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| Owner(s) name | Darrell Waltrip |
| Racing series | Winston Cup, Busch Series, Craftsman Truck Series |
| Number of championships | 0 |
| Number of wins | 7 |
| Car number(s) | #17 |
| Notable driver(s) | Darrell Waltrip |
| Notable sponsor(s) | Western Auto |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet, Toyota |
| Shop location | Mooresville, North Carolina |
| Year opened | 1972, 1990 |
| Year closed | 2005 |
Darrell Waltrip Motorsports was a NASCAR team owned by three-time Winston Cup champion Darrell Waltrip. Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro Kentucky) is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion the 1989 Daytona The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a Stock car racing series owned and operated by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro Kentucky) is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion the 1989 Daytona Western Auto Supply Company was a chain of automobile parts stores Chevrolet (ˌʃɛvroʊˈleɪ - French origin (also known as Chevy) is a Brand of Automobile, produced by General Motors (GM (pronounced) is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and is currently the world's largest Automaker. Mooresville is a town in Iredell County, North Carolina, USA. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro Kentucky) is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion the 1989 Daytona It was formed in 1991 when Waltrip resigned from Hendrick Motorsports to start his own team. The 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 10 and ended November 17. Hendrick Motorsports is a Stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. During the 1970s, Waltrip, like many drivers of the time, formed their own teams for racing, in lower levels, originally DarWal, Inc, was his personal licencing agent and operator for many short-track cars he would race at many circuits on non-Cup weekends or special events, and eventually went to Busch Series racing. In 1991, the racing team moved up to the Cup level, with Hendrick support, but he divested himself of Busch operations at the end of the 1993 season.
Waltrip has also run part-time with his team, with his final NASCAR Truck Series race coming at Martinsville Speedway, where he finished 12th. Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation -owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Ridgeway Virginia.
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Winston Cup
DWM debuted at the 1991 Daytona 500 as car #17 with sponsorship from Western Auto. The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach Florida. Western Auto Supply Company was a chain of automobile parts stores (The car number and numbering style was a carryover from Waltrip's days as a driver for Hendrick Motorsports. Hendrick Motorsports is a Stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. ) Waltrip led at one point during the event, but 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. The 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 20 and ended on Sunday November 13. After that, the pressure of being an owner/driver started to crash down on Waltrip, and his performance declined. After Western Auto was renamed to Parts America, they planned on leaving the team, but stayed on for another year before leaving after 1997. The 1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 9 and ended on Sunday November 16. That same year, failed to qualify for his first race since 1975 at the fall race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a speedway in Concord North Carolina, north of Charlotte. In addition, DWM briefly expanded to two cars, when Rich Bickle finished 34th at that year's Brickyard 400 the #26 Kentucky Fried Chicken Chevy also fielded by DWM, as well as Waltrip running special paint schemes to commemorate his 25th year in the sport. Rich Bickle Jr (born May 13, 1961 in Edgerton Wisconsin) is a journeyman NASCAR driver The Allstate 400 at The Brickyard, introduced as the Brickyard 400 in 1994, is an annual 400-mile (644 km NASCAR Sprint Cup points race Kentucky Fried Chicken, usually known as KFC, is a chain of Fast food restaurants based in Louisville Kentucky. Chevrolet (ˌʃɛvroʊˈleɪ - French origin (also known as Chevy) is a Brand of Automobile, produced by General Motors (GM After almost losing his team due to a lack of sponsorship, Waltrip signed Speedblock/Builder's Square to sponsor his car in 1998, but they did not live up to most of their obligations as a sponsor, and Waltrip cancelled the contract. prod concern = no sources to indicate this company meets the notability requirements of [[WPCORP]] month = October day = 7 year = 2008 time = 1834 timestamp = 20081007183435 Builders Square was founded as a Big-box Home improvement Retailer headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. 1998 in NASCAR can refer to any of the following NASCAR national series 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series - The top racing series in NASCAR 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. Darlington Raceway is a Race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington South Carolina. Julius Timothy "Tim" Flock ( May 11, 1924 - March 31, 1998) was one of NASCAR 's early pioneers and a two time series champion After that, Waltrip sold the team to Tim Beverly. Tim Beverly (born 1956 is a convicted felon and former NASCAR team owner The team was so disorganized Beverly temporarily suspended operations to get everything situated. The team returned later in the year as the #35 Tabasco Pontiac with Waltrip driving after the team merged with a defunct team. Tabasco sauce is a brand of Hot sauce made from Tabasco peppers ( Capsicum frutescens var Pontiac is a Brand of Automobiles produced by General Motors that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico Waltrip left at the end of the year after not posting a top-ten finish. . This team ran as Tyler Jet Motorsports for the next two seasons. Tyler Jet Motorsports was a NASCAR Winston Cup race team Tyler Jet Motorsports was owned by Tim Beverly owner of the airplane sales company that shared a name with the race team and was formed
