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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.
He would also serve as crew chief following the departure of Greg Ely after Las Vegas. Hammond has worked with four NASCAR champions in his career: Cale Yarborough (a mechanic), Darrell Waltrip (a crew chief for two of the three), Terry Labonte (1987 for a few races), and Kurt Busch (2000 in his first races).
Crew chief, owner and broadcaster: 3-time Cup champion as a crew chief for Jeff Gordon, 47 wins, founder of Evernham Motorsports, 13 wins as an owner Ron Hornaday Jr. Driver: 4-time Truck champion, 51 race wins, 158 top 5s, 234 top 10s, 27 poles, named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023 Ken Squier: Broadcaster
Crew Chief Chevrolet: A. G. Dillard Motorsports: 31 Ward Burton 21: Philippe Lopez Greg Sacks 4: Jimmy Hensley 3: Gary Bradberry (R) 2: DarWal Inc. 17 Darrell Waltrip: Pete Peterson Diamond Ridge Motorsports: 29 Steve Grissom: Bryant Frazier Hendrick Motorsports: 5 Terry Labonte: Gary DeHart 24 Jeff Gordon: Ray Evernham: 25 Ken Schrader: Ken ...
[2] [3] Only one caution flag waved for a period of eight laps; two changes in first-place were made between Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip. [2] Notable crew chiefs who were Tim Brewer, Travis Carter, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, and Jake Elder. [4] Richard Petty would retain his championship points lead over Dave Marcis by 225 points. [2]
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 ...
Brewer won two championships as a crew chief working for owner Junior Johnson. His first was with driver Cale Yarborough in 1978 and his second was with Darrell Waltrip in 1981, though he was later replaced by Jeff Hammond. Incidentally, both worked for competing networks (Hammond at Fox NASCAR) in similar roles.
Michael Waltrip (color commentator for qualifying sessions for each race, Daytona) Trevor Bayne (color commentator) Jamie McMurray (color commentator) Rotation of drivers and crew chiefs (color commentator, see full list below) [5] Joey Logano (Atlanta, Las Vegas, Phoenix, COTA, Richmond, Texas, Dover, Darlington, and Sonoma)