| Michael
Waltrip
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D Michael Waltrip: Gets New Crew Chief 
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Apr 19, 2007 |
D Michael Waltrip: Has to go to rear
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Oct 23, 2005 |
D Michael Waltrip: Tells DEI he won't be back in 06
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Aug 19, 2005 |
D Michael Waltrip: To drive 11 car in 06?
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Aug 11, 2005 |
D Michael Waltrip: Speaks out why he leaving DEI
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Jul 22, 2005 |
DEI = Dale Earnhardt Incompetent
DEI = Dale Earnhardt Incompetent
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Jun 7, 2005 |
D Michael Waltrip: Future with DEI still up in air
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Jun 6, 2005 |
D Michael Waltrip: Gets First Top 5
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Apr 24, 2005 |
My Top 5 disappointments for 2004
My Top 5 disappointments for 2004
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Nov 23, 2004 |
D Michael Waltrip: Smacks wall in practice
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Nov 6, 2004 |
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| While many of his competitors started racing cars when they were barely old enough to walk, Michael Waltrip waited until his teen years to start tooling around the midwest in go-kart races.
Waltrip's stock-car career got off the ground in 1981, whe he captured the Mini-Modified division track championship at Kentucky Motor Speedway. A year later, Waltrip entered the Goody's Dash Series, where he won the series championship in 1983 and was voted the circuit's most popular driver in 1983 and 1984.
Waltrip made his Cup debut in 1985 in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. He finished 28th in that race and finished 57th in the series standings after just five starts.
In 1988, Waltrip began running Busch Series events, making five starts for his brother Darrell's fledgling team. It didn't take long for Waltrip to make an impact, as he took the checkered flag at Dover in just his fourth start.
Waltrip's most memorable Busch Series effort came in 1993 at Bristol. After taking the checkered flag, Waltrip made a "Polish victory lap" in honor of Kulwicki, who had lost his life in a plane crash on his way to that weekend's events. What's more, he proposed to his wife Buffy in Victory Lane that day.
While Waltrip had always been a competitive driver through the '80s and '90s -- he had even won The Winston in 1996 -- he had the dubious honor of having the longest active streak of Cup point-paying starts without a victory. That 463-race streak ended at the 2001 Daytona 500. Later that same season, he finished second behind teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the Pepsi 400, also at Daytona.
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