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Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947) is an American motorsports analyst, author as well as a former national television broadcaster and stock car driver.He raced from 1972 to 2000 in the NASCAR Cup Series (known as the NASCAR Winston Cup Series during his time as a driver), most notably driving the No. 11 Chevrolet for Junior Johnson.
Darrell Waltrip Motorsports was a NASCAR team owned by three-time Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip. It was formed in 1991 when Waltrip resigned from Hendrick Motorsports to start his own team, and was originally named DarWal, Inc.. During the 1970s, Waltrip, like many drivers of the time, formed their own teams for racing, in lower levels ...
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Waltrip nearly won the 1979 championship, coming second and losing by 11 points to Richard Petty in the championship. Waltrip and DiGard had led for most of the season that year, leading the championship by a wide margin until the last races. [8] The impact of the loss angered Waltrip and his contract situation with the team became an issue again.
Junior Johnson & Associates (formerly Johnson Hodgdon Racing) was a NASCAR team that ran in the Winston Cup Series from 1953 to 1995. The team was run by former driver Junior Johnson and was best known for fielding cars for legendary talents such as Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Neil Bonnett, Terry Labonte, Bill Elliott, Geoffrey Bodine, and Sterling Marlin.
Start: Darrell Waltrip was leading the starting grid as the green flag was waved. Lap 2: Buddy Arrington managed to overheat his vehicle. Lap 11: The suspension on Jody Ridley's vehicle developed severe problems. Lap 13: Travis Tiller blew his engine while driving at high speeds. Lap 15: Richard D. Brown managed to overheat his vehicle.
Darrell Waltrip led the most laps (238 of 500) and picked up his eleventh Winston Cup victory of 1982. Bobby Allison blew an engine after leading 98 laps and finished 19th. Waltrip came into this race trailing Allison by 37 points.
Richmond 400– Darrell Waltrip drove Junior Johnson's Buick to his first win of the season, edging Ricky Rudd, driving Waltrip's former car, the DiGard Oldsmobile. Bobby Allison wrecked his Pontiac LeMans and drove Butch Lindley 's car rather than run a backup Oldsmobile in the team's shop for fear NASCAR would use the existence of the backup ...