Rusty Wallace - S2.E9

A grizzled veteran of NASCAR's major leagues, Rusty Wallace has earned more than $34 million dollars behind the wheel of a Winston Cup car. The competitive fire that stoked the early years of his nearly quarter-century career burns as brightly today as it did when his two-race rookie season (1980) produced a second-place finish and another top 10 showing.

Beyond The Glory examines the life of this racing legend. From his roots in suburban St. Louis, where he and brothers Kenny and Mike cut their racing teeth in a legendary sports town — for everything but racing, that is — to success on the Winston Cup and Busch Series tours. It was Rusty, however, the most celebrated of the band of brothers, who claimed the ‘89 Winston Cup points championship in the third-most closely contested finish in history — a 12-point win over NASCAR legend, the late Dale Earnhardt.

Perhaps the Wallace brothers had no choice but to take up racing in the midst of St. Louis' ""stick and ball sports"" mindset. Their