From Jayski.com:

Rusty back to Cup? with DEI? UPDATE denied: from an article at SPEEDtv.com by Kenny Wallace: The hot NASCAR rumor right now is not something youd hear anywhere other than around the race shops in Mooresville, N.C. Everyone wants to know if my brother Rusty Wallace is coming out of retirement to drive for Dale Earnhardt Inc. next season. Im running the #00 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota in Sundays Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega and was at Michaels shop Tuesday being fitted for my seat. Six different crew members came up to me and said theyd heard a rumor Rusty was coming back to drive for DEI. These rumors get started in the Mooresville area because the shops are so close to each other and nothing can be kept secret for long. All I can say is that where theres smoke, theres fire. And he is definitely considering stepping back into a race car. Hes considering this huge move because he watched Brett Favre come out of retirement in the NFL and his good friend Mark Martin is giving it another shot next year at Hendrick. If Mark had quit, Rusty would have been comfortable with his retirement. But watching Mark, who is a couple of years younger than my brother, stage this comeback has really tugged on Rustys heartstrings. Rusty has told me numerous times he can outrun half the drivers in the Cup Series and he truly is giving a lot of thought to returning to the track. If he wants to make that commitment, Ill support him 110-percent. The decision is Rustys and his wife Pattis, but I think the whole possibility is very inspirational and Im looking forward to his answer. If he comes back, I think hell be a bit surprised by the new car. I predict Rusty will be successful but hell be shocked that he wont have control of the chassis the way he used to. Hell have an adjustment period because the cars are controlled by engineers, bump-stops and seven-post machines, technology that wasnt in such great use when he left the sport. There is no doubt Rusty has the talent to run well but hell probably be upset he wont be able to set up the car on his own or tell the team how to do it. Maybe well know sometime soon if Im right or not.(SPEEDtv)(10-1-2008)


UPDATE denied: Rusty Wallace on Wednesday denied a report that he is considering ending his three-year retirement to drive again -- possibly for former rival Dale Earnhardt's team. "I love Kenny to death; he's been trying to get me back in a car ever since I retired after 2005," Rusty Wallace said in a statement. "While any rumors like this are certainly flattering, they're untrue. I have a long-term commitment to ABC and ESPN and I really love what I'm doing right now." DEI president Max Siegel did not immediately return a call for comment.(ESPN)(10-1-208)