Rusty Wallace Quotes (77 Quotes)

We've been top-five and top-tenning them to death all year. That's what got us in the Chase. I'd like to go out a winner at Homestead. I want to win the thing and walk off.

I think a lot of his abilities are from genes. But he's still got to learn. Even though he's been to every single track with me during my career, he still has to learn what the car is supposed to do.

I can't believe I came the whole season with no problems and right now at the very end it all goes to heck. I hate it for the team and all the fans.

As soon as I fired it up and pulled out, I knew I was in trouble. The engine just welded itself shut.

I tell Steven all of the time that I want his head in the carburetor,

Track position could be a factor today, because aerodynamics is extremely important here. Track position is important everywhere we go, ... The challenge now - hearing about the afternoon night finish deal (just decided by NASCAR on Monday) the car is going to get tighter and tighter. You're going to have to loosen it up as the race goes on. That's the challenge.

Television is definitely in my future for sure. That's going to heat up real fast here. By the middle of next week, I should have all the television stuff done.

I just think if you make a deal with a man, and he builds his program around you, then you need to understand that and you need to honor that,

That was the day our sport changed. We lost our personality.

It was top-five the whole session, ... We picked the speed up in qualifying so I feel real confident. It's a brand new car so I'm ready to see what we can do. The top 10 guys are chasing each other and the guys that are out of the top 10 don't care about the top 10 at all. There are a lot of different styles of racing out there. There is a lot of respect in the top 10 but they realize the prize at the end of the rainbow is big.

A victory would have been nice, ... but my disappointment was tempered by having a section of the Bristol grandstands named after me in a pre-race ceremony.

I'm driving better than I have in a long, long time, ... so it does make you think twice. But on the other hand, I've made the right decision. I want to go out on the top of my game, and I'm doing that right now.

I just lost it. I had a loose tire, a flat tire, and loose lug nuts. Bad night.

Kenny went in to use the rest room, and they had the toilet paper roll with the springs on the side, and he kept pulling the paper, and it kept breaking off. He said he pulled and pulled and pulled, and it broke and broke and broke, and the whole time this toilet paper is breaking off I'm in the truck and we're gone. We thought he was there.

We had a real hot rod today, but ...

I've got sponsors that want me to hang out with them until 2 in the morning and drink some beer. I'm not that guy. At 11 o'clock, I'm dead asleep now.

If you sit down with a guy and say 'I'm gonna sign a three-year deal,' and he sells sponsorship for three years based on your being there, you need to be there. You've got to honor it.

I speak the truth. I've learned when to say it and when not. I've tried to carry the torch that Dale Earnhardt left behind and tried to be a good representative with all the rest of the drivers.

It's a mystery to me why the track doesn't already have a Nextel event. It's definitely a Nextel Cup track. It's beautiful. It's wide. It's shaped perfect. It's got the grandstand capability. They've proved they can pack them in with a lot of drama and ex

I looked at the race track for the first time, and I thought, 'Oh my gosh. I can't believe the size of this thing. It's amazing,'

Making the Chase was really cool. Making it to New York was the proper way to end it.

This track, I'm really proud of it. I've got my name on it and people have put their heart and soul into it and I really want everybody in the world to know about it.

This stuff is really cool. I got to meet a whole new group of people. And I'm just having a good time. I don't have to worry about a stupid shock absorber or spring or a tire pressure. I'm having lunch and having a good time.

Let's not forget we've already had a pretty incredible season, and that shouldn't go unnoticed. We still have plenty of time to win a race or races, but our team deserves a lot of credit for the consistency we've had.

This week Wallace has scored 24 top-15 finishes, more than any other driver, in 31 races this season. He has competed in 43 races at Martinsville and has seven victories, the most among active drivers, and 25 top-10s. His last victory there came in April 2004. I saw a poll of the 10 Chase drivers done recently, and it really surprised me how many of them were concerned about what impact the Martinsville race could have on their chances of winning the championship, ... Man, that's certainly not the case with me and my team. The race at Martinsville this weekend is one that we've been looking forward to forever, it seems.

We're looking at it like we have some unfinished business to take care of this weekend. We certainly want to go out on top of our game at Bristol with a strong run, and I think we're primed to come in there and do just that.

I think by the end of the year, he'd have a lot of knowledge. He'd be up on the wheel and ready to go then.

I think I make Steve a little nervous sometimes, so I'm going to be comfortable sitting in Homestead watching his race, off and on.

Some drivers today don't have a clue what's in their cars right now because it's too much work. You can't have somebody hold your hand your whole life.

I've still got a pin in my wrist that's about 8 inches long from that accident. I got hurt at some racetracks a little bit, but never as bad as I got hurt at Talladega.

This is all new to me and we had a problem with the radio. Our gearing wasn't right either, but the most aggravating thing was not being able to communicate with the pits.

Mark and I know how to play the game, ... Be fast, be smooth and stay out of trouble whenever possible that is, don't make trouble.

We're in the Chase, and that's the big deal. I'm glad I'm not in that mess next week. I've been thinking about that and I'm glad not to be under that pressure.

Mark, he's always been like that forever. He's the type of guy, you go, 'How're you running for today's race My car handles like crap.' He goes out and wins. 'I feel bad about the day, I don't have a chance in heck.' He goes out and does good again, ... I will tell you, down deep I know he thinks he can win the championship this year.

This is supposed to be my last race and probably will be. I tell you what, having fun like this makes you want to come back a couple of times.

I ask myself why would I retire and its because I don't like running 36 races. I hate running 36 races. I don't like being away from home that much.

I told him to calm down, ... Dont try to overdrive it cause hes bad at doing that.

To think about a new car owner, a driver, a new driver so to speak, all new, new, new, and have to make all the races early, things like that, it just is a huge uphill feat. I wish them all the luck, but it's going to be a tough one.

It turned into a real wild card. I came in this thing 92 points out of the lead, and I'm still 92 points out of the lead. I don't know what happened, but Stewart going out (briefly) helped everybody.

I don't know if I'd have done it, but I sure do understand the reaction. I hope Ryan learns from this mistake. He can't just go out there and rough these guys up, whether it's a mistake or not. Guys are tired of hearing it's a mistake.

He just said it was part of tradition and something they've always done. I've talked to some of the drivers and I don't think anybody sees the need for it any more.

It's our consistency that has gotten us this far, and there's really no need to be looking for some other game plan, ... This is my final season as a driver and I want to go out being remembered as a winner.

I'm going to watch a little of the truck race and talk to a prospective new sponsor,

I feel good -- I'm in the Chase and ready to run for the next 10 races,

It would be cool as it could be if we can win here again this weekend, ... It would be like watching John Wayne hop on his horse after winning the shootout and heading on out toward the setting sun.

Carl is a darn good one (driver), no doubt about that,

I wanted to get out of the car and whip his rear end. The kid needs to calm down a little bit. ... He's really frustrated for some reason.

It's Bristol. I love the place. I always have and I always will. I've always said it felt like my home track.

It was twice as wild when I started, because when I started, there was no spoiler rule, ... Guys were running wide-open with only an eight-degree rear spoiler, and cars were out of control, sliding and spinning out, going in the air and flipping upside-down. It was just totally crazy.

The crazy thing is I am probably driving right now better than I ever drove in my life, ... I guess I don't need to be retiring, but hey, I've made the decision to do that. Still the thing I want to do is go out on top of my game, and I think we're doing a good job out there for these fans. I really love these fans and I appreciate the job they're doing, pulling behind me.