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Two hundred laps took place on an oval track spanning 2.0 miles (3.2 km). [2] Darrell Waltrip won the race; beating Bobby Allison by 60 seconds. [2] Eleven thousand and five hundred fans would attend this live race with lasted more than two hours and thirty-three minutes; making it the least attended race in NASCAR's modern era even when comparing races from after the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup ...
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.
Old Dominion 500 - Harry Gant led the most laps at 253 but faltered as Darrell Waltrip grabbed the lead with 36 laps to go; Waltrip's win was the first of four straight. Waltrip padded his lead by 41 points to lead Allison by 43 points. Holly Farms 400 - Darrell Waltrip wins his second straight race while leading the most laps at 318.
Darrell Waltrip reveals what it takes to win a NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, where he holds the record with 12 wins.
Darrell Waltrip finished second in the standings Dale Earnhardt, the 1979 rookie of the year. The 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 31st season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 8th modern-era Cup series.
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. His victory and Allison's retirement meant Waltrip took over the points lead for the first time all season.
Darrell Waltrip had a chance to win the Winston Million at Darlington, but hit the wall early in the race and finished 22nd. Rodney Combs replaced Joe Ruttman as Lake Speed 's substitute driver in the No. 83 at Darlington.
The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. Heading into the final lap of the race, the three cars of Hendrick Motorsports' Darrell Waltrip, Richard Childress Racing's Dale Earnhardt, and Junior Johnson & Associates' Terry Labonte engaged in a battle for the victory. Heading into the final two turns of the race, Waltrip bumped into the ...