from doing so. Kurt Busch would replace Wallace in the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge in 2006–2010. In 2011, Brad Keselowski began driving the number 2.

In 2006, Wallace returned to his General Motors roots when he raced a Crawford-Pontiac sportscar, painted black and carrying the familiar stylized No. 2. The car was sponsored by Callaway Golf, in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, teamed with Danica Patrick and Allan McNish, In 2008, his Nationwide Series cars switched from Dodge to Chevrolet.

Rusty Wallace finished his career with the 1989 Winston Cup Championship, 36 career poles, and 55 career wins. As of 2022, the 55 wins is 11th on NASCAR's all-time wins list. They include victories at Charlotte as well as the series' last three road courses (Riverside, Infineon and Watkins Glen), but none at Daytona, Darlington, Indianapolis, or Talladega. He has the most short track wins in NASCAR history with 34, and therefore he is considered among the best short track drivers in NASCAR history. He retired after the 2005 season with a 14.4 career average finish.

In 2014, Wallace ran at Daytona for testing before the 2014 Daytona 500 as part of a promotion for Miller Lite's 40th anniversary, marking the first time a NASCAR Hall of Famer has driven in a NASCAR test. When asked about the testing, Wallace stated, "It all started at Homestead. I was standing between the 48 (Jimmie Johnson) and 2 (Brad Keselowski) cars joking around and those guys were egging me on to get back in a car and when Brad got wind of it, he called me up two weeks later and was serious about it and Roger (Penske) was all for it. Everyone in the world has been on me to test. 'Why haven't you been back in a car?' This here kind of got me."

Major crashes

Wallace's legacy, besides being a close rival of Dale Earnhardt, was a number of severe wrecks he endured, especially at restrictor plate racetracks. The first one happened in 1983, when Wallace was attempting the Daytona 500 through the Gatorade Twin 125's. He was tapped by Rick Wilson, got airborne, and went on a spectacular series of flips that left him hospitalized. His next flip came at Bristol Motor Speedway in 1988. What started it was unclear, but Wallace somehow managed to climb the wall and did a barrel roll. The roof of his car caved in. ESPN commentator Dr. Jerry Punch was the first responder, and possibly saved his life. In 1993, Wallace had two massive flips – both at plate tracks. The first was at the 1993 Daytona 500, where he was tapped by the crashing cars of Michael Waltrip and Derrike Cope, and barrel rolled multiple times in the grass on the back straightaway several feet in the air. Months later, at Talladega, racing to the checkered flag, Wallace was tagged from behind by Dale Earnhardt, turned backwards, and flew into the air before violently flipping in the grass past the start-finish line, breaking a wrist (the area where Wallace's car wrecked has since been paved over). Earnhardt was visibly shaken by the incident and did make sure Wallace was okay by checking on him after the race had concluded. Wallace finished 80 points behind Earnhardt in the final points for 1993. He also had an airborne crash in his last Gatorade Twin in 2005 when Dave Blaney clipped his right rear tire and sent his car off the ground. The car never turned over though.

Other racing

On April 1, 2015, Wallace tested a Stadium Super Truck owned by former NASCAR driver Robby Gordon, and the following day, he announced he would race in the series' X Games round in Austin. After finishing last in his heat race, he was relegated to the last-chance qualifier. During the LCQ, Wallace rolled his truck, but continued running; he finished sixth in the event but failed to qualify for the feature.

In 2016, Wallace competed in the Ferrari Finali Mondiali at Daytona. Driving for "Ferrari of Houston", Wallace finished tenth overall and third in the Professional, North America class.

Broadcast career

Brent Musburger and Wallace prepare to report from the ABC-TV pre-race stage at the 2006 Indianapolis 500.

On January 25, 2006, it was announced that Wallace would cover auto racing events for ESPN and ABC. Despite Wallace's lack of open-wheel racing experience, his assignments began with the IndyCar Series and included the Indianapolis 500 (in a perhaps forgivable lapse, he described a thrilling battle on the last lap as "The most exciting Daytona 500 ever!"). He joined the NASCAR broadcasting team for both networks when they started coverage of the sport in 2007. He signed a six-year deal with ESPN in 2006. He returned to commentate for the 2007 Indianapolis 500 won by Dario Franchitti. He co-hosted NASCAR Angels with Shannon Wiseman. Wallace worked with ESPN from 2007 to 2014 until their contract with NASCAR expired.

