Rusty Wallace

Russell William Wallace Jr., known as Rusty Wallace, is an American former professional stock car racing driver and team owner who raced from 1980 to 2005 in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, now the NASCAR Cup Series, most notably in the No. 2 car for Penske Racing. He grew up in Arnold, Missouri, won more than 200 short track and late model races, and took the 1983 American Speed Association championship before joining the Cup Series full time in 1984 and winning Rookie of the Year. He won the 1989 Winston Cup Championship, the 1990 Coca-Cola 600 and 55 races in all, 25 of them on short tracks, with a best of nine wins at Bristol. He is a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and later became a commentator, designed Iowa Speedway and ran Rusty Wallace Racing.