Nascar legend Rusty Wallace to compete at X Games - KVUE
Rusty Wallace has long believed he retired from racing too soon, that he had another three years in a Hall of Fame NASCAR career. Since his 2005 decision to get out of the car and transition into a broadcasting role with ESPN, Wallace has periodically longed to return to some form of competition. He'll get his chance in June at the X Games, where the 58-year-old Wallace will compete in the Off-Road Truck Racing event. ''I honestly miss driving a car a little bit,'' Wallace told The Associated Press. I still struggle with not racing, not a whole lot, but a little, and this was a good opportunity to go have some fun. Wallace spent Wednesday of this week at Robby Gordon's race shop driving one of the trucks for the first time. All the trucks competing in the X Games will be leased from Gordon, who will also drive in the race. ''He was very methodical about it - he asked me to go out first to give him a vision, and he basically then went out and did everything I did,'' Gordon said Thursday. ''He got out and was ear-to-ear smiling, just laughing and saying how much fun he had. I asked him to hold his hand out to see if there was a nervous shake, a shake most race car drivers get. And he had a little shake, but he was good to go. ''. Wallace retired from NASCAR competition after the 2005 season, the same year he made NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup championship driving for Team Penske. Source: www.kvue.com
