Darrell Waltrip Motorsports is a NASCAR team that is owned and operated by three-time Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip. It was formed in 1991 when Waltrip resigned from Hendrick Motorsports to start his own team. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The NASCAR Championship is the championship held in NASCARs top stock car racing series. ... Darrell Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro, Kentucky) is a NASCAR driver, active from 1972 to 2000, who won three Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) titles (1981, 1982, 1985) as well as the 1989 Daytona 500 stock car race. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Winston Cup

DWM debuted at the 1991 Daytona 500 as car #17 with sponsorship from Western Auto. Waltrip finished 24th following an accident late in the race. Waltrip won five races over the next two years, with his final top-10 points finish coming in 1994. After that, the pressure of being an owner/driver started to crash down on Waltrip, and his performance declined. Parts America hopped on board to sponsor the car for two years, but left after 1997. That same year, Waltrip failed to qualify for his first race since 1975 at the fall race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In addition, DWM briefly expanded to two cars, when Rich Bickle finished 34th at the 1997 Brickyard 400 the #26 Kentucky Fried Chicken Chevy also fielded by DWM, as well as Waltrip running special paint schemes to commerate his 25th year in the sport. Seriously considering selling his team, in 1998, Waltrip signed Speedblock/Builder's Square to sponsor his car, but they failed to pay any money. Waltrip's last race as owner/driver came at the spring Darlington race that year, driving the Tim Flock Special, a special paint scheme to honor the NASCAR legend who had died earlier that month. After that, Waltrip sold the team to Tim Beverly. The team was so disorganized Beverly temporarily suspended operations to get everything situated. The team returned later in the year as the #35 Tobasco Pontiac with Waltrip driving after the team merged with a defunct team. This part of the season was a disaster, and Waltrip left at the end of the year. This car is now the #10 Valvoline Chevy driven by Scott Riggs. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... Western Auto is a chain of auto parts stores that is located mainly in the Eastern United States. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 was a common year starting on ghjgh Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Lowes Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte. ... Rich Bickle (born May 13, 1961 in Edgerton, Wisconsin) drives the 08 VFW Hidden Heroes / Cheyenne Chevrolet in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Allstate 400 at The Brickyard is an annual 400 mile (644 km) NASCAR Nextel Cup points race held each August at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. ... KFC, previously known as Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a division of Yum! Brands, Inc. ... Chevrolet, or Chevy, is a brand of automobile that is now part of the General Motors group. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. ... Tim Flock was one of NASCARs early pioneers. ... Pontiac is a marque of automobile produced by General Motors and sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico from 1926 to the present. ... Chevrolet, or Chevy, is a brand of automobile that is now part of the General Motors group. ... This article is about the driver. ...

Craftsman Trucks

In 1996, Waltrip began his own team in the Craftsman Truck Series team, hiring Bill Sedgwick to drive his #17 Sears/DieHard Chevy. Sedgwick collected eight top tens and finished 14th in points. In 1997, Rich Bickle drove the truck, and performed admirably, winning three races and finishing second in points. The team was defunct for several years thereafter, until 2004 when the Waltrip teamed with Toyota to field a new team. The truck was the #17 Toyota Tundra/NTN Bearings Toyota driven by David Reutimann, who won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year award. The team expanded to a second team in 2005, as the #12 truck was piloted orginally by Robert Huffman, before being replaced by Mike Wallace. Waltrip has also run part-time with his team. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series logo The Craftsman Truck Series is a popular NASCAR racing series that features modified pickup trucks. ... Sears, Roebuck and Company is a retailing division of Sears Holdings Corporation. ... Chevrolet, or Chevy, is a brand of automobile that is now part of the General Motors group. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rich Bickle (born May 13, 1961 in Edgerton, Wisconsin) drives the 08 VFW Hidden Heroes / Cheyenne Chevrolet in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Toyota redirects here. ... The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck, replacing the T100. ... Toyota redirects here. ... David Reutimann from Zephyrhills, FL was born March 2, 1970. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Robert Huffman from Claremont, NC was born March 12, 1968. ... Mike Wallace (born March 10, 1959) is a NASCAR race car driver. ...

Sources

• Racing Reference
• Official Website for DWM