He still holds many NASCAR records, more than a decade after his retirement as an active driver.

He also holds the all-time track record 67 wins at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee, including NASCAR, USAC, ASA, and local Late Model Sportsman NASCAR sanctioned series races. Waltrip has additionally won 13 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series races, seven American Speed Association (ASA) races, three IROC races, two Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) races, two NASCAR All-American Challenge Series events, two All Pro Racing Association races, and a USAC race. Winning $19,886,666.00 in posted earnings, he became the first NASCAR driver to be awarded over $10 million in race winnings, more than $26 million in today's currency. Competing in 809 Cup starts over four decades and 29 years (1972–2000), he has scored 271 Top 5s and 390 Top 10s. He is ranked second for all-time pole positions with 59, including all-time highs with 35 on short tracks and eight on road courses. Those victories tie him with Bobby Allison for fourth on the NASCAR's all-time wins list in the Cup Series and place him second to Jeff Gordon for the most wins in NASCAR's modern era. Posting a modern NASCAR series record of 22 top five finishes in 1983 and 21 top five finishes both in 19, Waltrip won 84 NASCAR Cup Series races, including the 1989 Daytona 500, a record five in the Coca-Cola 600 (formerly the World 600) ( 1978, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1989), and a track and Series record for any driver at Bristol Motor Speedway with 12 (seven consecutive from 1981 to 1984). 1998 mid season with Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Waltrip is a three-time Cup Series champion ( 1981, 1982, 1985).

He raced from 1972 to 2000 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. Waltrip at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2019ĭarrell Lee Waltrip ( ) Febru(age 74) Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.ġ981, 1982, 1985 Winston Cup Series Champion 1989 Daytona 500 Winner 1992 Southern 500 Winner 1978, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1989 Coca-Cola 600 Winner 1977, 1982 Winston 500 Winner 1985 The Winston Winner (inaugural race) 1981 Busch Clash Winner 1976 Snowball Derby Winner 1970, 1973 Fairgrounds Speedway Track Championġ989, 1990 Winston Cup Series Most Popular Driver Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2005) Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (2003) NASCAR Hall of Fame (2012) Fairgrounds Speedway Hall of Fame (2001)Ģ006 Goody's 250 ( Martinsville Speedway)ġ989 Goody's 300 ( Daytona International Speedway)ĭarrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947) is an American motorsports analyst, author, former national television broadcaster, and stock car driver.

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