#55 Aarons Dream Machine driver Michael Waltrip returns to the drivers seat at Talladega Superspeedway Sunday in the Aarons 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup race. The two-time Daytona 500 champions #55 will carry a special paint scheme honoring the 2012 University of Alabamas BCS National Championship football team. Waltrip will sport an Alabama firesuit and a specially painted helmet similar to the schools football helmet. Waltrip, winner of the Talladega fall race in 2003, nearly won the October race before a last lap wreck. Waltrip celebrated his 50th birthday on Tuesday. Aarons unveiled the #55 paint scheme in front of 78,000 fans at University of Alabamas spring football game on April 20. Coach Nick Saban signed the hood. This is the fourth consecutive Talladega spring race Aarons Inc. and MWR have honored a national championship football team from the state of Alabama. Aarons also honored Auburn University in 2010 as well as the University of Alabama in 2009 and 2011.(MWR), see an image of the scheme on the #55 Team Schemes page .
