| |  | | | | AGE: 45 | HOMETOWN: Owensboro, KY | YEARS RACING NEXTEL CUP: 21 | PRIMARY SPONSOR: NAPA Auto Parts | MANUFACTURER: Toyota | CAR OWNER: Buffy Waltrip | TEAM: Michael Waltrip Racing | RACES: 46 | WINS: 0 | T5: 1 | T10: 4 | POLE: 1 | EARNINGS: $4,496,821 | | | > Biography | | | | | | Driver Performance | 1 | | Daytona International Speedway | 2 | 29 | 200 | Running | $275,135 | 81/5 | 2 | | California Speedway | 41 | 28 | 248 | Running | $92,247 | 79/0 | 3 | | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | 22 | 31 | 265 | Running | $93,833 | 70/0 | | | October 01, 2008 | NASCAR Sprint Cup rookie Michael McDowell will be replaced by Kenny Wallace for this weekend’s race at Talladega Superspeedway and could be replaced for more events over the final six weeks of the... | | | September 27, 2008 | JTG Daugherty Racing hasn�t named a manufacturer for next season when it moves full time to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series from the Nationwide Series but the team was working out of a Michael Waltrip... | | | September 21, 2008 | Michael Waltrip Racing almost snared two top finishes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday at Dover International Speedway, but a late pit error by David Reutimann left only Michael Waltrip among the... | | | September 09, 2008 | Michael Waltrip Racing's David Reutimann and his team certainly seem to have gotten the hang of NASCAR's new Sprint Cup car.
The driver started the season outside the top 35 in owner points.... | | | August 16, 2008 | David Reutimann has had his option picked up by Michael Waltrip Racing for next season, and now he’s looking for the team to continue its progress.
The 38-year-old Reutimann has driven in Cup for... | | | August 13, 2008 | Michael Waltrip Racing officials say veteran Mike Skinner will fill in for Michael McDowell in the next three Sprint Cup races.
Skinner, a Craftsman Truck Series regular, will drive MWR’s No. 00... | | | August 08, 2008 | Michael Waltrip Racing announced Friday it had agreed to a one year-contract extension with NAPA to sponsor its No. 55 Toyotas and driver Michael Waltrip.
The agreement extends NAPA's sponsorship... | | | July 24, 2008 | Michael Waltrip says his organization is bringing its latest-generation new car to the track this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
As teams continue to work with the new car, MWR is... | | | June 06, 2008 | The unique 2.5-mile tri-oval at Pocono International Raceway, with its long straightaways between three very different corners, has fascinated Michael Waltrip since he first saw it in 1986.
"When... | | | May 28, 2008 | Michael Waltrip says he's not surprised by how tight the racing has been for the 35 positions that are locked into the NASCAR Sprint Cup field each week.
The Michael Waltrip Racing owner/driver... | | | May 07, 2008 | Michael Waltrip is scheduled to make his 700th career Cup series start this weekend, but that’s not necessarily the number he’ll be thinking about.
Waltrip has made 699 starts since making his... | | | May 04, 2008 | NASCAR parked Michael Waltrip for aggressive driving following an accident with Casey Mears in the Crown Royal 400 on Saturday at Richmond International Raceway.
On lap 355, Mears cut... | | | April 25, 2008 | Michael Waltrip might have a little extra spring in his step for this weekend's Aaron's 499 Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. After all, his Michael Waltrip Racing organization appears to... | | | March 30, 2008 | MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Roush Fenway Racing doesn't plan to take legal action against Michael Waltrip Racing for what it characterized as the theft of a sway bar unless there is evidence that the piece... | | | March 30, 2008 | MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Michael Waltrip said the Roush Fenway Racing sway bar that wound up with his team got there completely by mistake and that it’s not nearly as big of a deal as Jack Roush says it... | | | March 30, 2008 | MARTINSVILLE, Va. – NASCAR team owner/driver Michael Waltrip said he spoke to several schools about driving safety as part of a deal to have the charges dropped from a motor vehicle accident during... | | | March 29, 2008 | MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Michael Waltrip said the Roush Fenway Racing sway bar that wound up with his team got there completely by mistake and that it’s not nearly as big of a deal as Jack Roush says it... | | | March 27, 2008 | Waltrip’s No. 55 Toyotas beginning at Martinsville this weekend. Paul Andrews will lead Michael Waltrip Racing’s test teams.
“Bobby has always been there for me and my team to help with our... | | | March 27, 2008 | Michael Waltrip is looking forward to the luxury of a relatively stress-free Friday. For the first time in the organization's history, all three Michael Waltrip Racing Toyotas have guaranteed... | | | March 07, 2008 | Michael Waltrip finds himself using the word "almost" a lot when it comes to Atlanta Motor Speedway.
“Atlanta has been an interesting place for me," the Michael Waltrip Racing owner/driver said.... | | | |
