I became a Rusty Wallace fan by default, as my ex-husband was an avid Rusty fan.  We watched NASCAR every Sunday without fail.  Of course I always wanted Rusty to win, but that's not how I became a fan for real.  This is the Tribute section, not 'fan pages'.  I will never claim to know 'all that' about Rusty and I sure know a lot less now than I did when I first put together my Rusty Wallace pages in 1998. 

The tribute is to Rusty's character.  I have never seen him lose his temper to another driver.  That's not saying he never has, but it never made any news I watched.  IMHO Rusty is a gentleman competitor.  He's out there to win, and out there driving to compete, but he's a good sport, and that's always meant a lot to me.