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 McG on April 3, 2015 at 10:37am

I hope so. The day that the other energy drink companies let there drivers join in on this is the day that the series takes over. Pastrana, Block, Foust, Speed, Rob Mac, McGrath, Deegan, The Leducs, Menzies...could you imagine that lineup? Fingers Crossed!!!

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Permalink Reply by JerrDog on April 3, 2015 at 11:08am

....holy crap...great line-up. That would be nothing short of BAD ASS!!!

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on April 3, 2015 at 1:12pm

http://youtu.be/JX26LxAFT5E

Rusty Wallace

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Permalink Reply by Bigzoom on April 3, 2015 at 1:18pm

Looks like Rusty is back in town http://youtu.be/A20LOCBl6D8

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Permalink Reply by mj on April 3, 2015 at 1:35pm

Even talking bout it on RDC , check it out here .

http://www.race-dezert.com/forum/threads/who-is-racing-x-games-besi...

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Permalink Reply by C2B on April 3, 2015 at 9:16pm

They need a truck for the Race 2 Recovery guys. They didn't get to race their car at Dakar this year and it would be good exposure for both Robby and the R2R guys.

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Permalink Reply by Ed Fifield on April 4, 2015 at 7:11pm

Jayski has a mention of this. Wish he would mention it was Robby's SST series Rusty was racing in.

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Permalink Reply by mj on April 5, 2015 at 1:25am

Even NASCAR.com is FINALLY giving Robby some love
Rotflmao .
Rusty Wallace to compete in X Games event: http://www.nascar.com/content/nascar/en_us/news-media/articles/2015...

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