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Martin and Waltrip switch car numbers from 00 to 55
CORNELIUS, N.C. – Michael Waltrip Racing announced today that Mark Martin and Michael Waltrip’s Toyota Camrys will carry the number 55 during the 2012 and 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series seasons. The number commemorates Charlie Loudermilk’s founding of Aaron’s, Inc. in 1955. Martin will drive in 25 Sprint Cup events each of the next two seasons, sharing the No. 55 Aaron’s Dream Machine with Waltrip who will drive seven events with Aaron’s sponsorship. Martin will join Clint … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: Bowyer, No. 33 team work hard to fix Kentucky issues
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service WELCOME, N.C.—Clint Bowyer had a lot more on his mind this week than the traffic that stymied access to Kentucky Speedway. Bowyer’s No. 33 Chevrolet was out-of-control loose in race traffic during the inaugural Sprint Cup event at the 1.5-mile track. After backing into the Turn 2 wall to bring out the last caution of the race, Bowyer had to settle for a 35th-place finish and a drop to 12th … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
NASCAR Notebook: Michigan announces repaving project
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service BROOKLYN, Mich.—When NASCAR comes to Michigan International Speedway next year, the track will sport a completely repaved racing surface, if the project announced Friday goes according to plan. Michigan will begin the fourth repaving in the history of the two-mile track with the resurfacing of pit road immediately after Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series race. The project does not include any reconfiguring of the racetrack, speedway officials said. Repaving of the racing surface itself will begin after the Aug. 21 Sprint Cup race. The project is scheduled for completion before the NASCAR’s top three divisions return to Michigan next year. Most drivers were wary about the repaving, because most think the nature of racing is likely to change. Michigan is known for its wide racing surface and use … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
NASCAR Notebook: Waltrip’s truck crew chief fined $25K
Special to Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service NASCAR has fined Vision Aviation Racing crew chief Doug Howe $25,000 and docked team owner Billy Ballew 25 points for a spoiler violation on the race-winning truck driven by Michael Waltrip in the season-opening Camping World Truck Series race last Friday at Daytona International Speedway. Waltrip, who celebrated the emotional victory on the 10th anniversary of Dale Earnhardt’s death, does not get points in the truck series, so there was no driver points penalty. On the final lap, Waltrip’s spoiler broke and the right half of the spoiler was laying flat. As a result, it did not meet the minimum angle requirements in post-race inspection. If it had happened before the final lap, Waltrip likely would have been black-flagged. Waltrip passed Kevin Harvick Inc.’s Elliott Sadler on … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Truck Series
Waltrip slingshots past Sadler for Daytona truck win
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Ten years to the day from his first victory in the Daytona 500, Michael Waltrip made a slingshot pass of Elliott Sadler at the end of a green-white-checkered-flag finish Friday night to win the NextEra Energy Resources 250 Camping World Truck Series race at Daytona International Speedway. The victory in the season opener, which went three laps past its scheduled distance of 100 laps, was Waltrip’s first in the truck series. It also was the 10th anniversary of the death of Dale Earnhardt Sr., who owned the car Waltrip drove to his 2001 Daytona 500 victory. Waltrip is racing in all three of NASCAR’s top three touring series this weekend, and he decaled his truck and cars to honor Earnhardt. “I came here to celebrate … Read entire article »
Filed under: Truck Series
Michael Waltrip to Drive the #55 Aaron’s Toyota for Prism Motorsports at Talladega
ATLANTA, GA. – In celebration of its 55th year, Aaron’s, Inc. will sponsor PRISM Motorsports’ No. 55 with driver Michael Waltrip in the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Superspeedway April 25. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
David Reutimann NASCAR Teleconference Transcript
David Reutimann was the guest on Tuesday’s NASCAR teleconference. David talked about the penalty issued to Carl Edwards, working for Michael Waltrip and the good start he’s had to the season. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sprint Cup
Michael Waltrip Appears on Hannity
Michael Waltrip appeared as a guest contributor on the FOX News show Hannity as a member of the Great American Panel. The segment originally aired on Jan. 26, 2010. … Read entire article »
Filed under: NASCAR
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