Michael Waltrip - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

#88 Wins Pit Crew Award at Lowe’s:

The pit crew for Dale Jarrett's #88 UPS Ford captured the $20,000 first-place prize by winning the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERADE at the recent Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte. Jarrett's ninth-place finish at the 1.5-mile...

Stooges schemes? UPDATE:

Michael Waltrip will run a Three Stooges scheme in a Busch Series race.(2-28-2003) UPDATE: and #7-Jimmy Spencer will run a Three Stooges 75th Anniversary scheme, not sure where. See images on my Cup page and my Busch page .(5-26-2003)...

Harvick wins pole at Lowe’s:

#29-Kevin Harvick won his 2nd Busch Series pole of the season turning a track-record lap at 184.543mph for Saturday's Carquest 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The rest of the top five are #33-Tony Raines, #10-Scott Riggs, #99-Michael Waltrip and #87-Kyle Busch. Six drivers...

Rock n’ Roll at Richmond in Sept UPDATE 2:

#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. featuring the band Staind; #20-Tony Stewart featuring the band Diamond Rio; #15-Michael Waltrip featuring the band Hootie & The Blow Fish; will run at Richmond in Sept. Supposedly the "Chevy Rocks" program is said to be similar to the Looney Tunes...

Dale Jr Leads Most Popular Vote:

#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to lead the nationwide fan balloting for the 2003 Grands! Biscuits NMPA NASCAR Most Popular Driver Award. With more than 700,000 votes in to date, Earnhardt Jr. leads second-place #24-Jeff Gordon, third-place #29-Kevin Harvick and fourth...

Park’s Comments:

Driver Steve Park told PRN's Garagepass his release from DEI: "Feels like this big weight has been lifted off my shoulders". Park said, "I really thought I was shouldering things pretty well and was trying not to let the pressure get to me, I really didn't feel it, ...

Numbers

did ya know in 34 career Cup starts at Richmond #15-Michael Waltrip has NO top 10's and his best finish is 12th. Four (4) is the number of charged provisional starting positions used in the season's first 10 races by the #4 Morgan-McClure Motorsports and #49 BAM Racing...

Harvick wins at Richmond:

#21-Kevin Harvick won under caution in Friday night's Hardee's 250 at Richmond International Raceway. It's Harvick's 10th career NASCAR Busch Series victory and second in his past three races. Harvick has finished in the top 10 in each of his six series starts this...

Waltrip wins pole at Richmond:

#99-Michael Waltrip won the pole at Richmond got Friday night's Hardee's 250 with a speed of 125.523mph (7:30pm/et, FX). It is Waltrip's fifth pole at Richmond and first of the 2003 season. #57-Jason Keller will start second, followed by #59-Stacy Compton, #48-Shane...

Drivers visit wounded soldiers:

Eight NASCAR drivers visited wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center today.. Jerry Nadeau, driver of the #01 U.S. Army Pontiac, was joined by teammate Johnny Benson as well as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Michael Waltrip, Ken Schrader, Kenny Wallace and Matt Kenseth...

Rock n’ Roll at Richmond in Sept:

#8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. featuring the band Staind; #33 [Truck]-Tony Stewart featuring the band Diamond Rio; #15 or #99 Busch -Michael Waltrip featuring the band Hootie & The Blow Fish; will run at Richmond in Sept. Supposedly the "Chevy Rocks" program is said to be similar...

Harvick on the pole at California:

the Buschwackers continiue to have sucess in the Busch Series, as Winston Cup driver, #21-Kevin Harvick won the pole for the 1-800-PITSHOP.COM 300 at California Speedway, with a speed of 183.941 (2mph fastest then the 2nd fastest). Starting 2nd is #99-Michael Waltrip...

Spys at Daytona USA?

After Michael Waltrip won his second Daytona 500 in February, his #15 NAPA Chevy was rolled into Daytona USA for public display -- or easy pickings? There are whispers out there that several Winston Cup teams, bound and determined find the strength of DEI's restrictor...

Waltrip’s Looking to run full time in 2004:

If he has his way, Michael Waltrip's budding racing operation will compete in the complete Craftsman Truck Series next season. Waltrip said his older brother Darrell's successful outing in the Advance Auto Parts 250 at Martinsville Speedway provided the final incentive...

Only Eight Left:

With a quarter of the 2003 season now complete, Terry Labonte is one of only eight drivers who have been running at the finish of all nine races thus far; the others being Ricky Craven, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Robby Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Kenny Wallace and...

Kenny Wallace to run a Card’s car UPDATE 2:

Kenny Wallace will run a Michael Waltrip owned/loaned #99 St Louis Cardinals Chevy in the Busch Series race, none mentioned, but it makes sense that is would be at Gateway Int'l Raceway near St Louis. See an image of the car on my Busch Series Paint Schemes Gallery...

Kenny Wallace to run a Card’s car UPDATE 2:

Kenny Wallace will run a Michael Waltrip owned/loaned #99 St Louis Cardinals Chevy in the Busch Series race, none mentioned, but it makes sense that is would be at Gateway Int'l Raceway near St Louis. See an image of the car on my Busch Series Paint Schemes Gallery...

Nine different winners in the first 9 races of 2003:

So far in the 2003 Cup season, 9 different drivers have won the 9 races run. The drivers are: Michael Waltrip, Dale Jarrett, Matt Kenseth, Bobby Labonte, Ricky Craven, Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff Gordon. The current 'modern-era' [1972-present...

Kenseth Leads Vote:

The more than 42,000 fans who participated in first-quarter voting for Driver of the Year on the Speed Channel Web site tabbed Winston Cup points leader Matt Kenseth as their choice over Daytona 500 champion Michael Waltrip. But the 18-member media panel that voted...

Tiebreaker Gives Bobby Labonte’s Pit Crew First Place Prize in Martinsville:

The crews of #18-Bobby Labonte and #38-Elliott Sadler tied for the top honors in the Virginia 500 among participating teams in the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by Powerade, but Labonte's squad took the $20,000 prize by virtue of a tiebreaker.. Each...