WALLACE ON A ROLL; BACK INTO TOP 10 IN POINTS
MILLER LITE TEAM PENSKE DRIVER STILL LOOKING FOR THAT ELUSIVE WIN
-Richmond Produced A Hard-Fought 10th; Third Consecutive Top-10 Finish-

CONCORD, N.C. (May 6, 2003) - The latest news from Miller Lite Team Penske Dodge driver Rusty Wallace and his Bill Wilburn-led Penske Racing South crew:

RICHMOND HIGHLIGHTS - ANOTHER TOP-10 FINISH: Okay, so he wasn't successful in winning in his 600th consecutive Winston Cup start and his victory drought was extended to 73 races, but Miller Lite Team Penske Dodge driver Rusty Wallace was able to bring a lot of positive out of last Saturday night's Pontiac Excitement 400 at Richmond International Raceway.

"We were much stronger than 10th, but at least it was another top-10 finish," said Wallace of his third consecutive top-10 tally. "We had a top-five car for sure and got caught up in the deal with the 22, 12, 29 and 30 cars (lap 268 crash which damaged the right front of Wallace's Dodge). It knocked the toe-in out all to crap and Billy (Wilburn, crew chief) and the guys really busted their tails to get it fixed. We came out the last car on the lead lap - way back in the 28th spot - and made our way back up to 10th before the rain came. It was pretty cool coming back up through there. I had Billy, Earl (Barban, spotter) and Roger (Penske, team owner) all coaching me picking 'em off one car at a time. When the rain came, we were sitting there in 10th, but I told the guys that if the race went back to green, we had a strong enough hot rod and enough laps left to knock off four or five of those guys in front of us. We never went back to green and had to settle for 10th, but I told 'em after the race that I feel certain we could have gotten back up into the top-five. That thing was flying there at the end of the race. It's a shame that we couldn't have shown how really strong that new little piece was.

"There's a lot of good that came out of that race," Wallace offered. "We were trying some new setups and I think we know what works well at that track now. I'm confident we can go back there in the fall and pick up from where we left off.

"We were the highest finishing Dodge in the race and we moved into the top 10 in the points for the first time this season," said Wallace, now ninth in the standings (with 1,274 points and 345 behind leader Matt Kenseth). "With the strength we've been showing over the last several weeks, we're on a roll and that feels good going into Charlotte Speed Weeks (The Winston and Coca-Cola 600 race weekends at Lowe's Motor Speedway).

Wallace is also the highest-ranking Dodge driver in the current point standings.

DID HE LEAD, OR NOT?
Yes, that was Rusty Wallace's familiar blue No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Intrepid that was running directly behind the pace car on laps 145-147 in Saturday night's Pontiac 400 at Richmond, but he didn't get any credit for leading.

"Billy and the guys put another one of their 'mojo-killer' pit stops (15.090-second) on 'em and we came out right behind the pace car," explained Wallace, who officially did not lead any laps to pick up bonus points. "I really thought we won the battle out of the pits - I knew it was close, but I thought we beat the 18 car (Bobby Labonte) out. They (NASCAR officials) looked at the tape and said that it was the 18 and then the No. 2 car, so I let him go on by. It was closer than just tight right there at the line at the end of pit road, I'll tell you that - just inches they said. Anyhow, we got caught up in the mess with the 30 car (Jeff Green's lap 268 crash) a few laps later and never had the chance to lead the thing and pick up the bonus points."

CARS AND COLORS FOR LOWE'S SPEED WEEKS 2003:
Rusty Wallace and his Bill Wilburn-led Miller Lite Team Penske will be racing their PC-51 Dodge Intrepid in the May 17 The Winston and their PC-43 racer in the May 25 Coca-Cola 600.

"The 'Goo Goo' car for The Winston will be the 51 car," Wilburn said of their Dodge Intrepid that will bear a special color scheme featuring the popular rock band the Goo Goo Dolls who are scheduled to perform at the track on race day. "Then we'll come back with the 43 car the next week for the 600. Maybe we can put the 'Goo Goo Voodoo' on 'em the first week and come back and really smoke 'em all with the 43 the next week."

