Cup regular Rusty Wallace was uninjured when a right front tire blew and sent him into the Turn 4 wall Monday afternoon, severely damaging one of his Busch Series Dodge Chargers. Wallace said the tire blew when a swaybar chain that was a few inches too long allowed a bolt head to come into contact with the inside sidewall of a Goodyear Eagle radial.
“Just a stupid mistake on our part. We didn’t allow enough clearance [for the bolt],” Wallace said. “Brand new, $150,000 car. There wasn’t one used piece on that car. It was the nicest car we had ever built in this organization [Rusty Wallace Inc.]. We spent so much time on it, and a $2 part blew the tire out and destroyed it. This was going to be the brand new Bell Helicopter car that Jamie McMurray was going to drive [at TMS].” Wallace still plans to enter two Busch cars for the O’Reilly Challenge.(Fort Worth Star Telegram)(10-26-2005)
