Rusty Wallace - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Blaney helping #77 team look for new crew chief and staying in 2003:

Blaney helping #77 team look for new crew chief and staying in 2003: With the obvious progress of the #77 Jasper Motorsports Team this season being inexorably linked between his arrival and an increased technical presence within the organization, Dave Blaney is already...

Rusty looking to extend the streak:

Rusty looking to extend the streak: #2-Rusty Wallace has won a race in 16 consecutive seasons, a mark passed only by NASCAR legends Richard Petty (victories in 18 consecutive seasons) and David Pearson (wins in 17 straight years) [Rick Rudd had a streak of 16 season...

Kenseth wins at Phoenix:

Kenseth wins at Phoenix: #17-Matt Kenseth won the Checker Auto Parts 500k at Phoenix, his 5th win of the 2002 year and 6th of his career. #2-Wallace finished 2nd, the 4th time this year. Points leaders #20-Stewart finished 8th with #6-Mark Martin finishing 4th and ...

Phoenix Rumblings:

Phoenix Rumblings: It was pit strategy at its finest again today as Robbie Reiser rolled the dice and went with a two-tire stop for track position.....and Matt Kenseth held that position for the final 52 circuits as he put his #17 DeWalt Ford in Victory Lane for the...

ExxonMobil Official:

ExxonMobil Official: NASCAR named ExxonMobil's Mobil brand of products as the "Official Lubricants of NASCAR" beginning in 2003. The announcement was made during the 2002 Automotive Aftermarket Parts Expo (AAPEX) in Las Vegas. An industry leader in the development ...

#2 Crewman Injured:

#2 Crewman Injured: Earl Barban, mechanic and chief spotter for Rusty Wallace, was involved in a motorcycle accident while en route to the speedway last night. According to Barban, he sustained three broken ribs, a punctured lung, lacerated spleen and various cuts ...

Team Penske to honor Dixon:

Team Penske to honor Dixon: To celebrate Larry Dixon's NHRA Top Fuel Championship, a special logo will be placed on both the #2-Rusty Wallace and #12-Ryan Newman Ford race cars for this weekend's Phoenix race. In addition, for the in-car camera in Rusty's car, sponsor...

TNT stuff:

TNT stuff: TNT's Discover Pre-race Show, Best Feature: Dave Burns explains on a chalkboard how points are tallied and what the top three drivers in the points standings, Tony Stewart (1), Mark Martin (2) and Jimmie Johnson (3), need to do in the final three races of...

South Carloina License Plates:

South Carloina License Plates: Fans of NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing now have a new way of showing their support for their favorite drivers with the unveiling of the new NASCAR Special License Plates. The official "first look" at this custom automobile tag took ...

#2 Crewman Injured:

#2 Crewman Injured: Earl Barban, mechanic and chief spotter for Rusty Wallace, was involved in a motorcycle accident while en route to the speedway last night. According to Barban, he sustained three broken ribs, a punctured lung, lacerated spleen and various cuts ...

NASCAR Yearbook:

NASCAR Yearbook: the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Yearbook the 31st Anniversary Edition is now avialble for order. Appropriately, the yearbook, produced by UMI Publications, is presented to the NASCAR Winston Cup champion each year, at the season-ending awards ceremony...

Ford can clinch at Atlanta UPDATE clinched and Stuff:

Ford can clinch at Atlanta UPDATE clinched and Stuff: Ford can clinch its third manufacturer's championship in the last four years and 15th overall by finishing first, second or third among the four car makes in Sunday's race. The only way Ford will not clinch the ...

Stuff:

Stuff: Rusty Wallace is winless in his last 59 races, tying his longest drought between victories. He went 59 races between a win at Richmond in 1997 and a victory at Phoenix in 1998. Eight drivers who won at least one race last year still have yet to win this season...

Rusty Tests at Gateway:

Rusty Tests at Gateway: Testing for Phoenix and Homestead, but not at Phoenix and Homestead. #2-Rusty Wallace and crew tested Tuesday & Wednesday (Oct 22nd & 23rd) at Gateway International Raceway, the 1.25-mile track near Madison, Ill., in preparation for ...

Rumblings – Lowe’s:

Rumblings - Lowe's: #40-Jamie McMurray becomes the 17th different winner this season....last year we had 19. And, he became the 45th different driver to lead a lap this season....last year we had 48. Bobby Labonte (2nd) had his best finish since he won at Martinsville...

Penske to Dodge announcement soon? TODAY It is OFFICIAL:

Penske to Dodge announcement soon? TODAY It is OFFICIAL: Penske Racing South is expected to announce its long-rumored switch to Dodge during Oct 10-13 race week at Lowe's Motor Speedway.(Winston Cup Scene - need sub to read), am hearing it'll be Sunday morning, Oct...

Rusty Stuff:

Rusty Stuff: some pretty heavy stats when Rusty Wallace is behind the wheel of a black car, 30 of 54 wins (56% of his total career wins in black cars), 82 of 187 top-5s (44%) and 120 of 306 top-10s (39%). He won 14.3% (30 of 210) of all his races in a black car. AND...

Wallace not worried about loss of points:

Wallace not worried about loss of points: Rusty Wallace says the loss of 25 points won't kill his chances in the chase for the championship, however he says "We've got a long way to make up a lot of points...it's just frustrating that happened, but it doesn't kill ...

Penalties announced, Rusty Wallace and team loses 25 points:

Penalties announced, Rusty Wallace and team loses 25 points: NASCAR officials announced today that three members of the #2 Miller Lite Ford team in the Cup Series have been either penalized or fined because of rule violations last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway...

Plate Points:

Plate Points: #15-Michael Waltrip is the leader in Restrictor plate driver point earned in 2003, 32 is #40-Sterling Marlin who is injured and will not race at Talladega. Here's the Top-10 in plate races this season: #15-Michael Waltrip, 520 #40-Sterling Marlin, 482...