The PC-51 is the car that debuted at Indy last August with a second-place finish. Wallace also finished second with the car at Phoenix last fall. It was last raced at California two weeks ago where Wallace led with only 12 laps remaining, but fell to a third-place finish. Wallace debuted the PC-43 at Lowe's in last year's Coca-Cola 600. His best finish to date with the car is a third at Kansas last September.

-Rusty Wallace Career Records-
"The Winston"

Date Location Car St Fn Laps $ Won Status
5/18/02 Lowe's Ford 21 27 14/90 $40,000 Accident
5/19/01 Lowe's Ford 1 15 70/70 78,800 Running
5/20/00 Lowe's Ford 4 7 70/70 25,000 Running
5/22/99 Charlotte Ford 4 17 11/70 18,000 Accident
5/16/98 Charlotte Ford 16 5 70/70 27,700 Running
5/17/97 Charlotte Ford 7 18 62/70 18,000 Engine
5/18/96 Charlotte Ford 15 2 70/70 87,500 Runn ing
5/21/95 Charlotte Ford 2 4 70/70 40,000 Running
5/21/94 Charlotte Ford 1 19 49/70 68,000 Accident
5/22/93 Charlotte Pontiac 2 8 70/70 39,000 Running
5/16/92 Charlotte Pontiac 2 6 70/70 42,500 Running
5/19/91 Charlotte Pontiac 10 7 70/70 23,500 Running
5/20/90 Charlotte Pontiac 14 20 8/70 18,000 Engine
5/21/89 Charlotte Pontiac 3 1 135/135 240,000 Running
5/22/88 Charlotte Pontiac 10 13 124/135 10,250 Running
5/17/87 Charlotte Pontiac 7 5 135/135 19,000 Running
TOTALS: 16 Starts 1 Win 5 top-5s 9top-10s 1,098/1,335 = 82.2% of possible laps $795,250 in money won.

-Rusty Wallace Career Track Records-
LOWE'S (CHARLOTTE) MOTOR SPEEDWAY
(1.5 miles)

Date Event Car St Fn Laps $ Won Status
5/26/02 Coca-Cola 600 Ford 31 10 400/400 $113,125 Running
10/13/02 UAW-GM 500 Ford 6 5 334/334 111,100 Running

5/27/01 Coca-Cola 600 Ford 16 14 400/400 109,255 Running
10/7/01 UAW-GM 500 Ford 24 7 334/334 92,330 Running

5/28/00 Coca-Cola 600 Ford 16 8 400/400 64,350 Running
10/8/00 UAW-GM 500 Ford 22 21 333/334 44,420 Running

5/30/99 Coca-Cola 600 Ford 19 31 392/400 46,540 Running
10/11/99 UAW-GM 500 Ford 2 8 333/334 60,250 Running

5/24/98 Coca-Cola 600 Ford 4 2 400/400 109,500 Running
10/4/98 UAW-GM 500 Ford 6 26 282/334 32,300 Running

5/25/97 Coca-Cola 600 Ford 21 2 333/333 108,025 Running
10/5/97 UAW-GM 500 Ford 25 12 332/334 39,000 Running

5/26/96 Coca-Cola 600 Ford 43 34 300/400 23,425 Running
10/6/96 UAW-GM 500 Ford 23 8 334/334 35,000 Running

5/28/95 Coca-Cola 600 Ford 24 34 258/400 22,500 Handling
10/8/95 UAW-GM 500 Ford 20 9 334/334 34,200 Running

5/29/94 Coca-Cola 600 Ford 21 2 400/400 88,075 Running
10/9/94 Mello Yello 500 Ford 15 37 256/334 16,680 Engine

5/30/93 Coca-Cola 600 Pontiac 8 29 353/400 14,880 Handling
10/10/93 Mello Yello 500 Pontiac 21 4 334/334 42,950 Running

5/25/92 Coca-Cola 600 Pontiac 7 18 386/400 18,050 Engine
10/11/92 Mello-Yello 500 Pontiac 21 37 128/334 11,590 Carbur.

