Michael Waltrip
Michael Waltrip
Michael Curtis Waltripis an American professional stock car racing driver, racing commentator, and published author. He is the younger brother of three-time NASCAR champion and racing commentator Darrell Waltrip. Waltrip is a two-time winner of the Daytona 500, having won the race in 2001 and 2003. He is also a pre-race analyst for Fox NASCAR. He currently drives on a limited basis in the No. 55 Toyota Camry for Premium Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. At 6 feet...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth30 April 1963
CityOwensboro, KY
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When Texas opened it was so great because the fans were awesome and the place looked so big and nice. I couldn't wait to get there. But once we raced on it, that feeling went away. The track originally made me sick to my stomach, because you just couldn't race there. It wasn't much fun for the drivers or the fans.
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Last year we struggled through the first three races and then went to Atlanta and finished seventh. We have once again come out of the box slow, but we feel everything we learned last year will transfer, and we'll have a good run.
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It's a great racetrack. This is the kind of racetrack we need. Tracks that are real wide and real easy to drive, somebody hits the setup.
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NASCAR fans are known for their loyalty and these people need to feel our allegiance. I beg that each of you find a way to give. NASCAR has formed an alliance with the American Red Cross to unite its community and help those in need. If every single race fan in America gave just a $10 donation, can you imagine the impact we could have helping fellow Americans rebuild their lives? Give. Please.
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I guess the last time I was in the Budweiser Shootout was 1992. I finished third in the first segment and eighth in the second. It's just a chance for your team to have some fun. It's a lot like the All-Star race where you get the chance to take the gloves off and fight for first. I'm real proud that I was able to win a pole last year and get my new NAPA team into the Shootout. And now we get to go out and try to win it.
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I don't believe in luck. Like I didn't win a lot of races for awhile, and it's because I didn't put myself in position to win enough of them.
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I never thought I would be a car owner in the Cup series. But then I thought, if I can plug into this, I can go race with these guys. ... Now I've got cars. I can race these people.
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It was a little impatient and immature, but he saw other people doing it,
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I've been out there and gotten hit in the back with a bump draft that you would have thought you hit the wall it was so hard. And that's not going to be possible anymore.
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I've been doing this for a long time. Bill's won races, and I just like what he stands for and how he conducts business.
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I've never had a problem with Robby, ... Like I said, I just held my ground is all I did and he just decided he wanted to take that place from me instead of working for it.
The world was right and then it was wrong, then it was right, and then it was wrong.
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There's no reason, with Bill's experience and what I bring to the table, that we can't do that,
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I was passing Jeremy and just got run over. I just can't understand it.