Since the 2015 Daytona 500, Wallace has worked with Motor Racing Network as a booth announcer.

Car owner

Up until 2012, Wallace owned and operated Rusty Wallace Racing, which fielded the No. 62 Pilot Flying J Toyota Camry driven by Michael Annett and the No. 66 5 Hour Energy Toyota Camry driven by his son Steve Wallace. This operation was temporarily suspended due to the loss of sponsorship. However, Steve Wallace confirmed on his Twitter account that the team would return for the Nationwide Series race at Richmond in May 2012 in a former Roush Fenway Racing Ford Mustang, powered by a Roush-Yates engine in the No. 4 sponsored by LoanMax Title Loans. Due to lack of sponsorship in 2013, Wallace's team ran one race in a No. 66 entry finishing 25th at Charlotte, then closed at the conclusion of the season.

Family

Wallace's brothers, Kenny and Mike, also used to race on the NASCAR circuit. He and his wife Patti have three children – Greg, Katie, and Stephen. Stephen raced full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and made his Cup Series debut during the 2011 Daytona 500, making him the fourth member of his family to compete in the Daytona 500 and in NASCAR, behind the Bodines (Geoff, Brett, and Todd), Pettys (Lee, Richard, and Kyle), Earnhardts (Ralph, Dale, Dale Jr. and Jeffrey), and the Allisons (Bobby, Donnie, and Davey). Wallace's father, Russell Wallace Sr., died on October 30, 2011, at age 77.

Iowa Speedway

In late 2005, Wallace broke ground on his "Signature Design Speedway" in Newton, Iowa. Iowa Speedway had its first race on September 15, 2006, and hosted many races in 2007 including an IndyCar race. The track is noted for its structural similarity to Richmond International Raceway, where Wallace has won six times. Iowa Speedway hosted its first NASCAR Nationwide Series and first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in 2009. Iowa Speedway will host their first NASCAR Cup Series race on June 16, 2024. On December 4, 2023, it was announced that the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race there was officially sold out. The inaugural race was a huge success with guest appearances from Rusty throughout the weekend. The cup series will return to Iowa Speedway on the first weekend of August of 2025.

Endorsements

• 2003 – Callaway Golf – Callaway Golf Signs NASCAR Driver Rusty Wallace to Multiyear Endorsement and Licensing Agreement.
• 2009 – U.S. Fidelis – USfidelis TV Campaign Debuts, Featuring NASCAR's Steve and Rusty Wallace. The March 2010 bankruptcy of US Fidelis lists Rusty Wallace Racing as a creditor owed $535,439.
• 2009 – Lista International Corporation – Legendary NASCAR Driver Rusty Wallace Endorses Lista Products in New Online Video

Other media

Wallace made a cameo appearance in the movie Days of Thunder. He and his brothers all appeared in the Electronic Arts video game NASCAR Rumble. Mike was featured as a Craftsman Truck Series driver, driving the No. 2 ASE Ford (no specific car makes for the Trucks; the real truck was a Ford at the time), Kenny was featured in the game driving the No. 55 Square D Chevrolet (although the game's commercial showed him driving the No. 81 Square D Ford) & Rusty was featured in the game driving his No. 2 Ford, with the exception that the Miller Lite stickers are replaced by Penske Racing stickers similar to current Penske Championship Racing driver Brad Keselowski, whose sponsor is censored by NASCAR's ban on wireless telephone advertising. In the video for "Nowadays" by Lil Skies featuring Landon Cube, Cube can be seen wearing a vintage Rusty Wallace jacket.

Career achievements

Awards and honors

• 1988, 1993 Richard Petty Driver of the Year
• 2005 NASCAR Illustrated Person of the Year Award recipient
• 2005 Myers Brothers Award recipient
• 2014 Inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America

Records and milestones

With 55 career points-paying victories, Wallace is ranked eleventh among the all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners; he is ranked seventh (in a tie with Bobby Allison) among those who have competed during the sport's modern era (1972–present).

