Darrell Waltrip Automotive opened its new $14 million, 28,000-square-foot Buick GMC showroom and service center on Thursday to add to the 30-acre auto campus along Highway 96 in Franklin, TN. A grand opening will be in the spring. Waltrip, a NASCAR Hall of Famer, lead analyst on NASCAR for FOX and Franklin resident, opened his Honda dealership in 1985. The Darrell Waltrip Automotive Group also sells Volvo, Subaru and used vehicles. The campus also has two service centers specializing in Honda, Volvo and Subaru service. ‘Ironically, two of the best years I ever had in racing was driving a Buick. In 1981, 1982, I won 24 races and two championships driving a Buick Regal,’ Waltrip said. ‘When I heard we had the opportunity to get this point, we just went to work on it to see if we could put it together and we were able to.’ As a part of the expansion, Darrell Waltrip Automotive will add 100 jobs.(Tennessean)(1-5-2014)
