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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).
[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]
Elder was the crew chief on David Pearson's championship winning car for Holman Moody in 1968 and 1969. [3] Elder worked for Darrell Waltrip when he was a young driver in the mid 1970s and he was Waltrip's crew chief for his first and last victories. [4] Stories circulate that Elder grabbed Waltrip by his driver's suit to tell him how to race ...
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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17-Darrell Waltrip-3; 15-Morgan Shepherd-3; 57-Jimmy Spencer-3; 1-Terry Labonte-3; 3-Dale Earnhardt-3; This was Kyle Petty's first pole on his 277th start in the No. 42 Peak Pontiac owned by Felix Sabates and wrenched by crew chief Gary Nelson, later of NASCAR R&D
The impact of the loss angered Waltrip and his contract situation with the team became an issue again. Darrell attempted to sign a contract with Penske Enterprises to drive for them, but the deal fell through after Roger Penske was told of Waltrip's agreement with DiGard. Crew chief Buddy Parrott was fired at the end of 1979 but then rehired in ...