Rusty Wallace will end his career is one of only nine drivers with 700 career starts. Credit: Autostock

Wallace's 22-year career spans series from A to Z

As Rusty Wallace's "Last Call" tour rolls toward quittin' time, all things Wallace have become fashionable. Search for "Rusty Wallace" on eBay and there are about 2,900 items. Google returns about 903,000 results. Twenty-two years at the top of the sport will get that.

Wallace returns to Talladega Superspeedway this weekend for the Aaron's 499. It's a track that has not been kind to him: 43 starts, zero wins, one top-five finish and 12 top-10s. In fact, his 20.4 average finish is worst among the 26 Cup tracks on which he's raced. Oddly, it's also the track where he has his fourth-most lead-lap finishes (22).

NASCAR.COM continues its series on Wallace's career with an alphabetical look at his achievements, associates and milestones:

This week: The ABCs of Wallace

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RUSTY WALLACE •   Driver Page •   2005 Statistics •   Rusty's video highlights •   Superstore: Wallace gear •   Join Rusty's fan club! Inside the Numbers Wins Rank Driver No. 1. J. Gordon 71 2. D. Earnhardt 67 3. R. Wallace 55 4. B. Elliott 43 5. M. Martin 34 Second-place finishes Rank Driver No. 1. D. Earnhardt 60 2. M. Martin 51 3. R. Wallace 40 4. J. Gordon 37 5. T. Labonte 35 Top-five finishes Rank Driver No. 1. D. Earnhardt 225 2. M. Martin 213 3. J. Gordon 194   R. Wallace 194 4. D. Jarrett 159   R. Rudd 159 5. B. Elliott 153 Top-10 finishes Rank Driver No. 1. D. Earnhardt 342 2. R. Wallace 334 3. M. Martin 331 4. R. Rudd 286 5. T. Labonte 269 All statistics since 1984

A

April is the month in which Wallace has won 12 races, the most of any month.

B

Bristol is where Wallace posted his first Cup victory on April 6, 1986. He now has nine wins, 21 top-five finishes and 28 top-10s at the .533-mile bullring.

C

Charlotte is where Wallace banged his way past Darrell Waltrip -- remember the "Tide Slide"? -- to win the 1989 All-Star race and a $200K check.

"It was an ugly, ugly win," Waltrip chirped. "I hope he chokes on the $200,000, that's all I can tell him. He knocked the hell out of me."

D

Dodson, Barry -- Wallace's crew chief during his 1989 Cup championship season. Dodson now is leading Stephen Wallace's Hooters Pro Cup Series team.

E

Eleven top-10 finishes in 2004 -- Wallace's fewest top-10s since he had eight in 1985, his second season.

F

Five tracks that Wallace averages a top-10 finish: Kansas (8.5), Indianapolis (8.9), Richmond (9.2), North Wilkesboro (9.6) and Bristol (9.7).

G

Grand total earnings for Wallace in 678 Cup races: $35,616,115.

H

Homestead-Miami is where Wallace is scheduled to end his career with Race No. 706 -- as one of only nine drivers with 700 starts.

I

International Race of Champions champ in 1991, Wallace beat Bill Elliott for the title by 22 points. Wallace is a nine-time IROC participant with four wins in the series.

J

Jet-rated as a pilot, aviator Wallace owns his airplanes and helicopter.

K

Kilometers led at Phoenix: 1,388.8 -- or a track record 868 laps. In 18 races at PIR, Wallace has one win, seven top-five finishes and eight top-10s. He also shares the record for most poles (3) with Ryan Newman.

L

Lakehill Speedway in Valley Park, Mo., is the site of Wallace's racing debut in 1973, when he was the Central Racing Association's rookie of the year.

M

Martinsville has played host to seven victories by Wallace. It's his second-most successful track -- seven wins, 17 top-five finishes and 25 top-10s.

N

North Wilkesboro Speedway is where Wallace finished in the top 10 21 times in 26 races (81 percent) before the track was dropped from the schedule after the 1996 season.

O

Over-the-Wall Gang is the oft-used phrase to describe the pit-road crew -- and Wallace's team set the standard.

Crew chief Buddy Parrott & Co. -- and the two-pump jack, an improvement of the pit staple that once took six pumps to get the car lifted off the ground -- won the Rockingham Pit Crew Competition in October 1993 as the then-Miller Genuine Draft team changed four tires and added fuel in 22.454 seconds.

Patti and Rusty Wallace Credit: Evan Agostini/Getty Images

P

Pontiac, Parrott, Penske? Nope, it's Patti -- Rusty's wife, and mother of his three children: Greg, Katie and Stephen.

Q

Q-School is where PGA Tour hopefuls put their dreams on the line during a three-stage tournament.

And avid golfer, Wallace could spend his retirement preparing for the links. ... Then again, only the top 30 (and ties) from qualifying school earn their Tour cards.

R

Richmond is where Wallace has a career-best 29 top-10 finishes, in addition to six wins and 21 top-fives.

S

Suzuka, Japan, played host to NASCAR's first international event on Nov. 23, 1996. Wallace won the Suzuka Thunder Special 100, a postseason exhibition race.

T

Television is a career opportunity that surely awaits the well-spoken -- and often outspoken -- Wallace.

"It's no secret I'd love to do television," he said. "I love doing television a lot. I'll be doing a lot of that stuff this year. I don't know where my future will lead, but there are a lot of options out there."

U

U.S. Auto Club rookie of the year in 1979, one year before Wallace made his Cup debut on March 16, 1980, at Atlanta International Raceway.

V

Victory LaneRusty Wallace celebrates his 55th career Cup win Sign up for TrackPass now BUY YOUR NEXTEL DRIVER PHONE

Victory Lane is a place where Wallace has celebrated 55 times, most recently at Martinsville in April 2004. He's eighth on the all-time wins list.

W

Wallace Family Tribute 250 is the Busch Series race scheduled for July 30 at Gateway International Raceway. St. Louis mayor Francis Slay has proclaimed the day "Rusty Wallace Day" in honor of his NASCAR achievements.

X

X-rays revealed a broken left wrist -- the result of a last-lap crash in the May 2, 1993, race at Talladega -- but Wallace returned to the track for the next race May 16 at Sonoma.

At Talladega, Dale Earnhardt clipped Wallace from behind and sent him into a 10-flip barrel-roll as they crossed the finish line.

"It has to be the most spectacular sixth-place finish in history," Wallace said.

Y

Younger brothers Mike and Kenny joined Rusty in the same Cup race for the first time on Nov. 3, 1991, at Phoenix. Rusty finished fifth and Mike was 31st in his series debut. Kenny finished 43rd in just his fifth career start; a steering problem ended his day after one lap.

The Wallaces have appeared in the same Cup starting lineup 105 times, the most recent being the 2005 Daytona 500.

Z

Zulu -- time to end this list, and a stellar career.

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