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nextel Cup Series

NASCAR Nextel Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NNCC	Pts	Ref
1980	Penske Racing	16	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL 2	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT 14	CAR	ATL	ONT						57th	291
1981	Benfield Racing	98	Pontiac	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT 30	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL 21	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS										64th	-
	John Childs	72	Buick																												CLT 6	CAR	ATL 29	RSD
1982				DAY 37	RCH	BRI	ATL 35	CAR	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT 29	POC	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	CLT	MAR	CAR	ATL	RSD							65th	186
1983				DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	BRI	CLT	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	RSD							NA	-
1984	Cliff Stewart Racing	88	Pontiac	DAY 30	RCH 16	CAR 26	ATL 19	BRI 12	NWS 28	DAR 30	MAR 15	TAL 31	NSV 6	DOV 11	CLT 15	RSD 20	POC 17	MCH 14	DAY 20	NSV 18	POC 6	TAL 12	MCH 35	BRI 20	DAR 4	RCH 11	DOV 30	MAR 13	CLT 14	NWS 5	CAR 26	ATL 15	RSD 26							14th	3316
1985		2		DAY 8	RCH 27	CAR 9	ATL 27	BRI 5	DAR 5	NWS 22	MAR 10	TAL 37	DOV 18	CLT 8	RSD 24	POC 13	MCH 26	DAY 41	POC 33	TAL 17	MCH 7	BRI 12	DAR 38	RCH 13	DOV 31	MAR 25	NWS 25	CLT 30	CAR 9	ATL 21	RSD 36									19th	2867
1986	Blue Max Racing	27	Pontiac	DAY 8	RCH 10	CAR 12	ATL 8	BRI 1*	DAR 6	NWS 10	MAR 30	TAL 13	DOV 26	CLT 10	RSD 4	POC 6	MCH 19	DAY 8	POC 27	TAL 35	GLN 6	MCH 6	BRI 14	DAR 23	RCH 19	DOV 13	MAR 1	NWS 4	CLT 8	CAR 19	ATL 13	RSD 8								6th	3762
1987				DAY 41	CAR 6	RCH 3	ATL 3	DAR 20	NWS 9	BRI 16	MAR 2	TAL 6	CLT 10	DOV 17	POC 40	RSD 41	MCH 5	DAY 8	POC 14	TAL 8	GLN 1*	MCH 4	BRI 2	DAR 2	RCH 17	DOV 12	MAR 28	NWS 10	CLT 22	CAR 12	RSD 1	ATL 12								5th	3818
1988				DAY 7	RCH 7	CAR 14	ATL 2	DAR 25	BRI 4	NWS 4	MAR 16	TAL 10	CLT 2	DOV 3	RSD 1*	POC 3	MCH 1*	DAY 12	POC 24	TAL 5	GLN 2	MCH 2*	BRI 9	DAR 2	RCH 35	DOV 3	MAR 3	CLT 1	NWS 1	CAR 1	PHO 5	ATL 1*								2nd	4464
