Rusty Wallace Net Worth 2018: What is this NASCAR driver worth?
Rusty Wallace is a professional NASCAR racing driver. Wallace was born on August 14, 1956, in Arnold, Missouri, U.S.. This page examines Rusty Wallace’s net worth.
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Rusty Wallace Career and Earnings/Salary
Rusty Wallace raced in a total of 706 NASCAR cup races over a 25 year cup career, with 55 wins, 349 top tens, and 36 poles. Wallace’s best cup position was 1st (1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series). Wallace began NASCAR cup racing with the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Atlanta 500 (Atlanta Motor Speedway). Wallace’s last cup race was the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Ford 400 (Homestead-Miami Speedway), and last cup win was the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series STP 500 (Martinsville Speedway).
With respect to Busch series races, Wallace competed in 42 over a 9 year period, with 0 wins, 18 top tens, and 2 poles. Wallace’s best Busch series position was 32nd (1987 NASCAR Busch Series). Wallace began Busch series racing with the 1985 NASCAR Busch Series Goody’s 300 (Daytona International Speedway). Wallace’s last Busch race was the 2005 NASCAR Busch Series O’Reilly Challenge (Texas Motor Speedway).
Wallace has raced in 1 truck series races over a 1 year truck racing career, with 0 wins, 1 top tens, and 0 poles. Wallace’s best truck race position was 92nd (1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series). Wallace began truck series racing with the 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series DeVilbiss Superfinish 200 (Nazareth Speedway).
Wallace is best known for these top achievements: 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion.
Wallace has won several awards, including the NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee (2013), International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee (2013), National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame inductee (2010), Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee (2014), Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inductee (1998), Named a Missouri Sports Legend by the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame (2006), St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame inductee (2011), NMPA Myers Brothers Award winner (2005), Two-time NMPA Richard Petty Driver of the Year (1988, 1993), NASCAR Illustrated Person of the Year (2005), North Carolina’s Order of the Long Leaf Pine (2005), Delaware’s Order of the First State (2005), Named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers (1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series), 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Sprint Cup Series NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and 1979 United States Automobile Club Stock Car Rookie of the Year.
Rusty Wallace Net Worth 2018
NASCAR in practice has two salary tracks. There are top drivers, who make millions of dollars anually through sponsorships, prizes money and bonuses. Separately, the rest of the drivers receive quite a bit less. Newer drivers can earn as little as $50,000. Most mid-tier drivers, meanwhile, can make between $200,000 and $500,000, including a base salary in addition to either some percentage of their prize money or a success bonus.
So what is NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace’s net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Rusty Wallace’s net worth as of 2018 is: $25 million
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