 Rusty
Wallace made his racing debut in
1973 at Lakehill Speedway near
Valley Park, Mo. He recorded more
than 200 feature-race wins from 1974
to 1978 before joining the United
States Auto Club stock car circuit
in 1979, where he was rookie of the
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He
added an ASA ACDelco Challenge
Series championship to his resume in
1983 before heading to the Cup
Series, where he earned rookie of
the year honors in 1984 after
posting two top-five and four top-10
finishes in 30 events -- highlighted
by a fourth-place finish in the
Southern 500 at Darlington.
Wallace got his first Cup checkered
flag in April of 1986 at Bristol
Motor Speedway in the Valleydale
500. Interestingly, it would be
another entire year before Wallace
would earn his first pole award. He
earned his first top qualifying spot
at the Miller 400 in June of 1987 at
Michigan International Speedway.
Wallace really started gaining
national attention in 1989. He
captured the checkered flag in The
Winston all-star race and added six
more wins and 20 top-10 finishes in
29 events. Wallace won the 1989
NASCAR championship, beating Dale
Earnhardt by just 12 points for the
honor. Wallace won 10 times in 1993,
but finished second to Earnhardt.
His string of 16 years in a row with
a victory was broken in 2002. The
string was the best of all active
drivers.
When not on the racetrack, Wallace
is an avid aviator who owns his own
airplanes and a helicopter. He's a
jet-rated pilot and has said many
times that he would be a commercial
pilot if he were not a racer.
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