Michael Waltrip News

DEI to Honor Singer:

DEI to Honor Singer:

May 3, 2002
DEI to Honor Singer: Dale Earnhardt Inc. will honor the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, of the popular R&B group TLC, this weekend at Richmond by carrying special stripes on all three of the company's Winston Cup Chevy's (#'s 1,8,15). Lopes, 30, was killed instantly

Bigger Car…sooner?

Bigger Car…sooner?

April 26, 2002
Bigger Car...sooner? Johnny Benson's fiery exit from Sunday's Talladega 500 once again raises the issue of how difficult it seems for drivers to get out of their cars after wrecks, and it could prompt NASCAR to move even faster on its proposed "big greenhouse" car.

Keller wins wreck fest at Talladega:

Keller wins wreck fest at Talladega:

April 20, 2002
#57-Jason Keller won the Aaron's 312 at Talladega on Saturday, his second BGN wins of the season and 7th of his career, holding off #59-Stacy Compton by .163 seconds in a race that saw just three of 43 cars on the lead lap at the finish. On Lap 14 of 117, rookies #

Waltrip to field a car for Kenny Wallace at Talladega? UPDATE yep #98:

Waltrip to field a car for Kenny Wallace at Talladega? UPDATE yep #98:

April 10, 2002
Waltrip to field a car for Kenny Wallace at Talladega? UPDATE yep #98: Mike Waltrip mentioned during the Fox BGN rain delay coverage that Michael Waltrip racing will field a Cup car at Talladega for Kenny Wallace that will carry Aaron's Rent sponsorship and that Aaron

Waltrip Hard Time Getting Out of car:

Waltrip Hard Time Getting Out of car:

April 8, 2002
Michael Waltrip complained that his car's interior was too small this weekend. The 6-4 driver struggled to get out of the [#99] car after he flipped during the BGN race Saturday at Texas. "My car was a little smaller than it should have been," he said. "I couldn't

Waltrip Hard Time Getting Out of car:

Waltrip Hard Time Getting Out of car:

April 8, 2002
Waltrip Hard Time Getting Out of car: Michael Waltrip complained that his car's interior was too small this weekend. The 6-4 driver struggled to get out of the [#99] car after he flipped during the BGN race Saturday at Texas. "My car was a little smaller than it should

Waltrip to field a car for Kenny Wallace at Talladega?

Waltrip to field a car for Kenny Wallace at Talladega?

April 6, 2002
Waltrip to field a car for Kenny Wallace at Talladega? Mike Waltrip mentioned during the Fox BGN rain delay coverage that Michael Waltrip racing will field a Cup car at Talladega for Kenny Wallace that will carry Aaron's Rent sponsorship and that Aaron's will also

Martinsville Testing:

Martinsville Testing:

March 29, 2002
Martinsville Testing: #32-Ricky Craven and Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year contenders #12-Ryan Newman and #48-Jimmy Johnson closed out two days of testing at Martinsville Speedway on Thursday afternoon. Testing resumes Monday when #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., #9-Bill Elliott

IWC draws record audience:

IWC draws record audience:

March 29, 2002
IWC draws record audience: The SPEED Channel show Inside Winston Cup with drivers Michael Waltrip, Johnny Benson and Ken Schrader joining host Allen Bestwick, drew its highest-ever audience on the motorsports cable channel, as 367,000 households tuned in Monday night

Three Days of Texas Testing UPDATE:

Three Days of Texas Testing UPDATE:

March 26, 2002
Three Days of Texas Testing UPDATE: The first of three hectic days of testing by Cup and BGN teams preparing for the Samsung/RadioShack 500 and O'Reilly 300 kicked off Monday at Texas Motor Speedway amid cool temperatures. Three Cup teams took to the 1.5-mile superspeedway

Park to test at Darlington/Wallace has another Cup ride lined up? UPDATE 4 park to return at Darlington:

Park to test at Darlington/Wallace has another Cup ride lined up? UPDATE 4 park to return at Darlington:

March 8, 2002
Park to test at Darlington/Wallace has another Cup ride lined up? UPDATE 4 park to return at Darlington: Steve Park will test twice this week at Darlington with hopes of being cleared to return to the #1 Pennzoil Chevy on March 17 at the same track in the Carolina

Burton wins at Las Vegas, Hendrick injured:

Burton wins at Las Vegas, Hendrick injured:

March 3, 2002
#9-Jeff Burton won the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, leading 149 of 200 laps and beating runner-up #99-Michael Waltrip to the finish line by 8.428 seconds. #2-Johnny Sauter finished third - his career-best. Unsponsored #71-Kevin Lepage was fourth and #

$89,131 raised at Auction:

$89,131 raised at Auction:

March 2, 2002
$89,131 raised at Auction: The Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Children's Charities kicked off its 2002 fundraising drive with a home run: the fourth annual NASCAR Driver Auction raised $89,131 for the needy children of Las Vegas and southern Nevada. The auction, held

#500 for Mikey:

#500 for Mikey:

February 24, 2002
#500 for Mikey: Michael Waltrip will make his 500th career Winston Cup start Sunday at North Carolina Speedway, the 23rd series driver to reach this milestone.(2-24-2002)

Spencer unhappy with TV coverage at Daytona:

Spencer unhappy with TV coverage at Daytona:

February 23, 2002
Spencer unhappy with TV coverage at Daytona: #41-Jimmy Spencer said he watched last week' Daytona 500 on television after missing the field for that event. “That was the first race I’ve watched live on TV since 19-whatever it was,” he said. “I’m not proud of it and