Everyone else has been runnin’ em for two or three years … Although this is brand new course. Cuz I’ve never driven one of these damn things. I feel absolutely like a rookie goin into it. Josh: Do you really feel like a rookie going into this? Rusty Wallace: But ya I feel pretty good. A little bit of anxiety, just wantin’ to know how it’s gonna turn out, ya know… And I hope I’m not making a mistake, but I feel pretty good. This will be totally out of my realm, outside of anything I’ve ever done. So we started testin and I started doing all these jumps and spins and all this stuff … and I feel pretty confident. I got his opinion and all that stuff … he said ‘man I can get you up to speed in nothin’ flat.’ I just know you can do it.’ So I said, ‘let me go talk to Robby Gordon.’ He’s the one who designed the trucks. Rusty Wallace: And he said, ‘I know you can do it. But I got a call from Rich Feinberg, who is our head motorsports guy here at ESPN, and he’s also running the X Games, and he said ‘come on man, do the truck thing.’ And I said, Rich, I’ve never drivin one of them trucks, ever. And then when that contract ran out, I’m doing radio now. I actually quit driving a car and worked for ESPN and left those guys after about nine years. Rusty Wallace: Nah man, this is the first year of doing it. I had no idea you were racing trucks in X Games. I know some drivers race in other circuits. I grew up as a kid watching you drive NASCAR. The hall-of-famer is going outside his realm to race off-road trucks at X Games Austin this year, proving yet again that the adrenaline doesn’t need to halt just because you’re approaching 60. There was some slight confusion around our schedules and I was told we would have to chat another day.

The kinda guy you’ve never even met, yet makes you feel like you’ve known him for years. I’ll try back.”Īnd that’s Rusty Wallace in a nut shell. “Hey Josh, it’s Rusty Wallace, it’s 10 o’clock, tryin to call ya up for the interview. “Who is calling me from North Carolina?” I ask myself. So I walk over and take a look at my phone.

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