Iowa Speedway Designer, Co-Owner is Member of 2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame Class

Rusty Wallace was inducted into the 2013 Hall of Fame Class is seen here Sunday at Iowa Speedway (photo by Ginger Allsup)

Resume includes: 55 NASCAR Sprint Cup wins, 1989 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship

NEWTON, IA – May 24, 2012 – Rusty Wallace, designer and co-owner of the 7/8 mile Iowa Speedway tri-oval, has been elected to the 2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame. Announced on SPEED TV’s show ‘Race Hub’ Wednesday night, Wallace joins one of the most prestigious fraternities in the world of motor sports.

“This whole process, from being nominated to now elected, has been an incredibly humbling experience for me,” said Wallace. “My family and I are very grateful to all those that made this honor possible.”

Offering up congratulations to one of the sport’s legends on behalf of track he designed was Stan Clement, president of Iowa Speedway.

“Rusty has always a great ambassador for Iowa Speedway,” said Clement. “His NASCAR racing career, which began in the early 1980s, has spanned into four decades now and this honor is a tribute to his accomplishments – congratulations, Rusty!”

Wallace, who won 55 Sprint Cup races over his 25 year career, the 1989 Sprint Cup Series Championship, and the 1991 IROC Champion, became involved with Iowa Speedway in the initial planning stages. With weekly visits during the construction phase, Wallace drove every layer of Iowa Speedway to give it his stamp of approval. Since the first race in the Fall of 2006, Iowa Speedway has held numerous NASCAR Nationwide Series races, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races, Izod IndyCar Series races, ASA, and ARCA Series races.

In alphabetical order, the list of all five elected members of the 2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame Class: Buck Baker, Cotton Owens, Herb Thomas, Rusty Wallace, and Leonard Wood.