on Michael Waltrip’s Facebook page, an image was posted of Waltrip with a #15 NAPA Toyota. No word when/if this car/scheme will run, but Waltrip has mentioned he wants to run the restrictor plate races and ran the Daytona 500 in the #51 NAPA Toyota and Talladega in April in the #55 Aaron’s Toyota. See the image on my #15/51 Team Schemes page.(5-11-2010)
UPDATE: The 46-year-old Waltrip will drive the MWR-prepared #15 Sprint Cup car on the twists and hills at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on July 2,3 and 4 in front of 150,000 fans in England. Some of the sport’s most famous names like Michael’s brother Darrell Waltrip, Richard Petty, David Pearson, Bobby Allison and Smokey Yunick also made appearances at Goodwood since the festival’s inception in 1993.”That’s such an honor,” said Waltrip. “Just about everybody in the world knows about Goodwood and the racing that goes on there. It’s another sign of NASCAR’s acceptance all around the world. The really cool part about traveling to Dubai was to have people from all over the world come up to you and ask you about something that happened in NASCAR. I was amazed how knowledgeable and up on NASCAR they were. It’s eye opening how closely they follow everything we are doing back home.”(MWR)(5-11-2010)
