Rusty Wallace airborne crash at Daytona 500 (February 14, 1993) THE MOST COMPLETE FOOTAGE
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Rusty Wallace went airborne in his Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac during the Daytona 500 International Race of Champions, February 14,1993. The car was hit, while jockeying for position, causing it to spin out of control, then flip several times before landing on the grass at the Daytona International Speedway. Wallace's car was severely damaged, but he amazingly walked away from the crash.
Russell William "Rusty" Wallace, Jr. (born August 14, 1956) is a retired American racing driver, and a former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion. Considered one of racing's most well-known and charismatic personalities, he is a member of 4 of stock car racing's major halls of fame: the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2010), the NASCAR Hall of Fame (2013), the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2013), the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2014) and the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2010). He also served as the 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year and the 1989 Winston Cup champion.
1993 was arguably his most successful season despite two major accidents at Daytona and Talladega, in which his car went airborne and flipped several times. He had already won the second race of the season on February 28, 1993, at North Carolina Motor Speedway but also a sad one as his friend and reigning NASCAR Champion Alan Kulwicki was killed flying into Bristol in April 1993. Because of this, Wallace won the race at Bristol and in respect to Alan Kulwicki, he did a "Polish victory lap"—turning his car around and driving around the track the wrong way, as made famous by Kulwicki. Every race Wallace won that year he did a "Kulwicki victory lap". He won all 3 races in April (Bristol on April 4, North Wilkesboro on April 18 and Martinsville on April 25). Also, he won the first ever race at the New Hampshire Speedway, starting 33rd, on July 11. In 1993, he won 10 of the 30 races, but finished second in the final points standings, 80 points behind Earnhardt. He ended the season strong, finishing in the Top 3 in all but two of the final 10 races of the season.
Russell William "Rusty" Wallace, Jr. (born August 14, 1956) is a retired American racing driver, and a former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion. Considered one of racing's most well-known and charismatic personalities, he is a member of 4 of stock car racing's major halls of fame: the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2010), the NASCAR Hall of Fame (2013), the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2013), the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2014) and the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2010). He also served as the 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year and the 1989 Winston Cup champion.
1993 was arguably his most successful season despite two major accidents at Daytona and Talladega, in which his car went airborne and flipped several times. He had already won the second race of the season on February 28, 1993, at North Carolina Motor Speedway but also a sad one as his friend and reigning NASCAR Champion Alan Kulwicki was killed flying into Bristol in April 1993. Because of this, Wallace won the race at Bristol and in respect to Alan Kulwicki, he did a "Polish victory lap"—turning his car around and driving around the track the wrong way, as made famous by Kulwicki. Every race Wallace won that year he did a "Kulwicki victory lap". He won all 3 races in April (Bristol on April 4, North Wilkesboro on April 18 and Martinsville on April 25). Also, he won the first ever race at the New Hampshire Speedway, starting 33rd, on July 11. In 1993, he won 10 of the 30 races, but finished second in the final points standings, 80 points behind Earnhardt. He ended the season strong, finishing in the Top 3 in all but two of the final 10 races of the season.