RUSTY WALLACE TO COMPETE IN OFF-ROAD TRUCK RACE AT X GAMES

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace will briefly return to competition by driving in Off-Road Truck Racing at the upcoming X Games.

Wallace retired from NASCAR competition after the 2005 season, and has periodically been back in a race car, including a test session in Brad Keselowski's Sprint Cup car at Daytona in 2014.

But the X Games in Austin held June 5-7 will be the 58-year-old Wallace's first time competing in Off-Road Truck Racing. His truck will be sponsored by Jimmy John's.

The Off-Road Truck racing competition will feature identically-prepared 600-horsepower trucks, all leased from Robby Gordon.

The trucks reach speeds up to 120 mph and hit man-made ramps at multiple locations throughout the course. The Baja-style race trucks will negotiate the seven-turn course made of both dirt and asphalt.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on April 2, 2015 at 11:32am

Control yourself, Bigzoom.

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Permalink Reply by GLuce on April 2, 2015 at 11:51am

That is big, real big.

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Permalink Reply by WJM on April 2, 2015 at 12:27pm

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Permalink Reply by R Nadeau on April 2, 2015 at 12:40pm

GREAT news for the series !! After being at St Pete last weekend ... I wonder how able Rusty will be in the truck.
Age, lack of off-road experience and years away from competition. I'll just finish with hummmmmm ??

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Permalink Reply by Eric Howard on April 2, 2015 at 12:44pm

Nice name recognition but he's too old to race these trucks.

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Permalink Reply by TOG on April 2, 2015 at 12:58pm

He will be fine. He was aggressive and fast the moment he turned his first laps during testing.

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on April 2, 2015 at 1:00pm

Freakin' awesome! I've been saying more household names need to get in the series. The racing is awesome but not many people know about it yet...the more recognizable drivers that get involved the bigger the exposure. Still wish Kurt Busch, Tony Stewart or Jimmie Johnson would race

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Permalink Reply by mj on April 2, 2015 at 1:16pm

I'd like to see Biffle , he's really into offroad . He owns a couple sand cars and if I remember right has a company building them . As for Rusty I agree with TOG , he just needs some seat time . Right now with all his time outta a race vehicle he just a lil RUSTY right now lol .

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Permalink Reply by McG on April 2, 2015 at 1:55pm

I'd like to see Kenny Wallace join in on the action. That dudes a lunatic...he'd definitely be entertaining. And of course, I'd like to see the other energy drink companies end there little boycott and join in on the action.