Michael Waltrip News

Robby Gordon’s Pit Crew Finishes First in Texas:

Robby Gordon’s Pit Crew Finishes First in Texas:

April 2, 2003
The crew of Robby Gordon's #31 Cingular Wireless Chevy was the Round 7 winner of the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade during Sunday's (March 30) NASCAR Winston Cup race - Samsung/RadioShack 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Gordon's team, owned

Martinsville Testing UPDATE 2 Speeds on Tuesday:

Martinsville Testing UPDATE 2 Speeds on Tuesday:

April 1, 2003
Nine drivers are scheduled to test at Martinsville Speedway on Tuesday and Wednesday [March 31, April 1] in preparation for the April13 Virginia 500. Scheduled to test are #25-Joe Nemechek, #16-Greg Biffle, #1-Steve Park, #32-Ricky Craven, #45-Kyle Petty [may cancle

The 2003 Driver of the Year Award

The 2003 Driver of the Year Award

April 1, 2003
will be determined by a blue ribbon panel of eighteen motorsports writers, journalists and announcers plus one cumulative fan vote hosted on Speedtv.com . That means that the fans can help decide the winner of the award by casting their vote for the driver they feel

Martinsville Testing UPDATE:

Martinsville Testing UPDATE:

April 1, 2003
Nine drivers are scheduled to test at Martinsville Speedway on Tuesday and Wednesday [March 31, April 1] in preparation for the April13 Virginia 500. Scheduled to test are #25-Joe Nemechek, #16-Greg Biffle, #1-Steve Park, #32-Ricky Craven, #45-Kyle Petty [may cancle

Waltrip suggests cutting air dam:

Waltrip suggests cutting air dam:

March 29, 2003
Michael Waltrip believes racing would be better at all Winston Cup tracks, not just Texas, if the cars ran slower. And he's got a radical idea about how NASCAR should move to accomplish that. "We can go in an cut the spoiler off or raise the front air dam and slow

Who is that?

Who is that?

March 28, 2003
been asked, and saw this: Michael Waltrip taped a Domino's Pizza commercial with his family that airs regularly during NASCAR events. Most people know Waltrip and his wife, Buffy, have two daughters, but the commercial also includes a 3-year-old boy. "A lot of people

They’ll be back UPDATE 2:

They’ll be back UPDATE 2:

March 27, 2003
hearing that #42-Jamie McMurray in Cup and #99-Michael Waltrip in the Busch Series will run Terminator 3 movies schemes, not sure when.(2-28-2003) UPDATE: hearing this will be for Daytona in July.(3-1-2003) IMAGES got images of both cars, see my 2003 Busch page and

#9 Team Fast in the Pits at Bristol:

#9 Team Fast in the Pits at Bristol:

March 27, 2003
NASCAR says the crew for Evernham Motorsports' #9 Dodge driven by Bill Elliott captured Round 6 of the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by Powerade in last Sunday's Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Elliott spent 223 seconds on pit road to best

Kenny Wallace to run a Card’s car UPDATE:

Kenny Wallace to run a Card’s car UPDATE:

March 26, 2003
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

#30 Fastest at Darlington:

#30 Fastest at Darlington:

March 20, 2003
The pit crew of the #30 AOL Jeff Green Chevy, owned by Richard Childress Racing, took first-place honors for eligible teams in the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade at Sunday's (March 16) NASCAR Winston Cup Race - Carolina Dodge Dealers 400

WOW! now that was a great race:

WOW! now that was a great race:

March 16, 2003
#32-Ricky Craven won the The Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 is on at Darlington Raceway by a few inches [2/1000th's of a second] with him and #97-Kurt Busch beating and banging the last lap, both slapping the wall a few times. Busch had no power steering the last 10 laps

To the back #97 and #15 – scambles the top 10 a bit:

To the back #97 and #15 – scambles the top 10 a bit:

March 15, 2003
#97-Kurt Busch blew an engine in the first Saturday practice, so he will fall back from his 6th place starting spot and go to the rear of the field before the drop of the green flag. Busch took the car to the garage and walked to the hauler without comment. There were

#8 Crew ‘Fastest’:

#8 Crew ‘Fastest’:

March 12, 2003
Dale Earnhardt Inc.'s crew for the #8 Budweiser Chevy driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr. has won the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by Powerade for the second consecutive week. NASCAR says Earnhardt Jr. spent 288 seconds in the pits on his way to finishing

Martin/Marlin on “Beyond the Glory”:

Martin/Marlin on “Beyond the Glory”:

March 10, 2003
Sterling Marlin and Mark Martin will be the subject of Fox Sports Net's " Beyond the Glory ", Marlin on Mar 16th and Martin on March 30. The program looks at the lives of athletes "beyond the playing area." Previous episodes of the hour-long documentary-style program

#8 Team fast in the pits at Vegas:

#8 Team fast in the pits at Vegas:

March 6, 2003
The pit crew of Dale Earnhardt Jr. won Round 3 of the "McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade" last Sunday at the UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Earnhardt spent only 225 seconds in the pits, edging his Dale Earnhardt Incorporated