1989				DAY 18	CAR 1*	ATL 31*	RCH 1	DAR 8	BRI 1	NWS 9	MAR 31	TAL 10	CLT 31	DOV 5	SON 2	POC 22*	MCH 2*	DAY 17	POC 2*	TAL 37	GLN 1	MCH 1*	BRI 6	DAR 4	RCH 1*	DOV 7	MAR 4*	CLT 8	NWS 7	CAR 2*	PHO 16	ATL 15								1st	4176
1990				DAY 7	RCH 6*	CAR 5	ATL 24	DAR 18	BRI 28	NWS 7	MAR 2	TAL 20	CLT 1*	DOV 10*	SON 1*	POC 2	MCH 17	DAY 14	POC 3	TAL 32	GLN 34*	MCH 3	BRI 2	DAR 40	RCH 5	DOV 7	MAR 15	NWS 8	CLT 38	CAR 32	PHO 38	ATL 9								6th	3676
1991	Penske Racing	2	Pontiac	DAY 27	RCH 4	CAR 28	ATL 10	DAR 5	BRI 1	NWS 32	MAR 21	TAL 26	CLT 22	DOV 9	SON 3*	POC 31	MCH 17	DAY 12	POC 1	TAL 6	GLN 4	MCH 3	BRI 32	DAR 32	RCH 3	DOV 25	MAR 7	NWS 6	CLT 27	CAR 11	PHO 5	ATL 34								10th	3582
1992				DAY 31	CAR 26	RCH 17	ATL 15	DAR 11	BRI 9	NWS 2	MAR 31	TAL 11	CLT 18	DOV 3	SON 7	POC 24	MCH 37	DAY 9	POC 18	TAL 11	GLN 6	MCH 21	BRI 10	DAR 9	RCH 1*	DOV 16	MAR 2*	NWS 4	CLT 37	CAR 21	PHO 28*	ATL 6								13th	3556
1993				DAY 32	CAR 1*	RCH 2	ATL 3	DAR 5	BRI 1*	NWS 1	MAR 1*	TAL 6	SON 38	CLT 29	DOV 21	POC 39	MCH 5	DAY 18	NHA 1	POC 2	TAL 17	GLN 19	MCH 6	BRI 2*	DAR 3	RCH 1*	DOV 1*	MAR 2	NWS 1*	CLT 4	CAR 1*	PHO 19	ATL 1*							2nd	4446
1994			Ford	DAY 41	CAR 1*	RCH 2	ATL 24	DAR 33	BRI 7	NWS 2	MAR 1*	TAL 33	SON 5	CLT 2*	DOV 1	POC 1*	MCH 1*	DAY 26	NHA 3	POC 9	TAL 42	IND 4	GLN 17	MCH 4	BRI 1	DAR 7	RCH 4	DOV 1	MAR 1*	NWS 4	CLT 37	CAR 35	PHO 17	ATL 32						3rd	4207
1995				DAY 34	CAR 24	RCH 3*	ATL 10	DAR 23	BRI 2	NWS 4	MAR 1*	TAL 20	SON 20	CLT 34	DOV 9	POC 17	MCH 3	DAY 27	NHA 6	POC 16*	TAL 30	IND 2	GLN 26	MCH 5	BRI 21	DAR 3	RCH 1*	DOV 3	MAR 3	NWS 2	CLT 9	CAR 2	PHO 4	ATL 3						5th	4240
1996				DAY 16	CAR 22	RCH 7	ATL 36	DAR 4	BRI 5	NWS 33	MAR 1	TAL 30	SON 1*	CLT 34	DOV 7	POC 31	MCH 1	DAY 31	NHA 7	POC 1	TAL 10	IND 7	GLN 33	MCH 39	BRI 1*	DAR 38	RCH 6	DOV 2	MAR 36	NWS 10	CLT 8	CAR 8	PHO 40	ATL 10						7th	3717
1997				DAY 41	CAR 6	RCH 1	ATL 31	DAR 6	TEX 37	BRI 2*	MAR 5	SON 40	TAL 37	CLT 2	DOV 39	POC 22	MCH 29	CAL 14	DAY 6	NHA 3	POC 37	IND 38	GLN 3	MCH 13	BRI 12	DAR 43	RCH 5	NHA 21	DOV 16	MAR 15*	CLT 12	TAL 10	CAR 18	PHO 2*	ATL 32					9th	3598