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. The 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began March 17 and ended November 3. Born in Acton California on 19 March 1955, Bill Sedgwick was a successful NASCAR driver particularly prominent in the late 1980s and early 1990s Sears Roebuck and Company, commonly known as Sears, is an American mid-range chain of International Department stores founded by Richard DieHard is a premium brand of automotive battery marketed by Sears Holdings Corporation. Chevrolet (ˌʃɛvroʊˈleɪ - French origin (also known as Chevy) is a Brand of Automobile, produced by General Motors (GM Sedgwick collected eight top tens and finished 14th in points. In 1997, Rich Bickle drove the truck, winning three races and finishing second in points. The 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Season began on January 19 and ended on November 19 Rich Bickle Jr (born May 13, 1961 in Edgerton Wisconsin) is a journeyman NASCAR driver After the season, Bickle resigned as he had hoped to run with Waltrip in the Cup series in 1998. Waltrip was about to run Phil Parsons in the truck, but after Sears pulled out, he shut the team down until 2003. Phil Parsons (born June 21, 1957, in Detroit, Michigan) is a former NASCAR driver
In 2003, Waltrip fielded his own truck, this time in partnership with brother Michael and HT Motorsports for a pair of Craftsman Truck races at Martinsville Speedway with the #17, the first with Tide (with the Tide with Bleach brand, intentionally reminiscent of his 1989 Daytona 500 win), and the second with the Aaron's promotion of The Three Stooges that ran in various series. HT Motorsports is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team which fields the #59 ASE Toyota for Stacy Compton. The Three Stooges were an American Vaudeville and Comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous Short subject films
DWM became full time in 2004 as one of the new works Toyota teams. The 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season began on February 13 and ended on November NTN Bearings sponsored the truck for two seasons, driven by David Reutimann, who won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year award. David Reutimann (born March 2, 1970, in Zephyrhills FL) is a NASCAR driver The NASCAR Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the first-year driver that has the best season in a NASCAR season The team expanded to a second team in 2005, purchasing the #12 truck piloted by Robert Huffman from Innovative Motorsports. The 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season began February 18 and ended November 18. Robert Huffman is also the name of a Professional wrestler; see Booker Huffman Robert Huffman (born March 12 1968) is a NASCAR Innovative Motorsports is a former NASCAR team It was owned by George DeBidart and began racing in the Busch North Series in the mid-90's before moving Huffman was replaced during the season by Mike Wallace. Mike Wallace (born March 10 1959 in Fenton Missouri) is a NASCAR race car driver
Joey Miller attempted to pilot the #12 truck full-time in 2006, but was released late in the season and the team finished with various drivers. Joey Miller (born January 22, 1985) is a professional NASCAR racer for the Craftsman Truck Series. The 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season began on February 17, 2006 at Daytona International Speedway with the GM Flex Fuel 250 and Reutimann ended the season third in points and moved up to the NEXTEL Cup and Busch Series to drive for Waltrip's brother Michael Waltrip. The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a Stock car racing series owned and operated by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. Michael Curtis Waltrip (born April 30, 1963 in Owensboro Kentucky) is a professional race car driver and owner of Michael Waltrip Racing. The team became co-owned by Darrell and Michael Waltrip but kept the Darrell Waltrip Motorsports banner, as noted on the Waltrip Racing Web site.
As part of changes in 2007 with its move into Michael Waltrip's operations banner, the team became a one-truck team and the number was switched to #00 to maintain consistency with the rest of the Michael Waltrip Racing banner, and A. J. Allmendinger drove the #00 for a few races to help in his NASCAR experience, with Aaron's as the sponsor, along with Red Bull for a few races early in the season) and Michael Waltrip Racing putting developmental drivers Josh Wise and Ken Butler III in the truck, although Justin Labonte also drove a few races for the team. Anthony James Allmendinger (born December 16, 1981, in Los Gatos California) attended Leigh High School and is an American Racecar Red Bull is an energy drink on the market and is sold by Red Bull GmbH. Justin Labonte (born February 25, 1981 in Trinity North Carolina) was a NASCAR Busch Series driver After one last race with Michael McDowell the team sold off its truck equipment in October 2007 to legendary road racing team The Racer's Group. Michael Christopher McDowell (born December 21, 1984 in Phoenix Arizona) is an American racing driver who drives the #00 Aaron's Toyota October 2007 is the tenth month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. The Racer's Group is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and Rolex Sports Car Series racing team located in Petaluma California owned by Kevin Buckler
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