5/26/91 Coca-Cola 600 Pontiac 9 22 353/400 7,000 Engine
10/6/91 Mello Yello 500 Pontiac 8 27 296/334 4,775 Running

5/27/90 Coca-Cola 600 Pontiac 9 1 400/400 151,000 Running
10/7/90 Mello Yello 500 Pontiac 12 38 133/334 11,995 Engine

5/28/89 Coca-Cola 600 Pontiac 6 31 306/400 13,950 Engine
10/8/89 All Pro 500 Pontiac 6 8 333/334 23,900 Running

5/29/88 Coca-Cola 600 Pontiac 11 2 400/400 56,425 Running
10/9/88 Oakwood Homes 500 Pontiac 3 1 334/334 84,300 Running
5/24/87 Coca-Cola 600 Pontiac 23 10 396/400 28,375 Running
10/11/87 Oakwood Homes 500 Pontiac 19 22 223/334 12,065 Engine
5/25/86 Coca-Cola 600 Pontiac 9 10 398/400 16,750 Running
10/5/86 Oakwood Homes 500 Pontiac 15 8 332/334 14,750 Running
5/26/85 World 600 Pontiac 15 8 396/400 14,695 Running
10/6/85 Miller 500 Pontiac 25 30 210/334 4,540 Engine
5/27/84 World 600 Pontiac 12 15 390/400 8,740 Running
10/7/84 Miller 500 Pontiac 14 14 330/334 8,175 Running
5/30/82 World 600 Buick 23 29 307/400 1,800 Accident
5/24/81 World 600 Pontiac 21 30 204/400 2,020 Accident
10/11/81 National 500 Buick 19 6 331/334 6,750 Running
10/5/80 National 500 Chevrol. 25 14 325/334 8,510 Running

Races Wins Top-5 Top-10 Poles $$$$$
Coca-Cola 600 21 1 5 10 0 $1,018,480
UAW-GM 500 21 1 3 10 0 699,580
TOTAL 42 2 8 20 0 $1,718,060

Lap completion percentage: 13,753/15,347 = 89.6%

RUSTY WALLACE/MILLER LITE TEAM PENSKE
2003 RACE RECORD/CAREER STATISTICAL BRIEF

Race Race Name Start Finish Laps comp/ Times Led/
Date Location Pos. Pos. Poss. Laps Laps Led $$$ Won Status/Comment

2/16 Daytona 500 38 25 109/109 0/0 185,625 Running/PC-33 pitted late
Daytona Beach, Fla. for oil on windshield
2/23 Subway 400 8 6 393/393 4/182# 103,710 Running/PC-54 was the
Rockingham, N.C. toughest for 2/3rds race
3/2 UAW/Chrysler 400 25 40 174/267 0/0 92,300 Accident/PC-47 crashed Las Vegas, Nevada by No. 4 in turn 1
3/9 Bass Pro/MBNA 500 7 15 324/325 0/0 88,092 Running/PC-43 slapped
Hampton, Ga. wall racing for 5th
3/16 Carolina Dodge 400 13 16 291/293 0/0 83,827 Running/PC-29 tough, but
Darlington, S.C. caution put 2 laps down
3/23 Food City 500 4 14 498/500 1/5 99,882 Running/New PC-60 lost
Bristol, Tenn. 2 laps on green pit stop
3/30 Samsung/Radio Shack 500 10 14 333/334 0/0 126,692 Running/PC-51 again
Justin, Texas bitten after green stop
4/6 Aaron's 499 31 37 12/188 0/0 101,567 Accident/PC-33 caught
Talladega, Ala. up in lap 4 crash/returned
4/13 Virginia 500 5 8 500/500 1/13 91,217 Running/PC-49 tough;
Martinsville, Va. Great stops, then bad
4/27 Auto Club 500 7 3 250/250 2/54 146,917 Running/PC-51 was in
Fontana, Calif. a position to win
5/3 Pontiac 400 17 10 392/392 0/0 91,942 Running/New PC-57
Richmond, Va. Came back from run-in

# led most laps

2003 Season Recap: (points events)
Races Led/
Times Led/
Starts Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Laps Led Points Information
11 0 1 4 0 4/8/254 9th/1,274/-345 to 1st (#17)

Lap Completion Percentage 2002 Winnings Average Start: 15.9
3,276/3,551 = 92.3% $1,254,672 Average Finish: 17.8
DNFs: 2

Career Brief:

Starts Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Career $$$ Won
609 54 190 313 36 $35,697,525