Watch out, DW
You'll never guess which past champ was turning laps Thursday at Martinsville in a Busch car:
Rusty Wallace.
Dustin Long e-mailed to say that Rusty's son Stephen is driving this weekend, and Rusty was there for Thursday's testing. It was Rusty's first time in a stock car since Homestead 2005, the last race of a long (and good) racin' career. Rusty said he's had people talk to him about coming back to race, but he won't - his ESPN/ABC contract forbids it, and Rusty said he's cool with that.
But you've got to wonder what will be going through Rusty's mind when he sees Darrell Waltrip wheeling the 99 through the turns at Martinsville on Saturday. It'll probably something along the lines of, I could take that guy.
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While I think that it's great that Martinsville has both Busch and Nextel (as I live nearby), I think it's pretty ridiculous that the Kentucky Speedway is suing NASCAR to get a Nextel race. I saw a link to a petition at another NASCAR forum from a group that's protesting the lawsuit. I signed it and think it's a good way for NASCAR fans to let NASCAR know that we care more about tracks and races than profit. Kentucky Speedway can't just up and sue because they want to make more money. Here's where I saw the link: http://www.pennlive.com/forums/motorsports/index.ssf?artid=719
Posted on July 21, 2006 12:04 PM