Darrell Waltrip News

Barnes leaves Ultra Motorsports? UPDATE joins the Waltrip’s:

Barnes leaves Ultra Motorsports? UPDATE joins the Waltrip’s:

March 10, 2003
hearing that Buddy Barnes, the crew chief for the Ultra Motorpsorts #2 Truck Series team and spotter for the #7 Ultra Motorsports Cup team, has left the team.(3-7-2003) UPDATE: Buddy Barnes lost his crew chief's job on owner Jim Smith's #2 Craftsman Truck (Jason Leffler

Barnes leaves Ultra Motorsports? UPDATE joins the Waltrip’s:

Barnes leaves Ultra Motorsports? UPDATE joins the Waltrip’s:

March 10, 2003
hearing that Buddy Barnes, the crew chief for the Ultra Motorpsorts #2 Truck Series team and spotter for the #7 Ultra Motorsports Cup team, has left the team.(3-7-2003) UPDATE: Buddy Barnes lost his crew chief's job on owner Jim Smith's #2 Craftsman Truck (Jason Leffler

McLaughlin has a broken wrist?

McLaughlin has a broken wrist?

February 21, 2003
Catchfence.com spoke with Mike McLaughlin today only to find he was in the process of having a wrist x-rayed. McLaughlin is fairly sure the wrist is fractured as a result of the accident on lap 118, just 2 laps short of the complete Koolerz 300 that was run last Saturday

DW, Mikey, Tide and a few truck races – Boogity! Boogity! Boogity!:

DW, Mikey, Tide and a few truck races – Boogity! Boogity! Boogity!:

February 14, 2003
Darrell Waltrip will drive the Micahel Waltrip owned #17 Tide Chevy truck at Martinsville in April and at IRP in August in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Jeff Hammond is the "Interperator"; Bobby Kennedy the crew chief; Larry McReynoldsis the spotter. Martinsville

DW, Mikey, Tide and a few truck races – Boogity! Boogity! Boogity!:

DW, Mikey, Tide and a few truck races – Boogity! Boogity! Boogity!:

February 14, 2003
Darrell Waltrip will drive the Micahel Waltrip owned #17 Tide Chevy truck at Martinsville in April and at IRP in August in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Jeff Hammond is the "Interperator"; Bobby Kennedy the crew chief; Larry McReynoldsis the spotter. Martinsville

Pressley gets a ride:

Pressley gets a ride:

February 7, 2003
Jim Harris of HT Motorsports announced today that Robert Pressley will drive the #59 Dodge in the CTS Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona International Speedway. Harris fielded CTS entries for Darrell Waltrip and Stacy Compton in a number of events last season. Harris said

Waltrip, Kenyon among the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America:

Waltrip, Kenyon among the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America:

February 6, 2003
Three-time NASCAR Winston Cup Champion Darrell Waltrip, sports car driver and teacher Bob Bondurant, midget car veteran Mel Kenyon, motorcycle ace Gary Nixon and driver safety pioneer Bill Simpson head a class of eight racing legends who will inducted into the Motorsports

Bickle in the #07 Chevy:

Bickle in the #07 Chevy:

February 6, 2003
Greenlight Racing announced that Rich Bickle will pilot the #07 Chevy in the Ford 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway. The effort will be a team truck to Bobby Dotter's #08 entry. While Bickle has competed at Daytona in the ARCA

DW looking to run two CTS races:

DW looking to run two CTS races:

January 31, 2003
from a Darrell Waltrip chat on FoxSports : Waltrip is going to be running a couple of truck races, probably the same two he ran last year, Martinsville and Indianapolis. In a Chevy [#17?] the name of the team? W2 Racing Team, with brother Michael. Jeff Hammond and

DW looking to run two CTS races:

DW looking to run two CTS races:

January 31, 2003
from a Darrell Waltrip chat on FoxSports: Waltrip is going to be running a couple of truck races, probably the same two he ran last year, Martinsville and Indianapolis. In a Chevy [#17?] the name of the team? W2 Racing Team, with brother Michael. Jeff Hammond and Larry

Speed Channel CTS TV Host/Announcer named UPDATE 2:

Speed Channel CTS TV Host/Announcer named UPDATE 2:

January 21, 2003
Rick Schwieger, the public-address announcer at Memorial Stadium since 1994, is resigning to be the television host for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series racing on Speed Channel. Schwieger signed a two-year contract. His first race is the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona

DW, Stewart, and Gibbs Appear on Fox NFL Pre-Game Show:

DW, Stewart, and Gibbs Appear on Fox NFL Pre-Game Show:

January 20, 2003
Darrell Waltrip, Tony Stewart, and Joe Gibbs appeared on yesterday's NFC Championship pre-game show on Fox. They were interviewed by Brown and Terry Bradshaw on the set on the Veterans Stadium field. James Brown referred to DW as "the handsome one" and introduced Terry

DW’s Truck plans include ‘family’?…Mikey?

DW’s Truck plans include ‘family’?…Mikey?

January 14, 2003
will Darrell Waltrip run any CTS races in 2003? "I don't think Jim Harris, who we [with Stacy Compton] both drove for this past year, is coming back this season. I drove the Duckhead Dodge at Martinsville and the Tide Dodge at Indianapolis Raceway Park for Jim, and

DW’s Truck plans include ‘family’?…Mikey?

DW’s Truck plans include ‘family’?…Mikey?

January 14, 2003
will Darrell Waltrip run any CTS races in 2003? "I don't think Jim Harris, who we [with Stacy Compton] both drove for this past year, is coming back this season. I drove the Duckhead Dodge at Martinsville and the Tide Dodge at Indianapolis Raceway Park for Jim, and

Fox TV stuff:

Fox TV stuff:

December 15, 2002
Fox TV stuff: Fox has announced it will show nearly 50 hours of on-track coverage and more than 20 hours of studio programming in February on Fox, FX, Fox Sports Net and Speed Channel. By comparison, there were a total of 43 hours worth of coverage when Fox came to