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Rusty Wallace

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  • Birth Name: Russell William Wallace Jr.
  • Birth Place: Fenton, MO
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/14/1956, Leo
  • Profession: Race-car driver; race-team owner; TV racing analyst
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Rusty Wallace Fast Facts:
  • Had to obtain a court order to race at Missouri's Lake Hill Speedway at age 16, two years below the minimum age requirement.
  • Once worked for his family's vacuum-cleaner repair shop, OK Vacuum.
  • Earned his pilot's license in 1984 and subsequently logged over 15,000 hours of flight time.
  • Fined $5,000 for using an obscenity in a 1997 radio interview, which he paid by sending 500,000 pennies to NASCAR CEO Bill France.
  • Upon retirement from racing, he was bestowed with Delaware's Order of the First State and North Carolina's Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
  • Designed Iowa Speedway, a 7/8-mile track in Newton, IA, that opened in September 2006.
  • Rusty Wallace Relationships:
  • Greg Wallace - Son
  • Judy Wallace - Mother
  • Katie Wallace - Daughter
  • Kenny Wallace - Brother
  • Michael Wallace - Brother
  • Patti Wallace - Wife
  • Russ Wallace - Father
  • Steve Wallace - Son
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