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With only two living members -- Rusty Wallace and Leonard Wood -- in its 2013 class, some worry the Hall of Fame lacks luster. But as Friday showed, great storytellers make it special.

Rusty Wallace touched on his early days trying to make it as a professional race car driver, the lessons he learned from NASCAR's pioneers and his relentless push to drive for Roger Penske in an energetic acceptance into the Hall of Fame.

On Wednesday evening, I was reading my colleague Ed Hinton's great piece on this year's NASCAR Hall of Fame class and realized that, though certainly not to the degree of Hinton, I have been honored to have had personal interactions with each one of ...

Rusty Wallace will headline the fourth class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, and his famed car "Midnight" will be part of his induction.

NASCAR has its new "Gen 6" cars on a barnstorming tour ahead of the start of the season. That's fine, but you have to believe it's the stars in the cars that still matter.

Another stellar class is entering the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday, and there are great stories behind Buck Baker, Cotton Owens, Herb Thomas, Rusty Wallace and Leonard Wood.

Wallace's 202 top-5 finishes is 12th all-time. Welcome to SportsNation! On Monday, one of NASCAR's greatest drivers Rusty Wallace stops by to chat about the final part of the Chase for the Cup. Phoenix hots Sunday's race (3 p.m. ET, ESPN) in the s...

Greeny and Golic welcome ESPN NFL analyst Cris Carter (7:30 a.m. ET), ESPN NFL analyst Mike Ditka (8:15), ESPN NFL analyst Ron Jaworski (8:30), ESPN NFL analyst Tim Hasselbeck (9:15) and ESPN NASCAR analyst Rusty Wallace (9:45) to the show on Monday ...

Are Brad Keselowski and Paul Wolfe really the new Jimmie and Chad? What's in store at Martinsville? Does the Chase points system need an overhaul? Ed Hinton wonders ...

Thursday, Ryen Russillo and Adnan Virk host from the Bristol, CT studios. They'll welcome ESPN.com college football writer Travis Haney (1:30 p.m. ET), ESPN the Magazine's Chad Millman (1:45), ESPN NASCAR analyst Rusty Wallace (2:30), ESPN's Michael ...

DOVER, Del. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. agrees with Rusty Wallace that a shortened Sprint Cup Series schedule is the right thing to do, but Earnhardt doesn't see it happening. "A shorter schedule is probably the last thing I would expect to happen," he sa...

So far the voting committee at the NASCAR Hall of Fame has done a great job of selecting a mix of the sports pioneers and recent favorites. Now that the fourth class of inductees-Buck Baker, Cotton Owens, Herb Thomas, Rusty Wallace and Leonard Wood-h...

In this week's Six, Marty Smith muses about those goose bump moments you never forget, his song of the week, whether Rusty Wallace made the Hall of Fame too early, and more.

Sprint Cup champion Rusty Wallace hated running second to anyone and doesn't plan to start now that he's part of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

The 2013 NASCAR Hall of Fame class was about preserving a sense of history, a sense of respect for the racing pioneers who paved the way. Mission accomplished.

ISC Images & Archives/Getty ImagesBuck Baker is the first driver to win back-to-back Cup titles in 1956 and 1957.The NASCAR Hall of Fame will announce its fourth class of inductees Wednesday afternoon, and it might be the Hall's most interesting and ...