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A former NASCAR driver and three-time Winston Cup Champion. After his racing career he became a racing broadcaster for Fox starting with the 2001 Daytona 500 in which Dale Earnhardt died and his younger brother Michael Waltrip won his first Winston Cup points race. Known for saying "boogity boogity boogity let's go racing boys!" at the start of each race.
Biography
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Darrell Lee Waltrip is an American motorsports analyst, author, national television broadcaster, and former racing driver. He is also a three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion (1981, 1982, 1985) and a three-time NASCAR Cup Series runner-up (1979, 1983, 1986). Posting a modern NASCAR series record of 22 top five finishes in 1983 and 21 top five finishes both in 1981 and 1986, Waltrip won 84 NASCAR Cup Series races, including the 1989 Daytona 500, a record five in the Coca-Cola 600 (formerly the World 600) (1978, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1989), and a track and Series record for any driver at Bristol Motor Speedway with 12 (seven consecutive from 1981 to 1984). Those victories tie him with Bobby Allison for fourth on the NASCAR's all-time wins list in the Cup Series and place him second to Jeff Gordon for the most wins in NASCAR's modern era. He is ranked second for all-time pole positions with 59, including all-time highs with 35 on short tracks and eight on road courses. Competing in 809 Cup starts over four decades and 29 years (1972–2000), he has scored 271 Top 5's and 390 Top 10's. Winning $19,886,666.00 in posted earnings, he became the first NASCAR driver to be awarded over $10 million in race winnings, more than $26 million in today's currency. Waltrip also holds the all-time track record 67 wins the Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee, including NASCAR, USAC, ASA, and local Late Model Sportsman NASCAR sanctioned series races. He still holds many NASCAR records, more than a decade after his retirement as an active driver.
He has additionally won 13 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series races, seven American Speed Association (ASA) races, three IROC races, two Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) races, two NASCAR All-American Challenge Series events, two All Pro Racing Association races, and a USAC race. He competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona.
He has also won many awards in NASCAR. That includes two for NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award (1989, 1990), three for "American Driver of the Year" (1979, 1981, 1982), and "NASCAR's Driver of the Decade" for the 1980s, as well as three for "National Motorsports Press Association Driver of the Year" (1977, 1981, and 1982), two for "Auto Racing Digest Driver of the Year" (1981 and 1982), the first "Tennessee Professional Athlete of the Year" (1979), one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998, and the Bill France "Award of Excellence" in 2000. He has been inducted in numorous halls of fame, including the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America for 2003 the International Motorsports Hall of Fame for 2005. After being nominated for the inaugural 2010 and 2011 classes, he was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame's 2012 class.
Waltrip currently serves as a color analyst for Fox Sports alongside Mike Joy, and Jeff Gordon, a columnist at Foxsports.com, and an author. He is the older brother of NASCAR driver and MWR team owner Michael Waltrip.
| Type & Item # | Name | Details |
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| Model Kit 2 Pack - Monogram 6391 | Darrell Waltrip Combo | 1:24 scale, #11 1982 Mountain Dew Buick Regal and #11 1983 Pepsi Challenger Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| Model Kit - AMT 8043 | Darrell Waltrip Monte Carlo Stock Car | 1:25 scale, #11 Pepsi Challenger |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 17 | Darrell Waltrip | #17 Western Auto Chevrolet |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 190 | 1991 Memorable Moments | Darrell Waltrip and Davey Allison at the Bud 500 |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 195 | 1991 Memorable Moments | Darrell Waltrip rolls car at the Pepsi 400 |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 270 | Race 7: North Wilkesboro | First Union 400, Darrell Waltrip #17 Western Auto Chevrolet |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 277 | Race 13: Pocono | Champion Spark Plug 500, Darrell Waltrip #17 Western Auto Chevrolet |
| Model Kit - Monogram 2949 | Western Auto/AC Delco Chevy Lumina #17 | 1:24 scale, Darrell Waltrip, 1993 decals (2949M0340) |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC18 | Darrell Waltrip | #17 Parts America Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC67 | Screamin' Steel: Darrell Waltrip | #17 Parts America Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC101 | Changin' Gears: Darrell Waltrip | #17 Parts America Chevrolet Monte Carlo |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC141 | Truckin': Darrell Waltrip | Bill Sedgwick #17 Sears DieHard Chevrolet C1500 |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC150 | Role Models: Bobby Hamilton | Darrell Waltrip |
| Date | Article | Author/Source |
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| 11 April 1984 | Late Race Developments Give Wilkes to Richmond For such to have happened on Easter Sunday would have been appropriate. A bunny won the Northwestern Bank 400. | News Article (text &  photograph)Publication: National Speed Sport News Byline: Benny Phillips Dateline: North Wilkesboro, North Carolina Topics: Northwestern Bank 400, Tim Richmond, Darrell Waltrip |
| 24 January 2005 | NASCAR Media Conference: A Look Back & a Look Ahead | Kurt Busch Brian France Kasey Kahne Mark Martin Richard Petty Darrell Waltrip |
| 7 July 2009 | Michael Waltrip Racing Media Conference | Ty Norris Bob Susor Martin Truex, Jr. Darrell Waltrip Michael Waltrip |
| 23 May 2010 | NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Richard Childress Rick Hendrick Darrell Waltrip |
| 11 July 2010 | Random Lugnuts: 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame Nominees | Bill Crittenden |
| 20 January 2012 | NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Darrell Waltrip | Jeff Hammond Darrell Waltrip |
| 20 January 2012 | NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: Darrell Waltrip | Darrell Waltrip |
