Darrell Waltrip News

DW Announcement UPDATE:

DW Announcement UPDATE:

June 23, 1999
look for Darrell Waltrip to announce that the 2000 season will be his final one. The announcement will take place in Indy at the Brickyard 400 on Aug 4th. Calling it Calling it "DW's Victory Tour 2000" will supposedly have merchandise for the announcement and the Brickyard

DW Announcement:

DW Announcement:

June 23, 1999
look for Darrell Waltrip to announce that the 2000 season will be his final one. The announcement will take place in Indy at the Brickyard 400 on Aug 4th. Calling it Calling it "DW's Victory Tour 2000" will supposedly have merchandise for the announcement and the Brickyard

DW BGN ride UPDATE:

DW BGN ride UPDATE:

June 21, 1999
Remember those DW BGN rumors a while back, well I am hearing that DW will drive the #48 Champion Potato Co Ford at Charlotte in October in a one race deal. His brother Michael is supposedly listed as the owner -- UPDATE: it's been a while since I heard anything on

#98 Crew Chief? UPDATE:

#98 Crew Chief? UPDATE:

June 19, 1999
hearing rumors that Dave Charpentier, who presently is working as an engineer at the #1 Pennzoil team and recently left the #25 Hendrick Bud team, may be the new crew chief on the #98 Woody Woodpeacker Ford driven by Rick Mast. Mast and Charpentier worked together

#98 Crew Chief? UPDATE:

#98 Crew Chief? UPDATE:

June 19, 1999
#98 Crew Chief? UPDATE: hearing rumors that Dave Charpentier, who presently is working as an engineer at the #1 Pennzoil team and recently left the #25 Hendrick Bud team, may be the new crew chief on the #98 Woody Woodpeacker Ford driven by Rick Mast. Mast and Charpentier

DW Notes:

DW Notes:

June 12, 1999
Darrell Waltrip, who missed last week's race at Dover because he is out of provisionals until Sears Point(unless he gets back into the top 25 on owners points) and because he never got his Ford up to speed, made the top 25 on Friday. His lap at 184.852 mph got the

DW Engine dies early:

DW Engine dies early:

June 2, 1999
DW Engine dies early: Darrell Waltrip lost an engine very early in the Coca-Cola 600. Crew Chief Phillipe Lopez wanted to change the engine before the race but was vetoed(TBS Telecast) -- UPDATE 2: I hear DW also mentioned during Happy Hour that the engine wasn't performing

DW Engine dies early:

DW Engine dies early:

May 31, 1999
Darrell Waltrip lost an engine very early in the Coca-Cola 600. Crew Chief Phillipe Lopez wanted to change the engine before the race but was vetoed(TBS Telecast) -- UPDATE 2: I hear DW also mentioned during Happy Hour that the engine wasn't performing well

#38 news:

#38 news:

May 29, 1999
I hear veteran crew chief, Joey Knuckles is joining the Glenn Allen #38 Barbasol team, not sure what capacity. Last I heard he was working as a tire changer on the #66 of Darrell Waltrip and was the crew chief for the Bud Moore #15 Cup team that has been idle since

DW Retirement UPDATE 1:

DW Retirement UPDATE 1:

May 29, 1999
This weeks Winston Cup Scene reports that Darrell Waltrip wants to make the 2000 season his last as a driver and expects to make an announcement in June/July of 1999 on his plans - UPDATE 1: Dick Berggren also mentioned that DW has 57 races left to run and will retire

Carter Crew/Shop News:

Carter Crew/Shop News:

May 28, 1999
Travis Carter, co-owner of the #66 Fords of Darrell Waltrip(an owner of the #23), said Thursday veteran NASCAR mechanic Mark Tudor has left Waltrip's team to pursue another job in the Winston Cup series. Derrick Finley has joined the team as team engineer and will

Kenseth/Roush Announcement UPDATE 2:

Kenseth/Roush Announcement UPDATE 2:

May 25, 1999
Jack Roush will officially announce his plans for Matt Kenseth at a 1:00pm/et press conference before the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway this Sunday. Roush is in the process of locating a temporary shop for both Kenseth and fellow teammate Chad Little. In order

Earnhardt Bar:

Earnhardt Bar:

May 15, 1999
NASCAR technical inspectors confiscated the "Earnhardt bar" from the #66 Ford of Darrell Waltrip during pre-practice inspections Friday. The ``Earnhardt bar'' - named for the seven-time Winston Cup champion who first used the device on his cars - is a piece of the

Lopez and DW? UPDATE 2 – YEP:

Lopez and DW? UPDATE 2 – YEP:

May 14, 1999
Speedwords is hearing that Philippe Lopez, who resigned from the crew chief position at Dale Earnhardt Inc. (Steve Park) may turn up in a similar position on the Travis Carter Winston Cup team driven by Darrell Waltrip. DW and Lopez seemed to hit it off when DW drove

Feebie:

Feebie:

May 8, 1999
Feebie: the Kmart site, www.Kmart.com is offering a free Darrell Waltrip/#66 Kmart Ford signature card to anyone who registers. Must give name, address, email