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Driver of the Year balloting

Rusty Wallace, who currently leads the NASCAR Winston Cup point standings, has won the first-quarter balloting for Driver of the Year. Fifteen motorsports journalists gave him nine first place votes. His total of 97 points more than doubled those of the second-place...
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Rusty Wallace fined

Rusty Wallace was fined $1500 by NASCAR for excessive speed in an area occupied by crew members at Martinsville during practice Saturday.(RPM2Nite) Wallace allegedly drove down the lane between pit road and the parking area at a speed NASCAR considers dangerous.(SpeedNet...
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Testing at Charlotte

Testing at Charlotte continued Wednesday with the top 10 in speeds being: #29-Jeff Green 179.700mph; 92-Elliott Sadler 179.700(yes the same); #12-Jeremy Mayfield 178.748; #2-Rusty Wallace 178.512; #7-Geoff Bodine 178.217; #43-John Andretti 178.217; #??-Jack Sprague...
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Charlotte practice

Speeds from the Charlotte practice on Tuesday: 1. Elliott Sadler,#92 181.025mph; 2. Rusty Wallace,#2 180.240; 3. Jeremy Mayfield,#37 178.985; 4. John Andretti,#43 178.394; 5. Ward Burton,#22 178.335; 6. Ken Schrader,#33 177.339; 7. Jeff Green,#29 177.165; 8. Kenny ...
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Rusty testing

Rusty Wallace is testing the #2 Miller Lite Ford at the California Speedway this week(MRN Net)(4-9-98)...
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Qualifying postponed

UPDATE on Cup Qualifying Per RPM2Nite: Qualifying has been postponed until Saturday at 10:15am/et, the 9 drivers who have qualified so far will have their times stand(including Speed and Cope) with Dale Jarrett on the provisional pole. There will be no second round...
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Rusty keeps points lead

Thanks to Rusty Wallace's crew, he was able to get the #2 Miller Lite Ford back out on the track after his accident and pick up two spots and keep the points lead(NASCAR Online)(3-29-98)...
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Rusty’s decklid

From the StockCarFans Newsletter thru a source: "NASCAR was asked about the reportedly illegal rear deck lid on the car it took to the wind tunnel. They had not originally intended to take the 2 car, Rusty's. They were planning to take the 99, butthen it wrecked on...
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Dyno test

The cars dyno tested were the following: (we watched most of process and have pictures of the cars waiting to be tested which will be added to the website today (http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/r/a/racecar3/)):#2 Rusty Wallace; #24 Jeff Gordon; #12 Jeremy Mayfield...
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Wind tunnel testing

Whew! Tom's been busy: "Two sources and a set of aero data from the NASCAR wind tunnel test yesterday show the Taurus generating considerably more down force than either the Monte Carlo or Grand Prix, no surprise there. The wind tunnel data so far is suspect and being...
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Some teams not testing at Texas now

Because of the Primestar 500 being run a day late a few of the teams that were to test at Texas have decided not to. Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace, Joe Nemechek, Sterling Marlin, Wally Dallenbach canceled. Next week 3/16-19/98 Jeff Gordon, Terry Labonte and the three ...
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Penske-Kranefuss chassis

Rusty Wallace and the Miller Lite Team ran its first Penske-Kranefuss chassis. Mayfield had driven the car once before during the 97 season and captured a 5th place finish at The Brickyard.(Go200mph.com), it was a Kranefuss-Hass chassis in 1997(3-5-98)...
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Top 10s

Rusty Wallace who finished 2nd and Bill Elliott who finished 6th at the Rock are the only drivers who have finished in the top 10 at Daytona and Rockingham, the first two races(2-22-98)...
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Daytona chassis dyno

Results of Daytona's chassis dyno tests: Bobby Labonte's car-engine combination pulled the strongest number (377 horsepower at the rear wheels), followed by Rusty Wallace's Ford (374 horsepower) and Kenny Schrader's Chevy pulled only 352 horsepower, leading some to...
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Elvis on Rusty’s car

Action Performance Companies Inc. and Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE) announced that they will host a spectacular public ceremony featuring special guest Priscilla Presley on Saturday, 2/28 at 7pm(pt) at Caesars Palace main entrance in Las Vegas. The event will celebrate...
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Wallace and Mayfield test

Rusty Wallace and Jeremy Mayfield tested at Homestead on Monday(2-17) and Mayfiled said the test went well. This test does not count against the seven allowed by NASCAR since it is a non Winston Cup track(RPM2Nite)(2-19-98)...
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Gordon’s missed shift

"Members of Gordon's crew confirmed privately yesterday that Gordon missed the shift from first to second gear on the final restart, and that Gordon's transmission didn't break after all. That, rather than Wallace's jumping the restart, was the key to Wallace's victory...
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Rusty Wallace special scheme

Rusty Wallace's #2 will have a special paint scheme, will be Blue with Miller Time on the 1/4 panels and The Adventures of Rusty on the hood. This is for the special Miller Commercial to debut during the Daytona 500 where Rusty goes so fast he breaks the speed of light...
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Changing numbers

"CHANGING NUMBERS: No, Jeremy Mayfield hasn't enrolled in the Robby Gordon Driver Protection Program. Mayfield is no longer in car No. 37. Roger Penske, who owns Rusty Wallace's No. 2 team, bought half-interest in Mayfield's team and the car is being changed to No. ...
Visit Rusty in MO Sports Hall of Fame page

Rusty in MO Sports Hall of Fame

Rusty Wallace, driver of the Miller Lite #2 Ford, was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in ceremonies on Feb. 1 in Springfield, Mo.(NASCAR Online)(2-1-98)...