Michael Waltrip News

Hornish and DEI rumor resurfaces UPDATE or is it Mayfield?:

Hornish and DEI rumor resurfaces UPDATE or is it Mayfield?:

June 17, 2003
Sam Hornish's name is again being mentioned prominently as the man who could join Dale Earnhardt Inc. next season as team mate with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Michael Waltrip. The 23-year-old Hornish, the 2001 and 2002 IRL champ, is sponsored by Pennzoil, which is the

Five Have Finished:

Five Have Finished:

June 10, 2003
Five drivers have finished all the 2003 Cup races and have no DNF's (did not finish): #5-Terry Labonte; #15-Michael Waltrip; #17-Matt Kenseth; #29-Kevin Harvick; #31-Robby Gordon. See my DNF Page for who has the most DNF's, when their last DNF was and race-by-race

Hornish and DEI rumor resurfaces UPDATE or is it Mayfield?:

Hornish and DEI rumor resurfaces UPDATE or is it Mayfield?:

June 9, 2003
Sam Hornish's name is again being mentioned prominently as the man who could join Dale Earnhardt Inc. next season as team mate with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Michael Waltrip. The 23-year-old Hornish, the 2001 and 2002 IRL champ, is sponsored by Pennzoil, which is the

Stooges schemes? UPDATE:

Stooges schemes? UPDATE:

June 8, 2003
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) UPDATE 2: they will run at the

Evernham’s Return to Racing rained out:

Evernham’s Return to Racing rained out:

June 2, 2003
Ray Evernham's much-ballyhooed return to driving at Wall Township Speedway Saturday ended like most of New Jersey's races this year with a driving rainstorm. But it wasn't from lack of trying. Speedway officials waited out Saturday's morning and afternoon rains, and

#88 Wins Pit Crew Award at Lowe’s:

#88 Wins Pit Crew Award at Lowe’s:

May 29, 2003
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:

Stooges schemes? UPDATE:

May 26, 2003
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:

Harvick wins pole at Lowe’s:

May 23, 2003
#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:

Rock n’ Roll at Richmond in Sept UPDATE 2:

May 22, 2003
#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:

Dale Jr Leads Most Popular Vote:

May 22, 2003
#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:

Park’s Comments:

May 8, 2003
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

Numbers

May 2, 2003
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:

Harvick wins at Richmond:

May 2, 2003
#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:

Waltrip wins pole at Richmond:

May 2, 2003
#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:

Drivers visit wounded soldiers:

May 1, 2003
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