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7/14/1997

Darrell Waltrip wants to get one thing straight. Just because he is celebrating his 25th year in stock car racing this season, the 50-year-old Winston Cup driver does not want anyone to think his silver anniversary is also his sayonara. Quite the contrary. "This is...
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7/12/1997

From Speedworld's News Bytes section: The deal involving Darrell Waltrip, Rich Bickle and KFC might also include Taco Bell (KFC and Taco Bell are both owned by PepsiCo). The deal might include a joint KFC/Taco Bell sponsorship on the 17 car, with the car sporting ...
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7/7/1997

I heard that in a recent issue of Area Auto Racing News(Trenton, NJ), in Ernie Saxton's column, he said that Western Auto was leaving Darrell Waltrip's team, which is not new. But he also says Western Auto wants to stay involved with Darrell in 1998 and beyond possibly...
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DW sponsors?

I hear several sponsor have contacted Darrell Waltrip about sponsoring his team in 1998. Apparently, Sears is the prime candidate with either the Die Hard or Craftsman name. Also, Pepsi is considering being an associate sponsor(5-30-97)...
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Western Auto Response

A few readers have also emailed Western Auto about DW losing them as a sponsor. See Western Auto Response . I have seen three responses and all three are exactly the same. QVC did this a few weeks back when we bombarded them with questions about Geoff Bodine(5-28-97...
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Rich Bickle running races for Waltrip

On RPM2Nite Rich Bickle said he will drive approx 5 races for Darrell Waltrip starting at the Brickyard, no news on if he is the replacement for DW in 1998 or who may sponsor the 1997 limited ride(3-13-97), This ride was reported before on the page and is on the Team...
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IROC Series Drivers

IROC Series Driver list: Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Robby Gordon, Dale Jarrett, Tommy Kendall, Terry Labonte, Randy LaJoie, Mark Martin, Al Unser Jr, Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi. And of course Darrell Waltrip!(Davy Jones was the 12th driver until his injury knocked...
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Winston not open to non-winners

The Winston will no longer be open to non-winners. The rules have now been altered to include only winners in the field. That includes drivers and car-owners who have won races in the previous year and the current year, past Winston Cup champions, winners of The Winston...