Michael Waltrip News

Testing continued at Richmond

Testing continued at Richmond

May 27, 1998
Teams included - Derrick Gilchrist tested Jimmy Spencer's #12 BGN Chevy; #21 Michael Waltrip(WC); #30 Mike Cope(BGN); #32 Jason Jarrett(BGN); #45 Mike Laughlin(BGN) and #92 Derrick Cope(BGN). Gary DeHart was on hand as a consultant to the #21 team. No speeds announced

Pepsi 400 night time testing

Pepsi 400 night time testing

May 26, 1998
Past Note: The Pepsi 400 night time testing will be held on June 8-10. The tests will be held from 5:30pm-10:30pm/et on the 8th, and 3:30pm-10:30pm/et on the 9th and 10th. The test will be free of charge to the public. Drivers scheduled to test: Mark Martin, Jeff Burton

Testing at Richmond

Testing at Richmond

May 26, 1998
Testing at Richmond today were the Cup teams of #8-Buckshot Jones; #21 Michael Waltrip and #90 Dick Trickle and the BGN teams of #15-Kenny Schrader; #34 Mike McLaughlin and #11 Kevin Cywinski.(NASCAR Today Radio)(5-26-98) (05-26-1998)

Goodwill Games scheme for Waltrip at Coca-Cola 600

Goodwill Games scheme for Waltrip at Coca-Cola 600

May 17, 1998
Michael Waltrip did not have the special paint scheme at The Winston for the Goodwill Games but will run the car in the Coca Cola 600 instead.(TNN-Inside NASCAR)(5-17-98)

Winston schemes

Winston schemes

May 14, 1998
Jeff Gordon, Bill Elliott, Sterling Marlin, Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip will all sport new colors for this Saturday night's Winston. The Winston Open will also see its share of special paint schemes as well. Brett Bodine, Ward Burton, Wally Dallenbach (driving

Waltrip and Mayfield battle in Oklahoma City

Waltrip and Mayfield battle in Oklahoma City

May 10, 1998
Michael Waltrip and Jeremy Mayfield put on quite a show at Oklahoma City. In a 12 lap "heat" Race on the 1/2 Mile Dirt Oval, Michael Waltrip piloted his borrowed car to a win. The Prostock/Late Model Sportsman cars belonged to local racers. Jeremy Mayfield finished

Good Will Games ’98 scheme for Waltrip

Good Will Games ’98 scheme for Waltrip

May 5, 1998
The Wood Brothers & Michael Waltrip will be sporting a "Good Will Games '98" paint scheme for The Winston this year.(5-5-98)

Oklahoma State Fair Speedway

Oklahoma State Fair Speedway

May 5, 1998
Sterling Marlin, Kenny Wallace, Jeremy Mayfield and Michael Waltrip will be in Oklahoma City, OK this Friday night(5/8) at the Oklahoma State Fair Speedway in the 2nd Annual 'Race of Champions', it's a 50 lap trophy dash in local racers rides. Ken Schrader, Harry Gant

Kenseth future plans

Kenseth future plans

April 22, 1998
If Matt Kenseth, who won the Grand National race at Rockingham with a bullish pass past Indy star Tony Stewart, does well at Talladega, the question would be what Roush has planned for him next season. One possibility is a car provided by the Wood Brothers for selected

Testing at Greenville-Pickens Speedway

Testing at Greenville-Pickens Speedway

April 8, 1998
Morgan Shepherd(#31), Sterling Marlin(#40) and Joe Nemechek(#42) tested Wednesday at Greenville-Pickens Speedway(SC). Five more teams are expected to be there on Thursday including Michael Waltrip(#21).(Radar)(4-8-98)

Waltrip and Dillon fined

Waltrip and Dillon fined

March 31, 1998
NASCAR officials announced fines, in the amount of $2,000 dollars each, to twodrivers, Mike Waltrip and Mike Dillon. The fines stem from an incident in the pits where the two met after wrecking on lap 214 of Moore's Snacks 250 in Bristol. NASCAR, after reviewing tapes

Practice notes

Practice notes

March 27, 1998
Michael Waltrip wrecked his primary #21 Citgo Ford during practice and had to go to his backup. Ken Irwin tagged the wall during his qualifying run but didn't do much damage(3-27-98)

Little, Waltrip wreck in practice

Little, Waltrip wreck in practice

February 28, 1998
Chad Little wrecked his #97 John Deere Ford Taurus during the morning practice on Saturday and Michael Waltrip wrecked his #21 Citgo Ford during Happy Hour practice. Both will have to start the Las Vegas 400 in a back-up cars from the back of the field, Little 42nd

Ford test speeds

Ford test speeds

December 20, 1997
Found out some very preliminary speeds at Ford's private test of the Taurus at Charlotte today: Dale Jarrett(88)-176.750mph; Jeff Burton(99)-176.298; Greg Sacks(98)-176.183; Brett Bodine(11)-176.068; Ricky Rudd(10)-176.010; Jimmy Spencer(23)-174-701; Michael Waltrip

Ford testing

Ford testing

December 20, 1997
Taurus Testing Not Going as Well as Hoped. For the past few days Talladega Superspeedway is a site that that is as heavily guarded and top secret as many government operations. Specifics are not easy to come by, but things are not going as well as Ford and the teams