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Steve Wallace - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood / Getty Images for NASCAR

· Wallace enters Watkins Glen riding streaks of both three straight top-ten finishes and three straight top-ten starts.

· His ten top-ten finishes in 2010 mark a new single-season career high, despite having 14 races remaining in the 2010 season.

· Wallace’s streaks of nine-consecutive top-15 finishes and nine-consecutive lead lap finishes are the second-longest in each respective category. Currently ranked seventh overall in the 2010 driver standings, Wallace has been ranked among the top-ten for the last nine weeks.

· He has three top-ten finishes in nine career road course starts, including a ninth-place effort in the season’s first road race at Road America. His best finish at the Glen (12th) came in last year’s running of this weekend’s event.

· Wallace’s primary car for this weekend’s event is RWR-016, raced by Wallace in the last four road course events. His backup is RWR-028, last driven by Wallace to a pair of top-ten finishes at Mexico City and Montreal in 2008.

· Both Wallace and teammate Brendan Gaughan recently participated in a test session at Road Atlanta in preparation for the high-speed Watkins Glen circuit. The No. 66 team has elected to incorporate a new package developed at the test into their setup this weekend, while Gaughan has opted for more of the team’s traditional road course setup.

· Led by crew chief Scott McDougall (Syracuse), Wallace’s No. 66 team features four New York natives. Others include Eddie D’Hondt, Jr. (East Islip), Ed Susen (New Hampton) and Dennis O’Connor, Sr. (Mattituck).

· Rusty Wallace Racing and 5-Hour Energy are proud to welcome Wilson Farms to their family of partners for this weekend’s event at Watkins Glen.

- Rusty Wallace Racing Press Release