1998	Penske-Kranefuss Racing			DAY 5	CAR 2	LVS 3	ATL 4	DAR 3	BRI 33*	TEX 12	MAR 6	TAL 12	CAL 34	CLT 2	DOV 18	RCH 3	MCH 17	POC 42	SON 5	NHA 4	POC 6	IND 8	GLN 4	MCH 23	BRI 3	NHA 8	DAR 7	RCH 7	DOV 5	MAR 28	CLT 26	TAL 27	DAY 5	PHO 1*	CAR 3	ATL 20				4th	4501
1999				DAY 8*	CAR 10	LVS 9	ATL 35	DAR 33	TEX 4	BRI 1*	MAR 7*	TAL 41	CAL 11	RCH 5	CLT 31	DOV 6	MCH 12	POC 43	SON 4	DAY 11*	NHA 42	POC 18	IND 8	GLN 3	MCH 16	BRI 18	DAR 8	RCH 14	NHA 6*	DOV 32	MAR 4	CLT 8	TAL 11	CAR 5	PHO 32	HOM 12	ATL 13			8th	4155
2000				DAY 4	CAR 11	LVS 15	ATL 32	DAR 16	BRI 1	TEX 4	MAR 10*	TAL 41	CAL 8	RCH 5*	CLT 8	DOV 14	MCH 7	POC 10*	SON 26	DAY 3	NHA 15	POC 1	IND 2*	GLN 34	MCH 1*	BRI 1*	DAR 30	RCH 34	NHA 5	DOV 8	MAR 23	CLT 21	TAL 8	CAR 5	PHO 4	HOM 15	ATL 7			7th	4544
2001	Penske Racing South			DAY 3	CAR 7	LVS 43	ATL 12	DAR 10	BRI 7	TEX 12	MAR 13	TAL 13	CAL 1*	RCH 3*	CLT 14	DOV 21	MCH 41	POC 16	SON 5	DAY 7	CHI 13	NHA 43	POC 6	IND 4	GLN 43	MCH 17	BRI 5	DAR 22	RCH 5*	DOV 11	KAN 4*	CLT 7	MAR 15	TAL 16	PHO 15	CAR 24	HOM 12	ATL 12	NHA 18	7th	4481
2002				DAY 18	CAR 8	LVS 11	ATL 6	DAR 7	BRI 9	TEX 11	MAR 16	TAL 8	CAL 8	RCH 25	CLT 10	DOV 17	POC 9	MCH 7	SON 27	DAY 2	CHI 25	NHA 4	POC 40	IND 2	GLN 17	MCH 24	BRI 2	DAR 22	RCH 15	NHA 19	DOV 15	KAN 3	TAL 13	CLT 5	MAR 9	ATL 17	CAR 27	PHO 2	HOM 14	7th	4574
2003			Dodge	DAY 25	CAR 6*	LVS 40	ATL 15	DAR 16	BRI 14	TEX 14	TAL 37	MAR 8	CAL 3	RCH 10	CLT 12	DOV 6	POC 16	MCH 12	SON 8	DAY 28	CHI 32	NHA 17	POC 11	IND 10	GLN 37	MCH 38	BRI 43	DAR 36	RCH 5	NHA 6	DOV 10	TAL 9	KAN 9	CLT 13	MAR 29	ATL 19	PHO 33	CAR 23	HOM 23	14th	3950
2004	Penske-Jasper Racing			DAY 29	CAR 7	LVS 10	ATL 35	DAR 29	BRI 2	TEX 5	MAR 1	TAL 33	CAL 35	RCH 16	CLT 10	DOV 13	POC 32	MCH 22	SON 28	DAY 27	CHI 11	NHA 30	POC 17	IND 13	GLN 25	MCH 36	BRI 26	CAL 10	RCH 10	NHA 14	DOV 13	TAL 26	KAN 18	CLT 31	MAR 10	ATL 11	PHO 7	DAR 18	HOM 8	16th	3960
2005				DAY 10	CAL 10	LVS 12	ATL 27	BRI 13*	MAR 5	TEX 10	PHO 36	TAL 22	DAR 12	RCH 19	CLT 10	DOV 5	POC 11	MCH 10	SON 4	DAY 4	CHI 12	NHA 8	POC 2	IND 25	GLN 6	MCH 13	BRI 5	CAL 15	RCH 5	NHA 6	DOV 3	TAL 25	KAN 7	CLT 24	MAR 19	ATL 37	TEX 22	PHO 29	HOM 13	8th	6140

