Rusty Wallace can’t get son sponsors, closes team

Rusty Wallace Racing has run it’s last laps. Former NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Rusty Wallace claimed he would close the doors of his Nationwide team if he failed to find sponsorship for both his cars and that apparently has happened. Wallace’s team fielded two cars last season the #62 of Michael Annett and the #66 of , Rusty’s son, Steve Wallace.While the #62 car of Annett had full backing by Pilot Travel Centers the car set to be driven by Steve Wallace did not. So Rusty Wallace decided to close up shop and let Annett seek employment elsewhere. “A lot of teams would have run with the level of funding we have now, but we want to ensure that our team has the resources necessary to compete and to improve our operations,” Wallace said. “I promised myself and my family long ago that if the team wasn’t funded to a level with which we were comfortable, we just wouldn’t run it. I’ve worked way too hard to put part of my life saving...