Michael Waltrip News

Testing at Darlington UPDATE:

Testing at Darlington UPDATE:

March 5, 2003
The testing schedule at Darlington Raceway this week has changed slightly. #42-Jamie McMurray will not be testing this week, #41-Casey Mears will test instead. #15-Micheal Waltrip will also test, along with a few Busch Series teams.( Darlington Raceway PR )(3-4-2003

Newman Unhappy:

Newman Unhappy:

March 5, 2003
#12-Ryan Newman.was not satifyed at the response time of the fire crews to Jamie McMurray's buring Busch Series car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway following a practice crash with Michael Waltrip. Newman said..."He (McMurray) was out of the car and Michael Waltrip had

McMurray sore but ok:

McMurray sore but ok:

March 1, 2003
A violent wreck during Friday's Busch series practice has left Jamie McMurray a little sore and short one car, but otherwise OK. As the practice session drew to a close Friday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, McMurray's #1 Dodge was hit from behind by Michael Waltrip

Nemechek wins at Las Vegas:

Nemechek wins at Las Vegas:

March 1, 2003
#87-Joe Nemechek won the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Stopping for fuel only on his final pit stop, Nemechek charged to the front, survived a side-by-side battle with #92-Todd Bodine and finally held off #21-Kevin Harvick by 0.603 seconds to win. Harvick

Stooges scheme?

Stooges scheme?

February 28, 2003
this would be cool, haven't seen a Three Stooges [a Jayski fave] scheme since Phil Barkdoll's team ran the #73 Three Stooges Beer car a few years ago at Daytona with Ken Bouchard, am hearing Michael Waltrip will run a Three Stooges scheme in a Busch Series race.(2-

Happy Hour

Happy Hour

February 28, 2003
[well not too happy] ended with #1-Jamie McMurray and #99-Michael Waltrip getting together with McMuaary's #1 Dodge erupting in flames. Both drivers walked away and are ok. Both will go to backup's, McMurray's is a Chevy that has signatures all over it.(2-28-2003)

Buckshot back? UPDATE 2:

Buckshot back? UPDATE 2:

February 27, 2003
hearing Buckshot Jones will test at Atlanta towards the end of February, could be a possible ride Michael Waltrip in the #00.(2-3-2003) UPDATE: hearing that Jones will not test at Atlanta but will run the race in the #00 Chevy.(2-20-2003) UPDATE 2: hearing the sponsor

Buschwackers at Las Vegas:

Buschwackers at Las Vegas:

February 27, 2003
Nine Winston Cup regulars are scheduled to drive in Saturday's Sam's Town 300 Busch Series race at LVMS including the most recent Busch race winner, Jamie McMurray [#42 in Cup, #1 in Busch]. Other Cup drivers attempting to make the 43-car field on Saturday are Steve

NASCAR defends decision to red flag Daytona 500:

NASCAR defends decision to red flag Daytona 500:

February 22, 2003
Fans and drivers weren't the only ones disappointed with the rain-shortened Daytona 500. As it turns out, NASCAR also wasn't thrilled with the early end to its biggest race of the season. "It's our Super Bowl, too, and the way it ended was personally disappointing

Daytona 500 Telecast Most Valuable To Sponsors in NASCAR History:

Daytona 500 Telecast Most Valuable To Sponsors in NASCAR History:

February 22, 2003
The Daytona 500 airing on Fox last weekend provided corporate sponsors with more exposure value than any other U.S. motorsports broadcast in history, as 271 brands accumulated some $251.4 million of exposure value — nearly 10% more than last year’s Daytona total of

Buckshot back? UPDATE:

Buckshot back? UPDATE:

February 22, 2003
hearing Buckshot Jones will test at Atlanta towards the end of February, could be a possible ride Michael Waltrip in the #00.(2-3-2003) UPDATE: hearing that Jones will not test at Atlanta but will run the race in the #00 Chevy.(2-20-2003) UPDATE 2: hearing the sponsor

Waltrip’s Top Ten on David Letterman:

Waltrip’s Top Ten on David Letterman:

February 19, 2003
Top Ten Highlights Of Yesterday's [Sunday's] Daytona 500 as presented by 2003 Daytona 500 champ, Michael Waltrip [As done by Waltrip via Satellite on Monday night's show]: Top Ten Highlights Of Yesterday's Daytona 500 as presented by 2003 Daytona 500 champ, Michael

Waltrip on the go:

Waltrip on the go:

February 19, 2003
Michael Waltrip will go straight to Rockingham without going home and is in New York City now. From his PR person (heard from an XM Radio report). "He is in New York this morning. He started out at WNBC in New York on their morning show - he got to wake up New York

Newman’s Car Impounded UPDATE:

Newman’s Car Impounded UPDATE:

February 18, 2003
Ryan Newman's dramatic flip down the frontstretch was eye-catching, particularly for NASCAR officials, who were not pleased to see all those parts and pieces flying off the car. So NASCAR inspectors impounded Newman's car for further inspection, to try to figure out

The Shortest ‘500’:

The Shortest ‘500’:

February 17, 2003
The Daytona 500 has never been rained out, and Sunday's 109-lap race was only the fourth in history not run to 500 miles. Here's the history of the abbreviated events: 1965 - 332.5 miles - Rain - Fred Lorenzen 1966 - 495 miles - Rain - Richard Petty 1974 - 450 miles