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1982	John Childs	Buick	19	37
1983			DNQ
1984	Cliff Stewart Racing	Pontiac	27	30
1985			22	8
1986	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	9	8
1987			32	41
1988			5	7
1989			35	18
1990			38	7
1991	Penske Racing	Pontiac	8	27
1992			17	31
1993			34	32
1994		Ford	5	41
1995			7	34
1996			43	16
1997			14	41
1998	Penske-Kranefuss Racing		12	5
1999			10	8
2000			5	4
2001	Penske Racing South		12	3
2002			37	18
2003		Dodge	38	25
2004	Penske-Jasper Racing		18	29
2005			36	10

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1985	Rusty Wallace Racing	66	Pontiac	DAY 4	CAR	HCY	BRI	MAR	DAR	SBO	LGY	DOV																											40th	550
			Olds										CLT 36	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	LGY	HCY	MLW	BRI	DAR 2	RCH	NWS	ROU	CLT 3	HCY	CAR	MAR
1986			Pontiac	DAY 9	CAR	HCY	MAR	BRI	DAR	SBO	LGY	JFC	DOV	CLT 4	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	RAL	OXF	SBO	HCY	LGY	ROU	BRI	DAR 36	RCH	DOV	MAR	ROU	CLT	CAR	MAR					61st	193
1987	Shugart Racing	90	Chevy	DAY	HCY	MAR	DAR	BRI 19	LGY	SBO					JFC 5	OXF	SBO	HCY	RAL 26*	LGY	ROU	BRI 25	JFC		RCH 16		MAR 22			MAR 7									32nd	1208
	Blue Max Racing	72	Pontiac								CLT 33													DAR 3				CLT 4	CAR
	Shugart Racing	90	Buick									DOV 13	IRP	ROU												DOV 30
1988	Blue Max Racing	72	Pontiac	DAY 27	HCY	CAR	MAR	DAR 8	BRI	LNG																													54th	297
			Buick								NZH 13	SBO	NSV
	Rusty Wallace Racing	66	Pontiac											CLT 30	DOV	ROU	LAN	LVL	MYB	OXF	SBO	HCY	LNG	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR 9	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 9	CAR	MAR
1989	Blue Max Racing	72	Pontiac	DAY 2	CAR	MAR	HCY	DAR 30	BRI	NZH 38	SBO	LAN	NSV	CLT 9	DOV	ROU	LVL	VOL	MYB	SBO	HCY	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI 26	DAR 41	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT 35	CAR	MAR							56th	430
1993	Rusty Wallace Racing	21	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	RCH	DAR	BRI	HCY	ROU	MAR	NZH	CLT	DOV	MYB	GLN	MLW 33	TAL	IRP	MCH	NHA	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	ROU	CLT	MAR	CAR	HCY	ATL								102nd	64
1997	Penske Racing	2	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	LVS	DAR	HCY	TEX	BRI	NSV	TAL	NHA	NZH	CLT	DOV	SBO	GLN	MLW	MYB	GTY	IRP	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	CLT	CAL 21	CAR	HOM						124th	-
2004	Rusty Wallace, Inc.	66	Dodge	DAY	CAR	LVS	DAR	BRI	TEX	NSH	TAL	CAL	GTY	RCH	NZH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	IRP	MCH 6	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	ATL	PHO 7	DAR	HOM		76th	296
2005		64		DAY	CAL	MXC 6	LVS	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN 24	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY 37	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV 7	KAN 13	CLT	MEM	TEX 27	PHO	HOM	61st	650

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1996	Penske Racing	22	Ford	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI	NZH 9	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP	FLM	GLN	NSV	RCH	NHA	MAR	NWS	SON	MMR	PHO	LVS	92nd	138

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Pts	Ref
1989	Chevy	DAY 1	NZH 3	MCH 3	GLN 8	3rd	58
1990	Dodge	TAL 7	CLE 8	MCH 6		8th	26
1991		DAY 10	TAL 1*	MCH 1*	GLN 1*	1st	86
1992		DAY 8	TAL 6	MCH 2	MCH 3	4th	47
1993		DAY	DAR 4	TAL	MCH	NA	0
1994		DAY 6*	DAR 2	TAL 9	MCH 3*	3rd	56
1995		DAY 5	DAR 10	TAL 9	MCH 7	9th	32
1996	Pontiac	DAY 12	TAL 12	CLT 4	MCH 7	11th	26
1999	Pontiac	DAY 9	TAL 2	MCH 3	IND 5	4th	50
2000		DAY 6	TAL 9	MCH 9	IND 5	8th	31

External links

• Official website
• Rusty Wallace driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Rusty Wallace owner statistics at Racing-Reference
• Rusty Wallace at IMDb
• Rusty Wallace at NASCAR.com
• Rusty Wallace at ESPN
• June 2005 interview with Rusty Wallace
• Rusty Wallace Fans Club Archived 2007-07-21 at the Wayback Machine